| | Sahara DVD (3 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Action DVDs, Action/Adventure Movies, Adventure Videos, Mystery, Doctors, Scientists, Civil War, Desert | | Starring | Matthew McConaughey, Penelope Cruz, Delroy Lindo, William H. Macy, Steve Zahn, Rainn Wilson | | Director | Breck Eisner | | Composer | Clint Mansell | | Costume Designer | Anna Sheppard | | Director of Photography | Seamus McGarvey | | Editor | Andrew MacRitchie | | Executive Producer | Matthew McConaughey, William J. Immerman, Gus Gustawes, Vicki Dee Rock | | Producer | Stephanie Austin, Mace Neufeld, Howard L. Baldwin, Karen Baldwin | | Production Designer | Allan Cameron | | Screenwriter | James V. Hart, Thomas Dean Donnelly, Delroy Oppenheimer, John C. Richards |
Additional Footage; Soundtrack English; Director's Comments; Dolby Digital 5.1 Re Dirk (Matthew McConaughey) and Al (Steve Zahn) have been friends since kindergarten, having also gone through college and the Navy together. The two now work for a former admiral traveling around the world and salvaging treasures from the sea with the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA). In his spare time, Dirk is obsessed with the 150-year-old mystery of the Texas, an Ironclad battleship that reportedly disappeared from Richmond, Virginia during a Civil War battle and turned up in Africa. When a Confederate coin--allegedly one of only five minted--surfaces in Mali, Dirk and Al plan to travel there from Lagos, Nigeria on the admiral's yacht to investigate. Meanwhile, in Lagos, Dirk meets Eva (Penelope Cruz), a doctor for the World Health Organization (WHO) who believes that there is a plague building in Mali. Since the WHO is unable to find another way into the war-torn country, Dirk and Al give Eva and her colleague a lift up the river. Once in Mali, Dirk, Al, and Eva quickly find themselves embroiled in trouble as she pursues the source of the disease. Meanwhile, Dirk and Al search for the Texas.
Based on a novel by Clive Cussler, SAHARA is a rollicking thrill ride through exotic locales, including everything from high-speed boat chases to helicopter pursuits to jeeps racing through the desert to camel rides. A warlord and a greedy French businessman prove to be formidable villains for the trio. McConaughey fits the bill as gentleman and adventurer Dirk, while Zahn holds his own as likeable sidekick Al. Cruz is feisty as independent Eva. Director Breck Eisner's theatrical feature film debut also features William H. Macy as the admiral. Director Breck Eisner is the son of former Disney CEO Michael Eisner. While SAHARA is his first big budget theatrical feature, he also directed the straight-to-video film THOUGHTCRIMES, and has done work for television including commercials, an episode of the mini-series TAKEN, and the made-for-tv movie THE INVISIBLE MAN. Sahara Reviews: "Matthew McConaughey is a charismatic lead. His double-act with Steve Zahn's sidekick Al is nicely droll..."
-- Edward Lawrenson, Sight and Sound "Amid its madcap derring-do, the movie inserts clear, simple alarms about environmental protection, African despotism, global interdependence and bureaucratic cowardice."-- Stephen Holden, New York Times "[With] entertaining action sequences. Dirk, Eva and Al have an amazing series of close calls in the desert..."-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times "[A]s the breathtaking scenery does its work, you're irresistibly entertained..."
-- Chris Roberts, Uncut Sahara | List Price | $12.99 (You save $4.40) | | Studio | Paramount Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 2005 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  7054  | | CD Universe Part number | 6880163 | | Catalog number | 341814 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Aug 30, 2005 | | Rating | PG-13 (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | action violence | | Running Time | 120 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen |
Sahara Movie Review Average Rating: (2.7 out of 5 stars)   Excellent
This is really a good action movie with everything in the trama and with amazing actors.I waiting for the secuence and I recomend that It is merely to watch it.
Submitted by lenoel1723 (Miami,Florida,USA) 
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 Read the Book
The Movie missed so much of the writing in the book I would not bother with this movie had I known. Some "OK" action scenes, though if you did not read the book you might not understand some scenes in general. Missing a lot of background.
Submitted by Gary (Niles,IL)
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 Dang,this movie sucks
I was really disappointed with this movie.The action is so fake and the story is so full of holes.It's like National Treasure and a really bad James Bond movie mixed together.Matthew McConnaughey is such a good actor and he should never be in movies this bad.
Submitted by Blake (Brandon,MS)
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Super both for men and women
great flick! Has action, humor, and some romance. Not allot of unnecessary sex and foul language. I found it to be really entertaining and wish they made more movies without all the ludicrous sex and foul language !!
Very good and enjoyable movie.
Submitted by Gloria (Fallon, NV, USA)
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This review is for a different format. Great Action Flick!!
This movie is so good. Actually I liked this movie a lot and I've only seen it twice. I thought the cast was perfect with their performances. Especially Matthew M and Steve Zahn with their buddy good friends humor. Also Penelope Cruz gave a good performance. This movie has so much action in it, it will keep you on the edge of your seat throughout the whole movie. It'd be cool if they made a sequel to this. Like the Indiana Jones trilogy. A must buy to add to your dvd collection.
Submitted by AJAY204182 (East Hanover, NJ, USA)
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Sahara DVD Region 1
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Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes (3)
Audio Commentary:
1. Breck Eisner - Director
2. Breck Eisner - Director, Matthew McConaughey - Star/Executive Producer
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