Judge rejects motion by 'Sahara' novelist for judgment Jan 8, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) A judge has denied a bid by the author of the book behind the 2005 film Sahara to obtain a judgment of more than $8 ... Sahara, starred Matthew McConaughey and Penelope Cruz ... Matthew McConaughey, left, Penelope Cruz and Steve Zahn starred in the 2005 movie Sahara. (USA Today -- Life)
On Movies | 'Rescue' star happy to show serious side Jul 15, 2007
and Sahara have left him typecast: the wacky sidekick, the second banana. "So I was prepared to make my speech, but I didn t even have to get to that point," says Zahn. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Bale shines in Herzog's 'Dawn' Jul 14, 2007
In his four-decade career, the filmmaker has been famously drawn to impossible filming locations -- the deep jungle ("Aguirre: The Wrath of God"), the Sahara ("Fata Morgana") and an about-to-erupt volcano ("La Soufrire"). He frequently ups the ante by insisting on extravagant stunts, such as pulling a real ship over a real mountain ("Fitzcarraldo"). (San Francisco Chronicle)
Sahara director testifies in trial Apr 12, 2007
Sahara director testifies in trial - Movies - MSNBC.com ... Sahara director testifies in trial ... LOS ANGELES - Despite hearing whispers around Hollywood there were troubles making the film adaptation of Sahara, Breck Eisner said Wednesday he decided to direct the movie because he thought it could lead to a lucrative franchise. (MSNBC -- Movies)
'Sahara' author sues moviemaker Feb 3, 2007
Sahara' author sues moviemaker ... text size Matthew McConaughey stars as master explorer Dirk Pitt in Sahara ... Sahara' author sues moviemaker. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
The Secret Mainstream Feb 1, 2007
Fata Morgana (1970) is nominally a film about mirages in the Sahara Desert, and its narration, read by the German film historian Lotte Eisner, offers long recitations from a Mayan creation myth: Therefore the creatress and the creator essayed once more to build living beings, to make moving creatures ... The film has been called a cosmic pun on cin;ma v;rit;, and Herzog has said that his plan was to go out to the southern Sahara to shoot a kind of science-fiction story about aliens from the... (Harper's Magazine)
McConaughey as Magnum? Jan 18, 2007
The same report pegs Steve Zahn (Sahara) as Rick, Tyrese Gibson (2 Fast 2 Furious) as TC the chopper pilot, and William H. Macy as Higgins (ER), British war veteran and caretaker of the estate where Magnum lodges ... It's interesting to note, though, that three of the four key cast members McConaughey, Zahn, and Macy all appeared together in the Clive Cussler novel-based Sahara. (IGN FilmForce)
