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      Sahara

      PG Released Mar 2, 1984 1h 44m Adventure List
      Reviews 56% 500+ Ratings Audience Score Intent on winning a competition in place of her distinguished late father, beautiful young heiress Dale (Brooke Shields) takes on the guise of a man and competes in his spot, embarking on a car race that crosses the unforgiving Sahara desert. Although the villainous Rasoul (John Rhys-Davies) abducts Dale, the suave sheik Jaffar (Lambert Wilson) comes to her rescue. As Dale and Jaffar face more challenges and struggle to win the rally, they begin to fall for each other. Read More Read Less

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      mabel h I actually enjoyed this movie in 2022 on TV. It was watchable for the most part. Brooke Shields was too young to be convincing as a daring heroine caught up in a desert conflict. I kept wanting it to get better. It deserves better press than it got in 1983 Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member What gets this movie made? Could it be that British Prime Minister's son Mark Thatcher got lost in North Africa during an auto rally? Maybe the idea that Brooke Shields could be the next Indiana Jones? Or did Menahem Golan love The Sheik so much that he's pay for this and Bolero? That meany bringing in Brooke's manager mother Teri, who would say, "I don't want anyone looking at her like a woman yet. It's not time." She also asked for eight rewrites and two directors — John Guillermin was one — quit before the cameras rolled. As for Menahem, he said, "Brooke is the most beautiful creature on earth She is the genie of the desert and Lambert (Wilson, who plays her love interest) is a wildman, but educated. He wants to rape her, but he controls himself. We are not afraid here of clichés. I want a beautiful romantic blockbuster where all American kids will identify." Yes, American kids identify with sexual assault. With costumes by Valentino and no expense spared, this didn't really it the screens. It just kind of made its way two months late — and only west of the Mississippi — after poor previews. Gordon (Steve Forrest, Mommie Dearest) has created a new racing vehicle for the Trans-African Auto Race but dies before he can enter. His daughter Dale (Shields) disguises herself as a man — I mean, as much as she can — and enters the race as her father with the help of his friends. So yes, to get Brooke Shields in a Cannon movie, one that she'd dress like a man and not be the sexy Brooke audiences wanted for the entire movie, cost Cannon $1.5 million just to get her in the film. Her mom got $250,000 to be an executive producer. Menahem had written the original script and wanted to direct it, but Teri claimed that it had "too many rape scenes and too much gore." As it was, Menahem kept overruling director Andrew McLaglen and tried to direct the movie. This led to an accident where Golan pushed Brooke to drive a convertible faster and faster. The car flipped, launching him, her and a cameraman from the vehicle. No one was seriously hurt, but that's an example of how nuts this movie was to make. But hey — it has a score by Morricone! Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Watch FOR Lambert Wilson, he's absolutely the sexiest man alive. he seems to be mostly in french films, since he's french, but he's wildly underused in american film. i'm posting this review in 2018 so he's much older now but still very hot. brooke is very pretty in this movie but she can't act her way out of a paper bag. Recommend to the ladies, if only to ogle Lambert. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member It's kinda like watching a romance novel...fun, but kinda stupid. It hasn't improved my life and I kinda feel like I wasted my time, but it was cute, and the main protagonists were attractive, so it wasn't too much of a loss. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member An interesting movie from the past. Brooke Shields stars. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member I saw this movie many years ago on television. It's a 1984 movie that was inspired by the disappearance of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's son in a trans-Sahara rally, Brooke Sheilds plays Dale who enrolls in a trans-Africa auto race following the death of her father before being abducted by an Arabian sheik. Directing the movie is Andrew V. McLaglen who also directed some other very entertaining adventure movies such as THE WILD GEESE, THE SEA WOLVES and one of my all-time favorite action adventure movies FFOLKES (Known as NORTH SEA HIJACK in Europe). This movie seems lost between trying to appeal to both the RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK crowd and the Harlequin romantic drama fans and is somewhat successful on both counts,. Still some great imagery and beautiful photography are the definite high points in addition to a very appealing looking Sheilds. Leave your brain at the door and sit back for some good old fashioned popcorn choming fun. I really do like this adventure romance movie. Plus its great to see Sir John Mills in one of his later roles. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Octavi Marti El Pais (Spain) The many adventures... serve to hide the lack of dramatic resources from this beautiful model named Brooke Shields. [Full Review in Spanish] Sep 23, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Intent on winning a competition in place of her distinguished late father, beautiful young heiress Dale (Brooke Shields) takes on the guise of a man and competes in his spot, embarking on a car race that crosses the unforgiving Sahara desert. Although the villainous Rasoul (John Rhys-Davies) abducts Dale, the suave sheik Jaffar (Lambert Wilson) comes to her rescue. As Dale and Jaffar face more challenges and struggle to win the rally, they begin to fall for each other.
      Director
      Andrew V. McLaglen
      Producer
      Teri Shields
      Screenwriter
      James R. Silke
      Distributor
      Cannon Film Distributors
      Production Co
      The Cannon Group, Paramount, London-Cannon Films, Golan-Globus Productions
      Rating
      PG
      Genre
      Adventure
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Mar 2, 1984, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      May 1, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 44m
      Sound Mix
      Surround
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