Coins in the movie "Sahara"
Barry
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Just saw "Sahara" last night on DVD. The movie was kinda dumb - an Indiana Jones wannabe (Did I just use the W word?!)
In it, the main character comes across one of supposedly 5 gold coins made by the Confederacy and goes on a treasure hunt. Besides the way everyone was handling the coin, I laughed when he pulled the coin out of his pocket to use as a screwdriver.
In it, the main character comes across one of supposedly 5 gold coins made by the Confederacy and goes on a treasure hunt. Besides the way everyone was handling the coin, I laughed when he pulled the coin out of his pocket to use as a screwdriver.
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We've talked about several other movies that have used correct period pieces, like Road to Perdition. I know they couldn't have used real CS gold in the movie. But they could have done better than electroplated plastic.
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We've talked about several other movies that have used correct period pieces, like Road to Perdition. I know they couldn't have used real CS gold in the movie. But they could have done better than electroplated plastic.
Not really Weiss when you think about it- they shot a good portion of the movie out of country- would you want something like that floating around in a country where in all honesty they hate Americans?
The value of the coins would have had the insurance companies screaming with security issues.
Everyone knows Hollywierd is 50% fake and 49% unbelieveable, for those of US that know coins in detail- the idea was cool, remember near the end they found kegs of the coins in the hold of the ship- it lets the imagination of the folks stuck in the middle of Kansas think this may have happened back in the 1800's- it's cool for the imagination.
As for the movie being dumb Barry- I would rather watch something like this - semi bloody action movie, than a majority of the crap that shows gang violence, gung ho war flicks, drug dealin ho's etc.
A movie when not based on 'true' incidents is pretty much a joke- great action, lots o laughs, but if you ever worked in the industry- it is just a cash cow.
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The book was okay, in the typical over-the-top Clive Cussler way. Those Dirk Pitt adventures are usually a little campy.
The funny thing is, the movie left out the entire surprise ending of the book.
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