| | Sahara Blu-ray
| Category | Action DVDs, Blu-ray Movies, Action/Adventure Videos, Adventure, Mystery, Doctors, Scientists, Civil War, Desert | | Starring | Matthew McConaughey, Penelope Cruz, Delroy Lindo, William H. Macy, Rainn Wilson, Steve Zahn | | 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 |
Widescreen; Soundtrack English; English Subtitles; Spanish Subtitles; French Subtitles; Dolby Digital 5.1 Re; Blue Ray HD-DVD 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 | $21.99 (You save $5.70) | | Studio | Paramount Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 2005 | | All Time Sales Rank |  47465  | | CD Universe Part number | 7301544 | | Catalog number | 118284 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 24, 2006 | | Rating | PG-13 (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | for action violence | | Running Time | 123 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Subtitled; DTS Sound | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen; Subtitled; DTS Sound |
Sahara Movie Review  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.
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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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This review is for a different format.  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.
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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.
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This review is for a different format.  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.
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Sahara DVD Blu-ray Disc Features:
Keep Case
Package Note: Blue BD Case
Full Frame -
1.33
Widescreen -
1.85
Audio:
Closed Captioned - English - Optional
Dolby Digital Surround Sound 5.1 - English, French, Spanish
Dolby Digital Surround Sound DTS 5.1 - English
Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
Featurette:
1. "Visualizing SAHARA"
2. "Across the Sands of SAHARA"
3. "Cast and Crew Rap Film"
4. "Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary by Director Breck Eisner and Matthew McConaughey"
Audio Commentary:
1. Breck Eisner - Director
2. Breck Eisner - Director, Matthew McConaughey - Star/Producer
Interactive Features:
"Animatics"
"Camel Chase"
Text/Photo Galleries:
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