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Matthew McConaughey did many of his own stunts during the boat chase. According to Breck Eisner, "[H [...]	D
The dictator's antique car is a fiberglass replica of a 1936 C28 Avions Voisin built by D Tessier in [...]	D
Modibo is played by French actor Paulin Fodouop. This is his only American movie.	D
Matthew McConaughey and PenÃ©lope Cruz started dating after they met on set. The relationship last [...]	D
"Never Been Any Reason" by Head East was also featured in Matthew McConaughey's first movie, La vita [...]	D
The Frank Hopper of Clive Cussler's original novel was tall, Canadian, and Ginger. Another character [...]	D
The ship used to portray the Martha Ann was one of the vessels Robert Ballard used to find the Titan [...]	D
In the novel, the "Land Yacht" that Pitt and Giordino build out of Kitty Mannock's plane not only sa [...]	D
Because of footprints left in the sand, many of the desert shots had to be done in one take.	D
Dayna Cussler was cast for the role of "Kitty Mannock," but her scenes were cut before release.	D
A sequel was planned, but ultimately canceled due to the film's poor box office reception.	D
John L. Porter designed the Ironclad casemate warship as far back as 1849, but it received little at [...]	D
The ship is a 200 foot replica of the Civil War ironclad CSS Texas.	D
The boat that veers off into the sand ran over a $250,000 camera.	D
The cast had camel-riding lessons during which they would have to ride the camel at full gallop for [...]	D
The interior of Massarde's toxic waste disposal plant was the factory in Britain where the jet engin [...]	D
In the background there's an extra in a green shirt and hat that's in almost every shot.	D
Steve Zahn said that carrying this truck bed liner was his least favorite thing to film.	D
William H. Macy was cast in order to bring an indie film element to an other wise big budget feature [...]	D
The Texas ship is the same boat used at the beginning of the movie, shipped all the way from the U.K [...]	D
In the book, the Calliope (Sandecker's personal yacht in the film) was a decked out, purpose-built, [...]	D
Filming got started after three years of production delays.	D
Clive Cussler later alleged to have used racist and antisemitic slurs to refer to some of the counte [...]	D
Matthew McConaughey had travelled up the Niger River and trekked through Mali as a tourist before th [...]	D
In the novel, Rudi Gunn is every bit as capable as Pitt and Giordino, and even had his own subplot a [...]	D
Steve Zahn and William H. Macy have worked together previously in the Happy,Texas (1999) movie.	D
Admiral Sandecker's power boat the Calliope is a Hunton RS43 that was modified with jet drives to op [...]	D
Breck Eisner felt that early '70s American classic rock personified the characters in the movie.	D
PenÃ©lope Cruz's first taste of an action-adventure movie.	D
In the film, finding the Texas Ironclad is Dirk's singular life obsession, but in the novel the film [...]	D
In the book, doctors Frank Hopper, Eva Rojas, and the other WHO scientists are brought to Tebezza, Y [...]	D
While shooting in the desert, the cast and crew endured sand storms and swarms of locusts.	D
The real U.S. Ambassador to Morocco came by while they were filming the Ambassador scene. When asked [...]	D
The scene where Dirk fights off Eva's attackers on the beach is much different from the book. In the [...]	D
Philip Anschutz would not fund any film with even a possibility of getting an R rating, which meant [...]	D
The real CSS Texas Ironclad was captured before ever making her maiden voyage along the James River. [...]	D
Matthew McConaughey substituted real tequila for the apple juice that was supposed to be in the bott [...]	D
For years, the author of the novel on which this film is based, Clive Cussler wanted Salma Hayek to [...]	D
Philip Anschutz (the Billionaire who approached Clive Cussler to adapt this film) and Bristol Bay Pr [...]	D
The orange dialed diver's watch that Matthew McConaughey wears in the movie is the iconic Doxa Sub 6 [...]	D
Clive Cussler had written his own script, but clashed bitterly with every professional screenwriter [...]	D
The 'Sahara' (1983) cinema movie shares the same 'Sahara' title as a 1940s Humphrey Bogart WWII acti [...]	D
The abandoned house Frank and Eva walk through is a real home in Morocco. Three families live in thi [...]	D
Steve Zahn wears a "Stockyard" cap with a Longhorn Bull logo. The Stockyards are a major historical [...]	D
Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey designed a "Sahara gold" filter to create the feeling of heat.	D
Steve Zahn was very comfortable handling the weapons, as he is a war history buff.	D
Shooting lasted three-and-a-half months in Morocco, a month in Spain, and five weeks in London.	D
Rainn Wilson on his first day: "I didn't understand how much goats urinate."	D
The production saved about $50,000 by borrowing scrolls from another movie.	D
To promote the film, Matthew McConaughey drove his own Airstream trailer (painted with a large Sahar [...]	D
Breck Eisner said the scene where Dirk and Eva are flirting is the moment when he knew the chemistry [...]	D
Strong winds knocked Matthew McConaughey off the plane while they were filming.	D
Originally, the guys were going to crash the plane into a jeep, which would drive them to the gas st [...]	D
Three hundred individual costumes were designed for all the Tuareg.	D
Al Giordino is described in the books as a swarthy Italian with curly black hair and a bushy mustach [...]	D
Christian Bale, Tom Cruise and Hugh Jackman were considered to star as Dirk Pitt.	D
The fact that Al Giordino had some of the Admiral's cigars was an inside joke from the novels. He al [...]	D
The reservoir was completely dry when the location was chosen the previous summer.	D
The ship set was balanced on a motion base that was shaken back and forth using a joystick control.	D
The only person able to jump from a camel onto a moving train was the camel wrangler himself, theref [...]	D
There were 250 horses and hundreds of extras used in the shot of the Tuareg looking down from the hi [...]	D
Following the failure of Blitz nell'oceano (1980), Clive Cussler had refused to sell the movie right [...]	D
Matthew McConaughey had to wear a back brace after jump-kicking the bad guy off the tower.	D
The cast had a hard time working with the camels, which are notoriously finicky animals. Breck Eisne [...]	D
The mosque is based on the Great Mosque of DjennÃ© in Mali, one of the most famous landmarks in Af [...]	D
In the novel, amongst the findings in the Texas was the mummified body of Abraham Lincoln.	D
Clive Cussler blasted the film on his latest book tour. Before it was even released he filed suit, a [...]	D
Five detailed Confederate coins were made for the movie, along with 15,000 gold discs for this scene [...]	D
Breck Eisner got the idea for the scene where Al asks Dirk how to tie a tie from his dad trying to t [...]	D
William H. Macy was the only actor considered for the role of Sandecker.	D
Ten screenwriters working on the movie were paid $3.8 million in fees and bonuses. David S. Ward, wh [...]	D
Breck Eisner wanted Kazim to be modern and suave, instead of an Idi Amin style of dictator.	D
The crashed plane Pitt and Giordino find in the desert is depicted as having crashed into a dune. In [...]	D
The final scene on the beach was filmed on Cala Sa Boadella beach in Spain.	D
In the opening scene, the camera sweeps across a series of newspaper clippings showcasing Dirk Pitt' [...]	D
Matthew McConaughey learned hand-to-hand combat techniques during two weeks of Navy SEAL training.	D
Over 150,000 rounds of blank ammunition were used in the movie.	D
One of the three prologues of the book entails a group of tourists stopping at Asselar where the vil [...]	D
A draft that the studio and the producers liked met with the approval of Rob Bowman, who had agreed [...]	D
In the film, Massarde's toxic waste disposal plant, Fort Foureau, is combined with his gold mine sla [...]	D
Sandecker's "boat" is a Hunton Gazelle, which costs almost half a million dollars.	D
The ship used to portray the Martha Ann was one of the vessels Robert Ballard used to find the Titan [...]	D
Breck Eisner had never directed a big budget feature before helming this film.	D
The military vehicles were supplied by the Moroccan army. They got them from the U.S.	D
A plane crash which lasted just 46 seconds on screen, yet cost $2 million to film, ultimately had to [...]	D
PenÃ©lope Cruz initially thought she was too young to play a World Health Organization doctor. A r [...]	D
Rainn Wilson states on his Instagram that while shooting the scene where Rudi is escaping from the b [...]	D
The scene where Carl brings a bottle of water to Massarde was shot at the hotel where the cast staye [...]	D
The Tuareg were mostly played by a troop of horse riders who do stunt shows throughout Morocco.	D
As the camel Matthew McConaughey was assigned would not stay still, the scene where he swings off th [...]	D
The plane was pulled by a truck and propelled by a go-cart attached underneath it.	D
The cast had a US Navy SEAL adviser for action sequences and weapon trainings.	D
Matthew McConaughey campaigned for years to play Dirk Pitt.	D
In 2007, the film's 151-page line-item budget, entered as evidence in a lawsuit and supposedly confi [...]	D
William H. Macy was the last of the four main actors to sign on to the project.	D
The ship was supposed to be more deeply buried, but sandstorms kept blowing the sand away.	D
When Dirk and Al talk about an incident in the past where they rode camels in Morocco, actors Matthe [...]	D
The heat from the mirrors used was so strong, smoke rose from Matthew McConaughey's shirt.	D
Massarde's Toxic Waste Disposal plant is all computer graphics. There are 350 CGI shots in the movie [...]	D
A full-scale model of the Texas was built for the film. After the 1865 sequence was filmed, it was d [...]	D
Both a miniature and life-size model of the helicopter were used for the explosion.	D
Steve Zahn was really sick while filming the scene where the boat drives down the river past a town. [...]	D
Matthew McConaughey was paid $8 million for the movie, while Steve Zahn made $2.3 million, and PenÃ [...]	D
Breck Eisner: [Falling, swooping objects] This occurs several times throughout the film - during the [...]	D
When Eva, Dirk and Al are riding camels across the desert that was the first day of shooting with al [...]	D
The budget ballooned to twice its original size - well over $100 million - which meant that, despite [...]	D
There were three identical racing camels for each actor that would each run only 200 yards at a time [...]	D

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