Sahara (1 Viewer)

Chad Ferguson · Apr 1, 2004

Just curious if anyone knew much about this film. First of all, when is it being released? I've heard both Winter and Summer of this year.
Thanks

ChrisMatson · Apr 1, 2004

IMDB is your friend:
http://imdb.com/title/tt0318649/releaseinfo

Australia: 25 November 2004
France: 8 December 2004
UK: 10 December 2004
Belgium: 22 December 2004

I had not heard about this movie before--it sounds awful.

george kaplan · Apr 1, 2004

On the other hand, you can go buy a dvd of the Humphrey Bogart film Sahara (1943) which is a very good film.

Chad Ferguson · Apr 1, 2004

Ya, I read the imdb listing, but also dark horizons just posted paramounts summer movies previews with it in it. That's why I'm asking.
Thanks

Jonathan White · Apr 1, 2004

Hasn't the production hit some problems? I heard that they filmed the intro, which is always set in the past and sets up the story in the present and that was it. Clive Cussler had problems with it and this brought production to a halt. Apparently they changed his story too much and he pulled the plug. Sorry don't have any links.

john aprile · Apr 2, 2004

Bogart for sure

Kevin Grey · Apr 2, 2004

I've been waiting for an adaptation of one of Clive Cussler's books for a long time (Raise the Titanic doesn't count). I don't read them anymore since the books have become a bit too formulaic but they should make great summer blockbuster fare. That said, I was a lot more interested in this movie when it was being directed by Rob Bowman. I'm not really familiar with the new director, Breck Eisner.

Dennis Nicholls · Apr 2, 2004

George beat me to it....

RobertR · Apr 2, 2004

They sure have. I read Atlantis Found a few months ago and kept thinking it felt like I was reading a summer action movie--paper thin characters, big action set pieces, etc. Not good.

Cussler had been saying for years that Hollywood wouldn't do justice to his Pitt books.

Kevin Grey · Apr 2, 2004

That was the one that killed it for me too. Cussler's unique blend of maritime history and modern day threats makes for a wonderful combination. The characters are fine for the first several novels that you read-clearly drawn, witty, and a lot of fun. Its just after a while and you realize that he's using the same jokes, same action scenes, and the same plotlines that it becomes so boring. I don't know how many times I could read descriptions of Sandecker's bantam chest, Giordano's swarthy nature, or Pitt's piercing blue eyes with a hint of cruelty....

ThomasC · Apr 2, 2004

Sheesh, 10 posts and no mention of Greg's Preview page on Sahara

:

http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hp&cf=prev&id=1808405735

RobertR · Apr 2, 2004

Kevin, how could you! Everyone knows Pitt's eyes are opaline green.

Eman_Ramos · Apr 2, 2004

William H. Macy's in it? Sandecker!

I have bad feelings about this movie. Mostly due to the creative differences between Cussler and the writers, as well as questionable casting.

I mean c'mon. Steve Zahn as Giordino?!

For the record, Cussler's books are a guilty pleasure of mine. Yes, they're formulaic, but they're fun stuff.

ChrisMatson · Apr 2, 2004

This may be of interest of those who are looking forward to the movie:
http://www.raisethetitanic.com/sahar...tion_news.html

Matt Pasant · Jun 11, 2004

Is this how any of you all thought Dirk Pitt would look on screen... if you ask me, Richard Jordon was closer than this:

From Aint it Cool

Holadem · Jun 11, 2004

Absolutely.

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Brent Bridgeman · Jun 11, 2004

Yeah, I can't see Pitt being "scruffy" and long-haired like that unless he was in some sort of disguise. Looks like he might be a surfer dude instead of a classic car collector. Plus, I don't see Pitt giving a snarl like that. A sardonic leer or a sarcastic smirk, yes, but a sneer?

I think Burt Lancaster in his prime would have made a great Dirk Pitt. Originally, I thought that McConnnannnahay (I just don't know how to spell it, so I try to make it funny) would too, but after seeing those pictures, I'm not so sure.

Eman_Ramos · Jun 16, 2004

Release Date has been set

It's being pushed back to March 2005. I dunno. Doesn't look like a good sign. As an Cussler fanatic, I hope it's not too big of a dud...

Eman_Ramos · Jun 16, 2004

Release Date has been set

It's being pushed back to March 2005. I dunno. Doesn't look like a good sign. As an Cussler fanatic, I hope it's not too big of a dud...

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