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[[Sahara]] is a 2005 action-adventure [[Film]] starring Matthew McConaughey as [[Adventure Archaeologist]] Dirk Pitt. While engaged in a deep-sea salvage off the coast of Nigeria with his partner Al Giordino (Steve Zahn), Dirk discovers evidence that a lost Civil War ironclad may have managed to cross the Atlantic and wind up in Western Africa. Simultaneously, he saves the life of a WHO doctor ([[Penélope Cruz]]), who is investigating the source of a strange disease. Together they travel up the Niger River, searching for the missing ship and the toxins causing the disease, while evading the forces of General Kazim, who rules over the region and may have something to do with the plague.

[[Sahara]] is a 2005 action-adventure [[Film]] based on the 1992 ''[[Dirk Pitt]]'' [[Sahara (novel)|novel]], starring [[Matthew McConaughey]] as [[Adventure Archaeologist]] Dirk Pitt. While engaged in a deep-sea salvage off the coast of Nigeria with his partner Al Giordino (Steve Zahn), Dirk discovers evidence that a lost Civil War ironclad may have managed to cross the Atlantic and wind up in Western Africa. Simultaneously, he saves the life of a WHO doctor ([[Penélope Cruz]]), who is investigating the source of a strange disease. Together they travel up the Niger River, searching for the missing ship and the toxins causing the disease, while evading the forces of General Kazim, who rules over the region and may have something to do with the plague.

Though reasonably successful at the box office, this film was a notable financial disaster, costing the studio over $100 million in losses. The movie was also famous for prompting a multi-million dollar lawsuit by the writer of the original novel, [[Clive Cussler]], against the producers of the film, a lawsuit that Cussler subsequently lost.

* [[Adventurer Archaeologist]]: Dirk Pitt

* [[Adventurer Archaeologist]]: Dirk Pitt.

* [[Badass]]: Dirk, again.

* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]]: Not only is Penelope Cruz's character thrown around and beaten up multiple times, but she also falls through the floor of the [[Saharan Shipwreck]] and is buried under a huge pile of sand. Her face gets a little dusty. Other than that, her hair is perfectly styled and she still looks like straight out of her L'Oreal commercials.