Happy 20th anniversary, 'Sahara'
The start of a new series
As the internet’s foremost “Sahara” fan/scholar, it is my ironclad duty to remind you all that today is the 20th anniversary of this goofy, fun movie that should have launched a lucrative franchise.
Instead, it flopped hard, and there hasn’t been a Clive Cussler adaptation since. I wrote a little bit about that a few years ago in my 30 for 30 series:
30 for 30: 2005 — "Sahara"
What’s this all about? I turn 30 on Sept. 26, 30 days from the start of this series. To celebrate, I’m going to watch one movie a day for 30 days and spend 30 minutes writing about each one. This post is about 2005. Click here for the original newsletter in the series. Other entries:
But to celebrate the film’s 20th anniversary, I’m using this newsletter to celebrate Sahara Month, with four newsletters about the making of the film, its adaptation, the Cussler and the McConaughey and Breck Eisner of it all, and the lawsuit about its budget.
First issue coming next Tuesday, April 15. See you then.