Deliberate mistake: In the opening credits, there is a newspaper article showing that Dirk Pitt has found the remains of Nungesser and Coli's L'Oiseau Blanc, a plane that disappeared attempting to cross the Atlantic in 1927 before Charles Lindbergh made it. The wreckage in the newspaper photo is totally wrong; it has a radial (round) engine and cowling and a three-bladed propeller. The real plane had an inline engine, square cowling and a two-bladed propeller.
Sahara (2005)
1 deliberate mistake - chronological order
Directed by: Breck Eisner
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, William H. Macy, Penélope Cruz, Steve Zahn, Delroy Lindo, Rainn Wilson, Lambert Wilson, Jude Akuwudike, Christopher Bello, Mark Aspinall, Rakie Ayola
Continuity mistake: In the boat chase scene with Dirk, Al and Rudi, the glass at the front of the boat gets shot out and then appears intact in the next scene, but is shot into pieces seconds later.
Dirk Pitt: We need to find that bomb.
Al Giordino: No. I'll find the bomb. You get the girl.
Dirk Pitt: ...Deal.
Trivia: It's ironic at the end that Admiral Sandecker states that he is done with politics, because later in the Cussler books, Sandecker is appointed Vice President of the United States.
Question: What is the name of the song played when the boat leaves Lagos, and is cruising up the Niger River?
Answer: "Here We Go!" by Clint Mansell. It is on the Sahara soundtrack.