Sahara [Blu-ray]
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Actor: Christopher Bello, Matthew McConaughey, Nicholas Beveney, Penélope Cruz, Steve ZahnBrand: Paramount
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 123 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2008-06-03
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
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Blu-ray Review: From Civil War to Civil War
Summary: 4 Stars
Near the end of the U.S. Civil War, a Confederate gold-laden ironclad departs Richmond, Virginia under bombardment and steams into the fog of history.
In the present, two oceanographers, named Dirk and Al, obsess about finding her. Following the recovery of an ancient African artifact off the coast of Nigeria, they find a clue that points to the country of Mali. At the same time, a World Health Organization doctor, named Eva, suspects the source of a potential plague is in Mali. Together, they motor up river to Mali where their destinies will intertwine. Unfortunately, the forces of Mali's Warlord General and the Tuareg fighters are engaged in a Civil War.
The most fun scene is a deleted scene: 'The Long Kiss'. Watch Al's discomfort as Dirk and Eva are in a major lip-lock.
Extras:
COMMENTARIES BY DIRECTOR EISNER & ACTOR/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER McCONAUGHEY
ACROSS THE SANDS OF SAHARA: Primarily, McConaughey, Zahn, and Cruz talk about their roles.
VISUALIZING SAHARA: Primarily, the look of, the costumes of, and the making of 'Sahara'.
CAST AND CREW WRAP FILM: A series of fast cuts of behind the scenes and personal silly moments.
DELETED SCENES: 'Kitty Mannock's Crash', 'Finding Kitty Mannock's Plane', 'The Long Kiss', 'Oceanographers Dying in the Desert'.
CAMEL CHASE: The making of the chase scene with the train.
ANIMATICS - OPENING SCENE: Storyboard sequence of the ironclad leaving Richmond.
ANIMATICS - TRAIN JUMP: Storyboard sequence of a train bound for the solar mirror farm.
STORYBOARD COMPARISONS: 'Gun Fight at the Well', 'Finding the Ironclad', 'Dirk Rescues Eva on the Beach'.
THEATRICAL TRAILER
PREVIEWS: Only a plug for Paramount High Definition capabilities.
Picture (Blu-ray): outstanding (5). Disc oddity: it doesn't allow you to back up in slow motion.
Description of Sahara [Blu-ray]
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.It took more than 25 years for another Clive Cussler novel to come to the screen after the financial and critical disaster of Raise the Titanic. Based on Cussler's oddly landlocked adventure, Sahara finds the author's hero, Dirk Pitt (Matthew McConaughey)--a sort of all-American, high seas variation of James Bond--in Africa looking for a Confederate ironclad ship that impossibly might have ended up there. Soon he and his faithful sidekick Al Giordino (Steve Zahn) are lost in another adventure, discovering a deadly contaminate being tracked by a beautiful doctor (Penelope Cruz). The results are checkered: there's no one outstanding sequence, but the action is enjoyably varied, while the thrills are mild yet not bombastic or gratuitous. The cast are all adept in their roles, yet the only one who sparkles is the scene-stealing Zahn, cast against type; McConaughey, who also produced, knows he might be starting a franchise character and plays it safe. He's never as dangerous as Cussler's hero is on the page (except in his introduction), and in fact, the whole movie plays towards comedy, infused by a soundtrack of 70s FM radio monsters. Cussler fanatics may not like this lighter fare, especially with the archeological portion (a Cussler strong point) not fully embraced, but with a very, very likable cast and colorful settings, Sahara is a kindler, gentler action film that has all the elements in place for a better, more memorable franchise if anyone cares to attempt it. --Doug Thomas
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