Sahara
(DVD) 

Title and credits from container.

Based on the novel: Sahara / by Clive Cussler.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2005.

"This film has been modified from its original version. it has been formatted to fit your TV screen."

Special features: Commentaries by director Breck Eisner and actor/executive producer Matthew McConaughey; "Across the sands of Sahara" featurette; "Visualizing Sahara" featurette; "Cast and crew wrap film" featurette; deleted scenes with optional audio commentary.

Director of photography, Seamus McGarvey ; editor, Andrew MacRitchie ; music by Clint Mansell.

Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, Penelope Cruz, Lambert Wilson, Glynn Turman, Delroy Lindo, William H. Macy.

Dirk Pitt is searching for a treasure on the River Niger. Pitt, along with his buddy Al Giordino have to thwart the attempted assassination of a beautiful U.N. scientist who is investigating a disease that is driving thousands of North Africans to death. The suspected cause of the raging epidemic is a vast, fast spreading pollution that threatens to extinguish all life in the world's seas. Racing to save the world from environmental catastrophe, Pitt and his team run a gauntlet between a billionaire French industrialist and a bloodthirsty West African tyrant. In the scorching Sahara desert, Pitt uncovers the truth behind the fate of a long-lost Civil War ironclad. Now, Dirk and Al will have to make a desperate stand and fight a battle the world cannot afford for them to lose.

MPAA rating: PG-13.

CHV rating: PG; violence.

DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. surround, NTSC.

This DVD disc is copy protected.

English (Dolby 5.1, Dolby 2.0) or dubbed French (Dolby 2.0) dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.