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Sahara

2005 film directed by Breck Eisner
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Summary

Sahara is a film[1]. Sahara ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,382 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Breck Eisner[3]
  • Screenwriter: Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer[4], James V. Hart[5], Thomas Dean Donnelly[6]
  • Composer: Clint Mansell[7]
  • Genre: action film[8], buddy film[9], treasure hunt film[10], techno-thriller[11]
  • Based on: Sahara[12]
  • Cast member: Matthew McConaughey[13], Steve Zahn[14], Penélope Cruz[15], Lambert Wilson[16], Rainn Wilson[17], Lennie James[18], Delroy Lindo[19], William H. Macy[20], Daniel Lobé[21], Patrick Malahide[22], Robert Cavanah[23], Jude Akuwudike[24], Mark Aspinall[25], Rakie Ayola[26]
  • Producer: Karen Baldwin[27], Howard Baldwin[28], Mace Neufeld[29], Stephanie Austin[30]
  • Production company: Bristol Bay Productions[31]
  • Director of photography: Seamus McGarvey[32]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[33]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[34]
  • Review score: 5.2/10[35], 41/100[36], 37%[37]
  • Color: color[38]
  • Country of origin: United States[39]
  • Publication date: April 4, 2005[40], June 2, 2005[41], April 8, 2005[42]
  • Characters: James Sandecker[43], Al Giordino[44]
  • Distributed by: Paramount Pictures[45], Netflix[46], Xfinity Streampix[47]
  • Narrative location: Richmond[48], Niger River[49], Sahara[50], Lagos[51]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[52]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[53]

  • First release date: 2005-06-28[54]

  • Genre(s): classical[55]

  • Community tags: classical, score, soundtrack[56]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 5997ea1b-af9d-37fa-889b-313b442eb5af[57]

Why It Matters

Sahara has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] Sahara is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]

Related Entities

Clint Mansell Clive Cussler Delroy Lindo film Lambert Wilson Lennie James Mali Matthew McConaughey Morocco Netflix Nigeria Niger River Penélope Cruz Rainn Wilson Steve Zahn United States William H. Macy

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [52] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [55] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [56] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [57] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [58] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [59] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Ontogon · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14403 → 78843
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  2. 14d ago · Ontogon · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'bg', 'ca', 'ckb', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'fy',
    Namuwiki id → 사하라(2005년 영화)
    Sitelink count → 33
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Namuwiki id: 사하라(2005년 영화)"
  3. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 318649
    Set in period → 19th century, American Civil War
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  4. 7w ago · Ontogon · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 7w ago · Ontogon · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Australian classification → M
    P14724 → 19989810
    Classind rating → 12
    Allmovie title id → am14510
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  6. 8w ago · MrRobertman · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Rtc film rating → B
    Bbfc rating → 12 certificate
    Publication date → +2005-04-04T00:00:00Z, +2005-06-02T00:00:00Z, +2005-04-08T00:00:00Z
    Chvrs classification → PG
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Capital cost: 130,000,000 United States dollar, Added via Tricorder v3.0"
  7. 13w ago · Ontogon · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14567 → SID0026658
    P14587 → 3827
    Cinemarx title id (archived) → Sahara-Sahara-11257, 7364
    P14487 → eiga/film/143820
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14487: eiga/film/143820"
  8. 13w ago · Ontogon · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14449 → 32596
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Cinemarx title id (archived): Sahara-Sahara-11257"
  9. 20w ago · Ontogon · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14390 → sahara-2005
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