Southern california plays the sahara desert quite effectively. The movie was made again in australia with james belushi as gunn and the same title sahara 1995. Sahara 1943 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The story was good enough to be remade as a western in 1953 called last of the comanchees. Joining the scattered retreat across the libyan desert, gunn and his two remaining men. Sahara is a remake of the 1943 film of the same name starring humphrey bogart. Sahara is a 1943 american blackandwhite action war film from columbia pictures, directed by zoltan korda, that stars humphrey bogart as an american tank commander in libya during the western desert campaign of world war ii. The plot clips along at a pretty good pace, but nothings explored in any depth, the characters dont change or grow, and anything that needs to happen to move the story along appears conveniently from out of nowhere. Joe is a tank commander fleeing across the north africa desert with two other americans in their tank. The hurt locker and bogarts 1943 sahara in the spirit of late night 70s tv. Apr 03, 2014 one of the best war films of its time, the tale follows a stranded group of six allied soldiers, plus an italian and a nazi prisoner of war, as they trek across the desert in bogarts tank in. A worldfamous australian aviatrix, kitty mannock, vanishes mysteriously in the middle of the sahara while attempting a recordbreaking flight from london to capetown and is never see again it is 1995. May 28, 2017 superb action western movies take a hard ride lee van cleef,movies old hd online free 2017.
The film, released ultimately in november 1943, became a great success and was later remade twice more. Sahara clive cusslers novel sahara astounded me with its intense plot, diverse characters, and intriguing settings. The 1943 film is based on an incident seen in the 1936 soviet film the thirteen, which ironically was itself a remake of 1934 movie the lost patrol. After a major battle in june 1942 an american tank crew, one of the few serving with the british 8th army, is ordered to retreat south into the sahara desert, the only direction that is open to them. Sahara author clive cussler clive cussler adventure book. Its not really bogarts movie, more of a team effort with great camaraderie and chemistry. Have you ever waited for your favorite book to be turned into a movie. This site is neither endorsed by nor affiliated with the academy of motion picture arts and sciences. After the fall of the libyan city of tobruk, sergeant joe gunn humphrey bogart and his crew waco hoyt bruce bennett, fred clarkson lloyd. Sahara directed by zoltan korda available on vhs, dvd alibris. Savants favorite discussion with john candy on that movie namedrop, namedrop was about the possibility of making a comedy version of sahara with the same dopey tank crew, possibly to be called 1942. When the german scouts at bir acroma are killed or captured, gunns men acquire a water cooled machine gun from their halftrack.
In 1995 a madeforcable remake of sahara was made, this time starring james belushi as sergeant gunn. As amazing as the movie sahara is, the book its based on threw it out of the water. Carrol naish the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 37 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. When it is shown being carried to the ruins it has now become a british vickers mk i in. The storyline is based on a story by philip macdonald and an incident depicted in the 1936 soviet film the thirteen by mikhail romm.
Sahara also known as desert storm is a 1995 americanaustralian madefortelevision action war film shot in australia and directed by brian trenchardsmith and starring james belushi. Oct 8, 2014 this pin was discovered by military cinema. Mar 11, 2018 sahara feels more like a 1940s serial than a book written in 1991 or a movie made in 2005. Without a doubt, sahara is one of the best books i have ever read. Two years ago, hollywood used the same title sahara to produce a huge budget color adventure movie but with an altogether story. The film begins with gunn and his crew becoming separated from a british 8th army retreat, stranding them to their own resourcefulness. Read the full synopsis of sahara, 1943, directed by zoltan korda, with humphrey bogart, bruce bennett, j. A week before the surrender of confederate forces of robert e.
It is the skullsplitting cacophony of 21 producers and four screenwriters that we know about, anyway standing in the same room shouting into their. The sabre and the arrow and in 1995 again under the title sahara, with james belushi taking over the main role once played by victor mclaglen in 1934 and humphrey bogart in 1943. Lee in 1865, the confederate navy ship css texas is being loaded at a dock with crates supposedly filled with documents. The opening credits dedicate the film to the iv armored corps of the army.
Sahara, an american adventure film starring brooke shields. The 1943 movie sahara pits a motley allied tank crew against the nazisand against a desert where death by thirst is only one empty canteen away sahara is. As it says in the summary, sahara was mostly intended to be a wartime patriotic propaganda movie, so they didnt care to spend time and come up with some original plot and just adapted one from an old soviet movie. Sergeant joe gunn bogart is the commander of an american m3 tank crew allied to the british eighth army, which is defeated by the germans at tobruk.
Onscreen credits note that this picture was based on an incident in the soviet photoplay the thirteen. Sahara, starring james belushi, an australian remake of the 1943 humphrey bogart film. The characters are too thin, the violence too careless, the suspension of disbelief required too strenuous, the treatment of nonwhites too stereotyped. Humphrey bogart considered this world war ii action epic from director zoltan korda one of his finest films. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing sahara 1943 near you. It has a very simple yet action packed plot that keeps your interest throughout. Bogart plays sergeant joe gunn in sahara, a propaganda film made in 1943. Fourth armored division officers and members of the hollywood crew, in the mojave desert in 1943, for the shooting of the wartime movie, sahara. Sahara 1943 is probably kordas bestknown film, a classic world war ii adventure that was written by korda and john howard lawsonwho would pay for the films socialist subtext when tried before the house unamerican activities committee a few years later.
Sahara is a world war ii film about a britishamerican military unit that is stranded in the sahara desert and not only has to fight for survival against the elements, but has to battle the nazi troops that are closing in on the squadron. This desert war adventure is set during wwii and is a remake of zoltan kordas 1943 version. It also stars one of the greatest movie stars of all times. The working title of this film was somewhere in sahara. One of the best war films of its time, the tale follows a stranded group of six allied soldiers, plus an italian and a nazi prisoner of war, as they trek across the desert in bogarts tank in search of a legendary well at an abandoned fort. Sahara, starring matthew mcconaughey and based on the novel by clive cussler. Siskoid 1943s sahara plays like a survivaladventure movie more than a war movie for the first half, as dependable leader humphrey bogart tries to get his tank crew threw the desert, meeting other lost souls along and being very ethical indeed despite waning rations. Pair kathryn bigelows desert war adventure with an earlier, better example. In the scene where the tank crew meet up with the weary band of soldiers, fred clarkson lloyd bridges has a very distinctive graze on the right side of his forehead.
Sahara 1943 a sdg one of the best wwiiera wwii movies, sahara is a thoroughly entertaining war actioner starring humphrey bogart as a tough american sergeant commanding a. Due to a lawsuit the 2005 film sahara is one of the few hollywood flops with open books. Click on the award name to show winners and nominees for the design and development of an inexpensive method of converting moviolas to class b pushpull reproduction. The tale chronicles the courage of an american sergeant and his few men who attempt to escape.
Sahara is a 2005 actionadventure comedy film directed by breck eisner that is based on the bestselling book of the same name by clive cussler. Us soldier and equipment were used as extras for both sides. We studied sahara carefully when the amazing mechanic pat carmen recreated lulubelle from a discarded wreck on a nevada target range. Superb action adventure movies sahara brooke shields. Standing behind him at far left is armored force second lieutenant later captain kenneth koyen.
Humphrey bogart stars as army sergeant joe gunn in the 1943 ww2 film sahara. The film is directed by jagatrai pesumal advani for vaswani art productions. Joe gunn, and after tobruk falls in north africa, he leads a tank unit into the desert. Superb action western movies take a hard ride lee van cleef,movies old hd online free 2017. Sahara 1943 approved 1h 37min action, drama, war 11 november 1943 usa after the fall of tobruk in 1942, during the allied retreat in the libyan desert, an american tank picksup a motley group of survivors but they face advancing germans and a lack of water. Theres plenty of topnotch, explosive action in this 1943 bogie classic about a ragtag battalion stranded in the great african desert during world war ii. Aug 21, 2014 the 1943 movie sahara pits a motley allied tank crew against the nazisand against a desert where death by thirst is only one empty canteen away sahara is a classic. Sahara is one of the best world war ii movies made during the war.
This movie should never be confused or even associated with the terrible sahara 2005 with matthew mcconaughey. With standard wartime context provided, zoltan kordas north africa tank drama sahara, 1943, begins with bad news for jimmy dan duryea, waco bruce bennett and sergeant joe gunn humphrey bogart. It stars matthew mcconaughey, steve zahn and penelope cruz and is an international coproduction between the united kingdom, spain, germany and the united states. Then when it finally happens you barely recognize it on the big screen. Sahara 1943 internet movie firearms database guns in. May 27, 2019 humphrey bogart stars as army sergeant joe gunn in the 1943 ww2 film sahara.
Sahara is a 1943 film starring humphrey bogart, directed by zoltan korda, and intended as a propaganda film during world war ii. Sahara feels more like a 1940s serial than a book written in 1991 or a movie made in 2005. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Sahara was a seriously overlooked humphrey bogart gem that sadly gets none of the credit it deserves. Chatsworth, california and the sand dunes of yuma, arizona. Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from wikipedia or other free sources online. The sahara desert in this movie was portrayed by the california deserts borego desert which is located in the imperial valley, north of the americanmexican border as well as brawley, imperial county, california. Jan 12, 2010 the hurt locker and bogarts 1943 sahara in the spirit of late night 70s tv. How can you go wrong with humphrey bogart in a tank. In the case of the matthew mcconaughey popcornsnapper sahara, the producers have actually built a soundtrack around the lead character mcconaugheys globetrotting protagonist is a true classic rock aficionado and loaded up the jukebox with 11 harddriving, potsmoking anthems like canned heats on the road again, grand funk railroads. Check winners and nominations of 1943 academy awards.
One of the best war films of its time, the tale follows a stranded group of six allied soldiers, plus an italian and a nazi prisoner of war, as they trek across the desert in bogarts tank in. Joe gunn and the two surviving members of crew head off, collecting a motley crew of british and other allied soldiers on the way. Released 1943, sahara stars humphrey bogart, bruce bennett, dan duryea, j. Jan 14, 2018 how can you go wrong with humphrey bogart in a tank. This one, as would be expected, is rather far from perfect, to say the least. Sahara 1943 old movie posters, bogart movies, war film. It seems to disappear then appear then disappear during the film. Hes joined by french, south african, british, and sudanese soldiers. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times.
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