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Sahara [Fullscreen]

Actor(s): Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, Pen�lope Cruz, Lambert Wilson, Glynn E. Turman
Director(s): Breck Eisner
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: PG-13
Content Advisory: Violence
Movie Release: 2005
DVD Release: 08/30/2005
Format: DVD - Color - Closed Captioned
Audio Tracks: English, French
Subtitles: English, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 2 hrs 3 mins
Studio: Paramount
Total Copies: 27
Genres: Action, Adventure, Romantic Adventure, Buddy Film
See Also: Sahara [Widescreen], Sahara [UMD for PSP], Sahara [HD DVD], Sahara [Blu-ray]

DVD Synopsis

Matthew McConaughey stars as explorer and adventurer Dirk Pitt in this adaptation of the best-selling novel by Clive Cussler. Pitt thinks he may have found both a fortune and the answer to a long-standing mystery when he discovers a rare coin in the waters of a river in West Africa. During the Civil War, an ironclad battleship with a valuable cargo went missing, and Pitt's theory is that the coin places the ship somewhere in the Sahara Desert. Pitt and his goofy sidekick, Al Giordino (Steve Zahn), set out to find it, but along the way they make the acquaintance of Dr. Eva Rojas (Pen�lope Cruz), a scientist and physician who is trying to determine the source of a strange and deadly disease sweeping the nation. As Eva joins Dirk and Al, they begin to wonder if the mysteries they're trying to uncover might be somehow linked. Sahara was only the second of Cussler's Dirk Pitt adventures to be adapted for the screen; the first, 1980's Raise the Titanic, was publicly dismissed by the author. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Actors

Matthew McConaughey - Dirk Pitt
Steve Zahn - Al Giordino
Pen�lope Cruz - Eva Rojas
Lambert Wilson - Yves Massarde
Glynn E. Turman - Dr. Frank Hopper

Member Movie Reviews

Julie D. wrote on 11/6/2009...

1 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.

We LOVE this movie. We are watching for the 93rd time. And though I'm a rather quiet mom...I join in whooping at the action and singing to the rockin' soundtrack!
It didn't get great reviews and I think they dropped the planned sequels because the box wasn't so great...but I have no idea why! Fire the promoters! This movie ROCKS!
Matthew is quite sexy & witty...pretty normal fare. But Steve - awesome!!! I've only ever seen him as sort of a brainless sidekick...it takes a few minutes to realize it, but he carries half this movie and has some fantastic lines! Great humor! And he's far from dumb...which is a role he really deserves! Penelope was a great choice and works fine for the damsel in distress...great character that holds her own. All the other characters, as well, especially the admiral and Rudy as just as good; the cast is A+
A little mystery, a lot of action, almost as much humor, no overt sex, a little MacGyver-ism...this is ManFlick, but this ChickFlicker enjoys it so thoroughly that every time the guys want to watch it, I say sure! I wish they'd make a sequel of the same quality! I'd own it! Needless to say, this will never leave our keeper shelf.
How many times can I say it; We LOVE this movie!