When I first purchased this movie I just got it because I'm into war films. But after I watched it I was really pleased. James Belushi puts in one of his best performances of all time. Helped along by the rest of the cast including Alan David Lee and Jerome Ehlers. The story is a little slow to start off. You get the impression its about a group of soldiers against the desert. But soon the Germans enter the picture and the true plot of the movie becomes apparent.
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The best part of the film is the ending sequence. Gunn (Belushi) is knelt praying over the graves of his fallen comrades. The poem and the tank driving away is just classic. Top quality film and one of my favorites!!!!!
SaharaGenre,Screenplay byDavid PhillipsStory byDirected byStarringMusic byandCountry of originUnited States/AustraliaOriginal language(s)English, GermanProductionProducer(s)Darryl SheenCinematographyJohn StokesEditor(s)Patrick StewartRunning time106 minutesProduction company(s)DistributorReleaseOriginal networkOriginal releaseApril 25, 1995 ( 1995-04-25)Sahara (also known as Desert Storm) is a 1995 American/Australian shot in Australia and directed. Starring, and, Sahara is a remake of the 1943 starring. Contents.Plot In June 1942, on the eve of the, American Sergeant Joe Gunn (James Belushi) and the crew of his tank Lulu Belle are the sole survivors of their unit. Boxed in by the enemy, they have no choice but to head south. They come across a group of Allied stragglers at a destroyed first aid station.
The stragglers, led by British doctor Captain Halliday , decide to ride with Gunn in an attempt to escape the advancing. Along the way, they pick up first soldier Tambul (Rex Ingram) and his prisoner, Giuseppe , then downed pilot lieutenant von Schletow. The group ends up at a deserted Saharan in search of water. With the Germans right behind them, they decide to stay and defend the well, holding up a battalion of 500 Germans.The well has completely dried up by then. A standoff and battle of wills begins between Gunn and Major von Falken , the German commander. Gunn keeps up the pretense that the well has much water and negotiates to buy time.
Eventually, the Germans attack and are beaten off again and again, but one by one, the defenders are killed. During the fighting, von Schletow, the German flyer, tries to escape, injuring Giuseppe who tries to stop him. Giuseppe is then killed by German fire as he tries to alert Gunn. Tambul chases down and kills von Schletow, but is shot as he returns.
Before he dies, he tells the others that the Germans did not learn that the well was dry.When the German commander attempts to resolve the impasse, embittered 'Frenchie' Leroux meets him outside the fort and kills him, only to be shot down by a sniper while returning to his side. Without a leader, the thirst-maddened Germans' final assault turns into a full-blown surrender as they drop their weapons and claw across the sand towards the well. Gunn discovers, to his shock, that a German shell that exploded in the well has tapped into a source of water. Gunn and Bates , the only other Allied survivor, disarm the Germans while they drink their fill. Ultimately, a British arrives at the oasis to take charge of the prisoners.See also.Cast. The desert duel in Sahara between Lulu Belle and a Luftwaffe aircraft featured a period-accurate aircraft and tank.Director Brian Trenchard-Smith, the son of an Australian officer in the Royal Air Force lived in England, but before migrating to Australia, studied filmmaking.
Among his 39 movies, five were commissioned by, including Sahara, the remake of the World War II classic. The film was made on location at, Australia. Some of the German soldiers were played by 130 (RAAF) and personnel.A in Luftwaffe desert camouflage is used in the film.
The tank in the film was an original M3 Lee from World War II, but a version supplied to Australia. It differed from the American version by having the commander cupola with the removed and the tracks used on British Commonwealth M3 Lee and Grant tanks.
Reception Film historian Alun Evans in Brassey's Guide to War Films, mainly reviewed the earlier 1943 production, but compared and contrasted the two features, noting that the remake had '. Sunlight so bright, you need to turn the contrast buttons right down, If you could only say that about the movie.' The New York Times TV reviewer said Belushi 'delivers a terrific performance with stunning authority' and the film 'proves remarkably effective, bringing us back to a time when good and bad really were quite distinguishable. It's a good yarn, told well once again. Belushi's powerful performance could push him to the head of the line on the profitable action-movie circuit.' References Notes.