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Genre | Action & Adventure |
Format | Multiple Formats, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen |
Contributor | Empotoe Bosage, Patrick Malahide, Maurice Lee, Delroy Lindo, Mark Aspinal, Emmanuel Ighodaro, Lennie James, Christopher Bello, Robert Cavanah, Clint Dyer, Rakie Ayola, Francis Magee, Paulin Fodouop, Penélope Cruz, Rainn Wilson, Matthew McConaughey, Nicholas Beveney, Steve Zahn, Matthew Flynn (III), William H. Macy, Daniel Lobé, Ouahbou Houcine, Breck Eisner See more |
Language | English, Arabic, French |
Runtime | 2 hours and 4 minutes |
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SAHARA (DVD) (WS) ACTION/ADVENTURE IN THE SCORCHING DESERT, DIRK PITT UNCOVERS THE TRUTH BEHIND HIS LIFELONG QUEST - THE FATE OF A CIVIL WAR IRONCLAD. NOW, AMIDST THE BLAZING, SHIFTING SANDS OF THE SAHARA, DIRK PITT WILL MAKE A DESPERATE STAND - IN A BATTLE THE WORLD CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE! MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY STEVE ZAHN
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 1.6 ounces
- Director : Breck Eisner
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
- Run time : 2 hours and 4 minutes
- Release date : January 1, 2005
- Actors : Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, Penélope Cruz, William H. Macy, Rainn Wilson
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Unqualified
- Studio : Paramount
- ASIN : B0009UC7H0
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #98,914 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #3,935 in Romance (Movies & TV)
- #5,066 in Mystery & Thrillers (Movies & TV)
- #9,288 in Action & Adventure DVDs
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Customers find this action-adventure movie entertaining and well worth the price, with beautiful locales and excellent cinematography. They appreciate the well-cast actors, with one customer specifically praising William Macy's performance, and enjoy the action sequences, with one highlighting the river scene. The soundtrack and extras receive positive feedback, and customers consider it a satisfying movie that can be watched multiple times.
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Customers find the movie entertaining, describing it as a fun action film that's worth watching multiple times.
"Great movie with a good pace!" Read more
"Great movie!" Read more
"Light hearted action filled adventure movie with enough twists and turns to keep you interested." Read more
"...Great adventure, intrigue, and hilarity. We watch it over and over again. Definitely a Matthew McConaughey classic all the way!" Read more
Customers enjoy the action content of the movie, describing it as a great adventure film with entertaining plot and action sequences, with one customer particularly appreciating the river scene.
"Great action-packer!" Read more
"Light hearted action filled adventure movie with enough twists and turns to keep you interested." Read more
"This is a frequent flier in our home. Great adventure, intrigue, and hilarity. We watch it over and over again...." Read more
"..." isn't going to win awards for smarts but hey this is an action adventure film and it doesen't pretend to be anything but that...." Read more
Customers appreciate the character development in the movie, praising the well-cast actors and their interactions.
"...not the same as the ones in the book but I will argue that the movie does a good job of at least staying true to the spirit of those characters...." Read more
"...The production on this film is wonderful, with great character development, tense action scenes, and some real comedy...." Read more
"...It has decent acting, good lines, great timing, and its own share of eye-rolling action moments..." Read more
"...Hell, they even threw in the typical hot-rod. The acting was OK. Bill Macy was miscast and wasn't believable in his role...." Read more
Customers appreciate the video quality of the movie, noting its beautiful locales and good pictures, with one customer highlighting its vivid cinematography.
"...and the editing of the scenes made the movie more interesting and appealing; I only got board once, during the montage of the office with all the..." Read more
"...And the heroine - strong, attractive, witty, and able to pull her weight in the emergencies...." Read more
"...The cinematography is excellent!..." Read more
"...The sound and video quality is better on blu-ray as always. This makes it a good buy for me at the low cost I got it for." Read more
Customers praise the movie's quality, noting that it arrives in perfect condition and is durable.
"...It has decent acting, good lines, great timing, and its own share of eye-rolling action moments..." Read more
"...Picture (Blu-ray): outstanding (5). Disc oddity: it doesn't allow you to back up in slow motion." Read more
"Great movie release,great quality and superb performances from the lead actors. Movies you can enjoy watching again and again" Read more
"...And the heroine - strong, attractive, witty, and able to pull her weight in the emergencies...." Read more
Customers find the movie worth the price, particularly noting that the extras are well worth watching.
"...It was a good price." Read more
"...This makes it a good buy for me at the low cost I got it for." Read more
"...This film is well worth the watch." Read more
"...Definitely worth watching, and if you're into this type of movie, worth owning!" Read more
Customers like the soundtrack of the movie, with good audio and video quality, and one customer specifically mentions that the backup songs are fantastic.
"Fun Movie good music" Read more
"...of the characters, the unwinding plot, the surprises, and the musical score...." Read more
"...Good soundtrack, interesting sets/scenery, funny dialogue and an engaging story that showcases a little-known part of the world, and is good fun for..." Read more
"...is no visible increase in picture quality and for some reason the audio is poor...." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the movie's quality, with some finding it outstanding while others consider it pretty lame.
"So on its own merits, this is a solid 3/borderline 4 action flick...." Read more
"...Pretty lame. I give this movie four stars because of what I said previously...." Read more
"Great movie release,great quality and superb performances from the lead actors. Movies you can enjoy watching again and again" Read more
"Cheesy, highly unbelievable, but one of the best action adventure movies I've ever seen. Rivals Indiana Jones, and he's my all time favorite...." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2025I loved this movie! Sure the acting was a little meh, and the story a little Meh but that makes it all the better!
- Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2025Great movie with a good pace!
- Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2025Great action-packer!
- Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2025Great movie!
- Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2024Light hearted action filled adventure movie with enough twists and turns to keep you interested.
- Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2024This is a frequent flier in our home. Great adventure, intrigue, and hilarity. We watch it over and over again. Definitely a Matthew McConaughey classic all the way!
- Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2024Product delivered as promised and described accurately
- Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2020Breck Eisner’s 2005 film, “Sahara,” adapts the 1992 novel of the same name by Clive Cussler. In the story, Dirk Pitt (Matthew McConaughey), Al Girodino (Steve Zahn), retired Admiral James Sandecker (William H. Macy), and retired Commander Rudi Gunn (Rainn Wilson) work for the NUMA organization to recover sunken antiquities and shipwrecks. While in Africa, Dirk starts looking for a Confederate ironclad that fled Virginia near the end of the Civil War laden down with gold and supposedly made it to West Africa. Along the way, they must help Dr. Eva Rojas (Penélope Cruz), a doctor with the WHO, who discovered what appears to be a plague spreading through the water in Mali. Her investigation raises the hackles of local warlord General Kazim (Lennie James) and Yves Massarde (Lambert Wilson), a businessman working with General Kazim, so Dirk and Al must postpone their search for the Confederate gold to help Dr. Rojas uncover the cause of the plague. The production on this film is wonderful, with great character development, tense action scenes, and some real comedy. It’s everything a movie viewer could want in an action flick. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like there will be a sequel anytime soon, which is a pity as McConaughey, Zahn, and Macy make a good team.
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ElenaReviewed in Italy on January 5, 2025
5.0 out of 5 stars Un film da guardare
Film avventuroso a tratti divertente che parla di un problema sempre attuale come l'inquinamento e i problemi del continente africano, regalando scorci ahimè a volte non più visibili a causa delle guerre
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ferreuxReviewed in France on January 5, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Parfait.
Parfait objet en très bonne état.
- William F. SheehanReviewed in Canada on October 13, 2015
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth it!
Terrific lively adventure. No complaints.
- Throda tzenReviewed in the United Kingdom on July 11, 2015
5.0 out of 5 stars "You do throw like a girl!" [Dirk]
This 2005 action adventure movie features Dirk Pitt [Matthew McConaughey] and Al Giordino [Steve Zahn] as a pair of treasure seekers currently trying to find the location of an American Civil war river boat. Acting on new information they head to Africa where they soon encounter Dr. Eva Rojas [Penélope Cruz] who reluctantly joins their upriver excursion.
This action packed movie has a great opening scene as the ship escapes the war before jumping to modern times. The search involves them in civil wars, plagues, roaming bandits, dodgy dealings, damsels in distress and an unforgiving environment. Youngsters will enjoy the action but adults may dislike the unrealistic plot but if you liked films such as `King Solomons Mines', `Jewel in the Crown' or `Romancing the Stone', or even the `Librarian' series then this should be right up your street.
This 12 rated disc has no special features other than normal play, scene selection and subtitles [with hard of hearing selection] but the action is `adventurous' and comic rather than gore and is a good family movie deserving of *****.
One person found this helpfulReport - vee 2 la deeReviewed in Canada on February 2, 2019
5.0 out of 5 stars it arrived!
and it functioned seemlessly! XD ok bye!