| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | SAHARA (2005) |
| Director | Breck Eisner |
| Writer | Thomas Dean Donnelly, Joshua Oppenheimer, John C. Richards, James V. Hart (based on the novel by Clive Cussler) |
| Lead Actor | Matthew McConaughey |
| Cast | Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, Penélope Cruz, William H. Macy, Rainn Wilson, Lambert Wilson, Delroy Lindo |
| Genre | Action, Adventure, Comedy |
| Release Date | April 8, 2005 (United States) |
| Duration | 2h 4m (124 min) |
| Budget | $160 million (estimated) |
| Language | English |
| IMDb Rating | 6.0/10 |
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SAHARA
Underwater explorer Dirk Pitt (Matthew McConaughey) and his sidekick, Al Giordino (Steve Zahn), successfully recover a sunken historical treasure off the coast of West Africa for NUMA’s (National Underwater Marine Agency) cigar-smoking Admiral Jim Sandecker (William H. Macy). When Pitt learns that a rare Confederate coin has been found, indicating the presence of a lost ironclad ship from the Civil War somewhere in the Sahara, he is determined to find it.
Sandecker allows Pitt and Giordino to use his prized smaller boat to go up the Niger River to find the lost ship and supposed treasure. They take along Eva Rojas (Penélope Cruz), a doctor from the World Health Organization, and her colleague, who are trying to locate the source of a plague in a small dictator-run country upriver.
After putting Rojas and her companion onshore to cross the desert on camels, Pitt and Giordino realize that Dr. Rojas is heading for trouble. Thus, they obtain camels so they can cross the desert to help her.
If popular Westerns could be called “horse operas,” then Sahara qualifies as a “camel opera.” It is based on one of the many adventure novels by Clive Cussler.
There’s only one line in the film that moved its premise beyond the popcorn for me: when the dictator said it didn’t matter if the pollution contaminated Africa and the ocean because “no one cares about Africa anyway.” Given the situation of war and starvation in the Sudan and the AIDS pandemic that First World countries are doing very little to address, his words seem true enough. Action violence, genocide and some problem language.
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