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Sahara (2005)
5.9
Ratings: 5.9/10 from 40,680 users
Metascore:
41/100
Reviews: 438 user | 155 critic | 33 from Metacritic.com
Master explorer Dirk Pitt goes on the adventure of a lifetime of seeking out a lost Civil War battleship known as the "Ship of Death" in the deserts of West Africa while helping a UN doctor being hounded by a ruthless dictator. Director:Breck Eisner |
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Imam
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Master explorer and former US Navy Seal Dirk Pitt and his wisecracking buddy Al Giordino goes on the adventure of a lifetime of seeking out a lost Civil War ironclad battleship known as the "Ship of Death" that protects a secret cargo is lost somewhere in the deserts of West Africa. But while the two cross paths with a beautiful and brilliant U.N. scientist Dr. Eva Rojas who is being hounded by a ruthless dictator. She believes that the hidden treasure may be connected to a larger problem that threatens the world around them. Hunting for a ship that no one else thinks exists, Dirk, Al, and Eva must rely on their wits and their daring heroics to outsmart dangerous warlords, survive the threatening terrain, and get to the bottom of both mysteries. Written by Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}
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Dirk Pitt. Adventure has a new name. See more »Parents Guide:
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Szahara See more »Box Office
Budget:
$130,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$18,068,372 (USA) (10 April 2005) (3154 Screens)Gross:
$68,642,452 (USA) (31 July 2005)Company Credits
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Sailor Who Drops Gold: Sorry, captain.
Pilot, Ironclad: It's all right son, just keep moving. That's the future in your hands.
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all the Dirk Pitt articles and pictures on the wall, just as in many of
Clive Cussler's books he appears in one of the pictures. There is a cut-out
of Clive's head atop a woman in a bikini - just after the picture of Dirk and
Al in Navy Whites and just before a picture of Sandecker with the
President. See more »
Written by Ron Wood and Rod Stewart
Performed by Faces
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing See more »
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Trivia
An actual full-scale model of the Texas was built for the film. After the 1865 sequence was filmed, it was dismantled and reassembled in Morocco. See more »Goofs
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Dirk, Al and Eva dismount to meet the Touareg, Al drops two obviously empty FN magazines to the ground. Why is he carrying empty mags? See more »Quotes
[first lines]Sailor Who Drops Gold: Sorry, captain.
Pilot, Ironclad: It's all right son, just keep moving. That's the future in your hands.
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Crazy Credits
In the opening title sequence of the movie, when the camera is panning overall the Dirk Pitt articles and pictures on the wall, just as in many of
Clive Cussler's books he appears in one of the pictures. There is a cut-out
of Clive's head atop a woman in a bikini - just after the picture of Dirk and
Al in Navy Whites and just before a picture of Sandecker with the
President. See more »
Soundtracks
"Stay with Me"Written by Ron Wood and Rod Stewart
Performed by Faces
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing See more »
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