Corrected entry: Clive Cussler, the original author of the novel "Sahara" that this movie was based on, sued the studio because he felt that the producers had taken too many liberties with the screenplay (e.g. removing/changing crucial scenes or information and adding unnecessary material.).
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8th Dec 2005
Sahara (2005)
22nd Oct 2005
Sahara (2005)
Corrected entry: Near the end where the villain is flying in the helicopter shooting at the landlocked ironclad ship the heroes are holed up in, he obviously missed thousands of massed Twareg warriors just over the sand dune. (01:47:00 - 01:49:00)
Correction: Who says he missed them? His main objective was to kill Pitt, Al and Eva. As it was stated in the movie, he was probably running low on fuel and wanted to kill them before he did. What was he going to do? Kill all the Twaregs first?
31st Aug 2005
Sahara (2005)
Corrected entry: When Dirk is cajoling the Admiral into letting him use the boat, he mentions that Davis had 5 gold dollars struck just before the Mint was destroyed at the end of the Civil War. He claims that Stonewall Jackson was the recipient of one of the dollars, but Jackson was killed in May of 1863...two years before the end of the war.
Correction: It was actually a figure of speech. When he makes reference to the fact the Mint was destroyed, he actually says, "Not before he had 5 gold coins made," (or something similar). He doesn't say "just before." It could have been years before the Mint was destroyed.
14th Apr 2005
Sahara (2005)
Corrected entry: At the beginning of the movie as the Confederate ironclad, Texas, begins to leave the dock, it's flying the Stars and Stripes; -seen behind the captain's head as he's giving orders.
Correction: In the book, it is explained that they flew that flag to "trick" the Union soldiers in thinking the ironclad ship was a Union ship. It was meant to be a diversion tactic, because the Confederate ironclad ship closely resembled a ship in the Union fleet. In the book, all the confederate soldiers on the ship also wore Union uniforms too. Obviously, in the movie this point was not clearly explained.
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Correction: This isn't exactly true. (a) The lawsuit is actually on hold due to many reasons, including Clive Cussler's health issues, so the full terms of the lawsuit are still unclear (b) the lawsuit involves not giving Clive Cussler final script approval and that the studio went ahead with shooting the film without his approval. (c) removing scenes occurs in every book to film transitions. Therefore can hardly be grounds for a lawsuit.
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