Sahara

Titolo originale: Sahara
Regia: Breck Eisner |
Anno: 2005
Origine: Germany | Morocco | Spain | United Kingdom | United States of America |
Generi: Azione Avventura Commedia Dramma Mistero
Tag: dying and death | civil war | based on novel or book | africa | warlord | rescue mission | treasure hunt | sahara desert | doctor | scientist | desert | historical event | ironclad ship | adventurer | american civil war | tuareg | plague | african tribe | mali | treasure hunter | lagos | river niger | unexplained deaths | world health organization | amused | exhilarated | former navy seal | confederate ship | neurologist | historical artifacts |
Cast: Matthew McConaughey | Penélope Cruz | Steve Zahn | Lennie James | Lambert Wilson | William H. Macy | Rainn Wilson | Glynn Turman | Jude Akuwudike | Clint Dyer | Delroy Lindo | Robert Cavanah | Paulin Fodouop | Abdul Salis | Maurice Lee | Tosin Sanyalo | Rakie Ayola | Patrick Malahide | Emmanuel Ighodaro | Mark Aspinall | Christopher Bello | Nicholas Beveney | Empotoe Bosage | Matthew Flynn | Ouahbou Houcine | Daniel Njo Lobé | Francis Magee | Thierno Amath Mbaye | Femi Ogunbanjo | Eddie Osei | Nathan Osgood | Lahcen Ouezgane | Robert Paterson | Christopher Saul | Billy Seymour | Mark Springer | Celestine Vita | Mark Wells |

Quando il grande esploratore Dirk Pitt (Matthew McConaughey) trova una favolosa moneta collegata ad una leggenda storica, e inizia una caccia al tesoro attraverso alcune delle regioni più pericolose dell'Africa occidentale, si imbarca nell'avventura più importante della sua vita. Mentre cercano quello che la gente del posto chiama "la Nave della Morte" – una sperduta nave da guerra della Guerra Civile che protegge un carico segreto – Dirk ed il suo spiritoso compagno, Al Giordino (Steve Zahn), incontrano la dottoressa Eva Rojas (Penelope Cruz), una giovane brillante e bellissima che è convinta che il tesoro nascosto possa essere collegato ad un problema più ampio che minaccia il mondo che li circonda. A caccia di una nave della cui esistenza dubitano tutti gli altri, Dirk, Al, ed Eva devono affidarsi al loro ingegno e al loro coraggio per mettere nel sacco pericolosi signori della guerra, sopravvivere in terre minacciose, e riuscire a risolvere entrambi i misteri.

Approfondimenti

Matthew McConaughey did many of his own stunts during the boat chase. According to Breck Eisner, "[H [...] D
The dictator's antique car is a fiberglass replica of a 1936 C28 Avions Voisin built by D Tessier in [...] D
Modibo is played by French actor Paulin Fodouop. This is his only American movie. D
Matthew McConaughey and Penélope Cruz started dating after they met on set. The relationship last [...] D
"Never Been Any Reason" by Head East was also featured in Matthew McConaughey's first movie, La vita [...] D
The Frank Hopper of Clive Cussler's original novel was tall, Canadian, and Ginger. Another character [...] D
The ship used to portray the Martha Ann was one of the vessels Robert Ballard used to find the Titan [...] D
In the novel, the "Land Yacht" that Pitt and Giordino build out of Kitty Mannock's plane not only sa [...] D
Because of footprints left in the sand, many of the desert shots had to be done in one take. D
Dayna Cussler was cast for the role of "Kitty Mannock," but her scenes were cut before release. D
A sequel was planned, but ultimately canceled due to the film's poor box office reception. D
John L. Porter designed the Ironclad casemate warship as far back as 1849, but it received little at [...] D
The ship is a 200 foot replica of the Civil War ironclad CSS Texas. D
The boat that veers off into the sand ran over a $250,000 camera. D
The cast had camel-riding lessons during which they would have to ride the camel at full gallop for [...] D
The interior of Massarde's toxic waste disposal plant was the factory in Britain where the jet engin [...] D
In the background there's an extra in a green shirt and hat that's in almost every shot. D
Steve Zahn said that carrying this truck bed liner was his least favorite thing to film. D
William H. Macy was cast in order to bring an indie film element to an other wise big budget feature [...] D
The Texas ship is the same boat used at the beginning of the movie, shipped all the way from the U.K [...] D
In the book, the Calliope (Sandecker's personal yacht in the film) was a decked out, purpose-built, [...] D
Filming got started after three years of production delays. D
Clive Cussler later alleged to have used racist and antisemitic slurs to refer to some of the counte [...] D
Matthew McConaughey had travelled up the Niger River and trekked through Mali as a tourist before th [...] D
In the novel, Rudi Gunn is every bit as capable as Pitt and Giordino, and even had his own subplot a [...] D
Steve Zahn and William H. Macy have worked together previously in the Happy,Texas (1999) movie. D
Admiral Sandecker's power boat the Calliope is a Hunton RS43 that was modified with jet drives to op [...] D
Breck Eisner felt that early '70s American classic rock personified the characters in the movie. D
Penélope Cruz's first taste of an action-adventure movie. D
In the film, finding the Texas Ironclad is Dirk's singular life obsession, but in the novel the film [...] D
In the book, doctors Frank Hopper, Eva Rojas, and the other WHO scientists are brought to Tebezza, Y [...] D
While shooting in the desert, the cast and crew endured sand storms and swarms of locusts. D
The real U.S. Ambassador to Morocco came by while they were filming the Ambassador scene. When asked [...] D
The scene where Dirk fights off Eva's attackers on the beach is much different from the book. In the [...] D
Philip Anschutz would not fund any film with even a possibility of getting an R rating, which meant [...] D
The real CSS Texas Ironclad was captured before ever making her maiden voyage along the James River. [...] D
Matthew McConaughey substituted real tequila for the apple juice that was supposed to be in the bott [...] D
For years, the author of the novel on which this film is based, Clive Cussler wanted Salma Hayek to [...] D
Philip Anschutz (the Billionaire who approached Clive Cussler to adapt this film) and Bristol Bay Pr [...] D
The orange dialed diver's watch that Matthew McConaughey wears in the movie is the iconic Doxa Sub 6 [...] D
Clive Cussler had written his own script, but clashed bitterly with every professional screenwriter [...] D
The 'Sahara' (1983) cinema movie shares the same 'Sahara' title as a 1940s Humphrey Bogart WWII acti [...] D
The abandoned house Frank and Eva walk through is a real home in Morocco. Three families live in thi [...] D
Steve Zahn wears a "Stockyard" cap with a Longhorn Bull logo. The Stockyards are a major historical [...] D
Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey designed a "Sahara gold" filter to create the feeling of heat. D
Steve Zahn was very comfortable handling the weapons, as he is a war history buff. D
Shooting lasted three-and-a-half months in Morocco, a month in Spain, and five weeks in London. D
Rainn Wilson on his first day: "I didn't understand how much goats urinate." D
The production saved about $50,000 by borrowing scrolls from another movie. D
To promote the film, Matthew McConaughey drove his own Airstream trailer (painted with a large Sahar [...] D
Breck Eisner said the scene where Dirk and Eva are flirting is the moment when he knew the chemistry [...] D
Strong winds knocked Matthew McConaughey off the plane while they were filming. D
Originally, the guys were going to crash the plane into a jeep, which would drive them to the gas st [...] D
Three hundred individual costumes were designed for all the Tuareg. D
Al Giordino is described in the books as a swarthy Italian with curly black hair and a bushy mustach [...] D
Christian Bale, Tom Cruise and Hugh Jackman were considered to star as Dirk Pitt. D
The fact that Al Giordino had some of the Admiral's cigars was an inside joke from the novels. He al [...] D
The reservoir was completely dry when the location was chosen the previous summer. D
The ship set was balanced on a motion base that was shaken back and forth using a joystick control. D
The only person able to jump from a camel onto a moving train was the camel wrangler himself, theref [...] D
There were 250 horses and hundreds of extras used in the shot of the Tuareg looking down from the hi [...] D
Following the failure of Blitz nell'oceano (1980), Clive Cussler had refused to sell the movie right [...] D
Matthew McConaughey had to wear a back brace after jump-kicking the bad guy off the tower. D
The cast had a hard time working with the camels, which are notoriously finicky animals. Breck Eisne [...] D
The mosque is based on the Great Mosque of Djenné in Mali, one of the most famous landmarks in Af [...] D
In the novel, amongst the findings in the Texas was the mummified body of Abraham Lincoln. D
Clive Cussler blasted the film on his latest book tour. Before it was even released he filed suit, a [...] D
Five detailed Confederate coins were made for the movie, along with 15,000 gold discs for this scene [...] D
Breck Eisner got the idea for the scene where Al asks Dirk how to tie a tie from his dad trying to t [...] D
William H. Macy was the only actor considered for the role of Sandecker. D
Ten screenwriters working on the movie were paid $3.8 million in fees and bonuses. David S. Ward, wh [...] D
Breck Eisner wanted Kazim to be modern and suave, instead of an Idi Amin style of dictator. D
The crashed plane Pitt and Giordino find in the desert is depicted as having crashed into a dune. In [...] D
The final scene on the beach was filmed on Cala Sa Boadella beach in Spain. D
In the opening scene, the camera sweeps across a series of newspaper clippings showcasing Dirk Pitt' [...] D
Matthew McConaughey learned hand-to-hand combat techniques during two weeks of Navy SEAL training. D
Over 150,000 rounds of blank ammunition were used in the movie. D
One of the three prologues of the book entails a group of tourists stopping at Asselar where the vil [...] D
A draft that the studio and the producers liked met with the approval of Rob Bowman, who had agreed [...] D
In the film, Massarde's toxic waste disposal plant, Fort Foureau, is combined with his gold mine sla [...] D
Sandecker's "boat" is a Hunton Gazelle, which costs almost half a million dollars. D
The ship used to portray the Martha Ann was one of the vessels Robert Ballard used to find the Titan [...] D
Breck Eisner had never directed a big budget feature before helming this film. D
The military vehicles were supplied by the Moroccan army. They got them from the U.S. D
A plane crash which lasted just 46 seconds on screen, yet cost $2 million to film, ultimately had to [...] D
Penélope Cruz initially thought she was too young to play a World Health Organization doctor. A r [...] D
Rainn Wilson states on his Instagram that while shooting the scene where Rudi is escaping from the b [...] D
The scene where Carl brings a bottle of water to Massarde was shot at the hotel where the cast staye [...] D
The Tuareg were mostly played by a troop of horse riders who do stunt shows throughout Morocco. D
As the camel Matthew McConaughey was assigned would not stay still, the scene where he swings off th [...] D
The plane was pulled by a truck and propelled by a go-cart attached underneath it. D
The cast had a US Navy SEAL adviser for action sequences and weapon trainings. D
Matthew McConaughey campaigned for years to play Dirk Pitt. D
In 2007, the film's 151-page line-item budget, entered as evidence in a lawsuit and supposedly confi [...] D
William H. Macy was the last of the four main actors to sign on to the project. D
The ship was supposed to be more deeply buried, but sandstorms kept blowing the sand away. D
When Dirk and Al talk about an incident in the past where they rode camels in Morocco, actors Matthe [...] D
The heat from the mirrors used was so strong, smoke rose from Matthew McConaughey's shirt. D
Massarde's Toxic Waste Disposal plant is all computer graphics. There are 350 CGI shots in the movie [...] D
A full-scale model of the Texas was built for the film. After the 1865 sequence was filmed, it was d [...] D
Both a miniature and life-size model of the helicopter were used for the explosion. D
Steve Zahn was really sick while filming the scene where the boat drives down the river past a town. [...] D
Matthew McConaughey was paid $8 million for the movie, while Steve Zahn made $2.3 million, and Penà [...] D
Breck Eisner: [Falling, swooping objects] This occurs several times throughout the film - during the [...] D
When Eva, Dirk and Al are riding camels across the desert that was the first day of shooting with al [...] D
The budget ballooned to twice its original size - well over $100 million - which meant that, despite [...] D
There were three identical racing camels for each actor that would each run only 200 yards at a time [...] D

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Errori

If the black powder in the store (used to fire the cannon) and in the shells was still viable after [...] D
In the 16th minute when Dirk is lifted from the ocean and lowered onto the ship, the clouds over he [...] D
When Dirk, Al, and Eva are driving away from the attack helicopter, in the close up shots, the drive [...] D
When the Arab scholar reads from a scroll, he says the unknown ship was flying a flag with a single [...] D
When on the yacht and Al gets a beer, it has a plain red label. In the next shot it's a Budweiser, t [...] D
99th minute: Al would not be able to puncture the top of a steel barrel with a knife.It wasn't a ste [...] D
When they are stopped by the soldiers, the buoy is pulled out of the water and left on the back of t [...] D
After Sandecker finds Rudi on his couch, Rudi goes to take a shower. Apparently he takes his clothes [...] D
The city of Lagos, Nigeria, does not lie on the Niger River. One would think that somebody in Hollyw [...] D
At the end, when Carl leaves the restaurant and gets into the elevator, he takes off his bow tie. In [...] D
When Pitt is thrown from the yacht to the patrol boat, initially they were head to head with the pat [...] D
Pitt states the Confederate gold coin was minted in 1865. Jefferson Davis could not have given one t [...] D
When they climb onto the train car, there are rails/handholds on it - in fact there are similar rail [...] D
After Dirk says they need to "pull a Panama" Rudy asks Al when they were in Panama. Al answers that [...] D
When driving the car to get away from the helicopter, at one point you can clearly see daylight thro [...] D
Al would have been incinerated once the tower was sabotaged and he was blown out of the corridor.Bla [...] D
In the last scene of the plane surfing action. The actors are leaning as though the wind is coming f [...] D
In the 85th minute when Al and Dirk dislodge the bed floor of the pickup truck, their heads are beyo [...] D
When Dirk, Al, and Eva take cover in the CSS Texas, they are being shot at. When Dirk claims the wal [...] D
As they are having dinner while going up the river just before the camera cuts to behind Dirk, Eva r [...] D
On the river, after Dirk jumps from the boat back to the yacht, he starts to clamber up the side of [...] D
When Dirk is getting pulled over on the river he throws the soldiers a rope which they tie to the ne [...] D
Dirk, Al, and Eva race from the top of the fort to meet the train. Not only was the train so far awa [...] D
When Sandecker is talking to Carl, and he's about to ask him for a favor, and Carl says, "... it's s [...] D
The shot looking into the Texas through the gun port shows Dirk and Al preparing the cannon. Even th [...] D
As the CSS Texas sets sail from the dock at Richmond she is shown flying the first version of the Co [...] D
In the 34th minute when Dirk speaks with the Imam, when seen from behind, the Imam's head movements [...] D
51st minute: if Eva believed there may be pathogens in the drinking water well, she would not have w [...] D
Dr. Hopper is shot; after Dirk and Al save Eva from the attackers, she runs over and hugs his body. [...] D
In the 48th minute World Health Organization officials arrive in two vehicles at the empty village a [...] D
At the beginning of Dirk's and Al's tumble down the sand dune in the pickup bed, their hands are han [...] D
Just after entering the Texas, Dirk Pitt claims the walls are two feet thick (correct for a typical [...] D
In the 13th minute when Eva awakes on the hip, the maps on the wall are mostly empty, the large one [...] D
In the 5th minute one sees a picture postcard titled 'Sahara.' The postmark is on the picture side, [...] D
As Dirk throws the rope to the other boat to tie off it is facing 90° to the right of the Calliop [...] D
During the Civil War, the James River at Richmond was not deep enough to float an ironclad. This is [...] D
Lagos, Nigeria, is far south of the Sahara. D
It has been well established that, in order for a lit cigarette to ignite gasoline, there has to be [...] D
When the ironclad is leaving the dock, you can briefly see a flag flying on it. The flag is the 1st [...] D
In the 53rd minute as Eva is trapped in the well and her colleagues have been killed, a rope is by h [...] D
The environment, particularly that of the Sahara Desert, have not changed sufficiently in 150 years [...] D
The African soldier on the boat pulls a 1911 government model out and fires 5 rounds at dirk then tu [...] D
When Dirk swings from the camels neck, a "hobble" or rope limiting the camels movements is seen pull [...] D
The guard on the train has sweat on the front of his shirt all the way down the front of the chest. [...] D
In the fifth minute one sees two, silver-coloured, two-handled generic trophies on the shelf. As the [...] D

Frase

Dirk Pitt: [on a phone] Admiral? Admiral James Sa [...] D
Al Giordino: [after going outside and being shot a [...] D
Al Giordino: I am so tired of being shot at! D
Rudi Gunn: But I was hoping to meet a girl on the [...] D
Rudi Gunn: [answers the phone] Uh... Hello, Admira [...] D
Dirk Pitt: [after he and Al crashed down the sand [...] D
Dirk Pitt: [while digging to find a way into the C [...] D
Yves Massarde: [to Dirk as he's trying to stop Mas [...] D
Admiral James Sandecker: [tracking Dirk and Al] Wh [...] D
Admiral James Sandecker: [after his boat has been [...] D
[first lines] Sailor Who Drops Gold: Sorry, capta [...] D
Yves Massarde: Your death would look pretty bad in [...] D
Dirk Pitt: [to Eva as Al, Dirk and Eva are being p [...] D
[two of Zatib's gunboats have just intercepted t [...] D
Al Giordino: [in Kazim's stolen car, being chased [...] D
Dirk Pitt: Hey, Al. Do remember that time when we [...] D
[Al, Dirk and Rudi are being chased in the Admiral [...] D
Al Giordino: [after an explosion that ripped down [...] D
[on the phone, after they pulled a Panama] Admira [...] D
Al Giordino: Hey, you ever been after marlins, doc [...] D
Dirk Pitt: [after they come across a wrecked plane [...] D
Dirk Pitt: What do you do if you're about to be ex [...] D
Al Giordino: Man, the Admiral's gonna be mad when [...] D
Dirk Pitt: I'll meet you at the boat. [Slaps Al i [...] D
Dirk Pitt: We could use some serious muscle out he [...] D
Eva Rojas: You're late. I was told an 8:00 departu [...] D
[last lines] Dirk Pitt: There's something I wante [...] D
Rudi Gunn: [after they pulled a Panama] Is that ho [...] D
Dirk Pitt: Al, did you bring the explosives from M [...] D
Dirk Pitt: He is going to blow it up. Al Giordino [...] D
[first title card] Title card: Richmond, Virginia [...] D
Al Giordino: [after the boat blows up] I lost my h [...] D
Al Giordino: Hey, you know how it is when you see [...] D
Al Giordino: Ah, how do you put this thing on, any [...] D
Al Giordino: Hey, I cant remember how this works.. [...] D
Admiral James Sandecker: You've got 72 hours, and [...] D
Admiral James Sandecker: [after being ignored on t [...] D
Yves Massarde: I understand you believe there is s [...] D
Dirk Pitt: We need to find that bomb. Al Giordino [...] D
Dirk Pitt: [to Eva] You, me, and the bay at Monter [...] D
Rudi Gunn: [Dirk wants Al to pull a "Panama"] What [...] D
Al Giordino: Hi! How are ya? D
Admiral James Sandecker: [sees Rudi on a couch] Ru [...] D
Al Giordino: [points at Dirks coin clue] Hey, you [...] D
Dirk Pitt, Al Giordino: [at the same time] Ther [...] D
Dr. Frank Hopper: How long have you two be togethe [...] D
Al Giordino: Hey Dirk! Where are we headed? Dirk [...] D
Dirk Pitt: [Dirk and Al are chained to each other [...] D
General Zateb Kazim: Don't worry. It's Africa. Nob [...] D
Eva Rojas: [as Kazim's troops lay down their weapo [...] D
Admiral James Sandecker: I can't ask you boys to d [...] D

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