Sahara (2005)
Action, Adventure, Comedy |
Sahara is a action-adventure comedy film directed by Breck Eisner that is based on the best-selling 1992 novel of the same name by Clive Cussler. It stars Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn and Penélope Cruz and is an international co-production between the United Kingdom, Spain, Germany and the United States.
Sahara grossed $119 million worldwide at the box-office, against a budget of $160 million. It ultimately failed to recoup all of its costs and is among the biggest box-office failures of all-time.
The story begins in 1865, at the end of the American Civil War. With the city of Richmond, Virginia in ruins after being bombarded by Union artillery. The ironclad CSS Texas, captained by Mason Tombs, is loaded with the last of the Confederacy’s treasury gold in a final effort to prevent it from being captured by Union forces. The CSS Texas then makes a desperate attempt to run the Union naval blockade under heavy attack and disappears into the darkness…leaving its fate unknown.
Director: Breck Eisner
Writers: Clive Cussler (novel), Thomas Dean Donnelly (screenplay), Joshua Oppenheimer (screenplay), John C. Richards (screenplay), James V. Hart (screenplay)
Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Penélope Cruz, Steve Zahn, Rainn Wilson, William H. Macy, Lambert Wilson
| Jude Akuwudike | … | Imam |
| Mark Aspinall | … | Lawyer |
| Rakie Ayola | … | Mrs. Nwokolo |
| Christopher Bello | … | Train Driver |
| Nicholas Beveney | … | Gunboat 1 Officer |
| Empotoe Bosage | … | Pick Up Truck Guard |
| Robert Cavanah | … | Captain Tombs |
| Penélope Cruz | … | Eva Rojas (as Penelope Cruz) |
| Clint Dyer | … | Oshodi |
| Matthew Flynn | … | 1st Lieutenant, Ironclad |
| Paulin Fodouop | … | Modibo (as Paulin F. Fodouop) |
| Ouahbou Houcine | … | Tuareg Village Boy #1 |
| Emmanuel Ighodaro | … | Kazim’s Officer Asselar |
| Lennie James | … | General Zateb Kazim |
| Maurice Lee | … | Zakara |
| Delroy Lindo | … | Carl |
| Daniel Njo Lobé | … | Tuareg Sangare (as Daniel Lobe) |
| William H. Macy | … | Admiral Sandecker |
| Francis Magee | … | Fuse Cutter |
| Patrick Malahide | … | Ambassador Polidori |
| Thierno Amath Mbaye | … | Pick Up Truck Driver |
| Matthew McConaughey | … | Dirk Pitt |
| Femi Ogunbanjo | … | Modibo’s Tuareg #2 |
| Eddie Osei | … | Train Guard |
| Nathan Osgood | … | Gun Captain |
| Lahcen Ouezgane | … | Tuareg Village Boy #2 |
| Robert Paterson | … | NUMA Crew Member |
| Abdul Salis | … | Oumar |
| Tosin Sanyalo | … | Azikiwe Nwokolo |
| Christopher Saul | … | Pilot, Ironclad |
| Billy Seymour | … | Powder Monkey |
| Mark Springer | … | Solar Plant Guard |
| Glynn Turman | … | Dr. Frank Hopper |
| Celestine Vita | … | Old Woman in Labbezanga |
| Mark Wells | … | Sailor Who Drops Gold |
| Lambert Wilson | … | Yves Massarde |
| Rainn Wilson | … | Rudi Gunn |
| Steve Zahn | … | Al Giordino |
| Gary Bunn | … | Confederate Soldier (uncredited) |
| Nina Aimer Fox | … | Stand- in (uncredited) |
| Daniel Jude Gennis | … | Mr. Nwokolo (uncredited) |
| Shane Pinson | … | Confederate Soldier (uncredited) |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia