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Sahara
MEANRANK
58/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4278
- IMDb #4361
- Google retired #2426
- Rotten Tomatoes #3966
- Metacritic #4108
- Letterboxd #4592
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4414
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3741
- Metacritic Critics #4172
- Metacritic Audience #3712
- Criticker #856
- Douban #2171
- Kinopoisk #3328
- AlloCiné #4642
- Trakt #4179
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 37, highest is Google on 82. Critics average 39, everyone else 62.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A treasure hunter and his partner search the deserts of West Africa for a lost American Civil War ironclad ship rumored to be filled with treasure. Their quest becomes entangled with a World Health Organization doctor investigating a deadly plague. They soon discover the two mysteries are connected, leading them on a race against time to find the ship and stop an environmental catastrophe orchestrated by a corrupt industrialist.
Details
- Director
- Breck Eisner
- Based on
- Sahara by Clive Cussler
- Studio
- Baldwin Entertainment Group, Desertlands Entertainment, Mace Neufeld Productions, KanZaman Productions
- Released
- 6 April 2005
- Country
- Germany, Morocco, Spain, United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $130.0M
- Box office
- $119.3M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 5 →2 wins from 5 nominations across 3 ceremonies
| BMI Film & TV Awards 2005 | Film Music Award | Clint Mansell | Winner |
| Irish Film & Television Awards 2005 | Best Cinematography Award | Seamus McGarvey | Winner |
| Teen Choice Awards 2005 | Choice Movie Actor: Action/Thriller | Matthew McConaughey | Nominee |
| Teen Choice Awards 2005 | Choice Movie Actress: Action/Thriller | Penélope Cruz | Nominee |
| Teen Choice Awards 2005 | Choice Movie: Liplock | Matthew McConaughey and Penélope Cruz | Nominee |
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5 awards — Sahara
×| Film Music Award | Clint Mansell | Winner |
| Best Cinematography Award | Seamus McGarvey | Winner |
| Choice Movie Actor: Action/Thriller | Matthew McConaughey | Nominee |
| Choice Movie Actress: Action/Thriller | Penélope Cruz | Nominee |
| Choice Movie: Liplock | Matthew McConaughey and Penélope Cruz | Nominee |