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(aka "Port Said" or "Somewhere in the Sahara")
Directed by Zoltán Korda
USA 1943
Humphrey Bogart (The
Harder They Fall), Bruce Bennett (Undertow)
and J. Carrol Naish (The
Lives of a Bengal Lancer) star in Sahara, a thrilling tale of
World War II heroism from director Zoltán Korda (A
Woman’s Vengeance). |
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Theatrical Release: September 2nd, 1943
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Review: Indicator - Region 'B' - Blu-ray
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Distribution | Indicator - Region 'B' - Blu-ray | |
Runtime | 1:37:41.897 | |
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1. 37:1 1080P Single-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 24,945,265,670 bytesFeature: 20,350,928,064 bytes Video Bitrate: 24.59 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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LPCM Audio English
768 kbps 1.0 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 16-bit Dolby Digital Audio English 112 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 112 kbps / DN -30dB |
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Subtitles | English (SDH), None | |
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Release Information: Studio: Indicator
1. 37:1 1080P Single-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 24,945,265,670 bytesFeature: 20,350,928,064 bytes Video Bitrate: 24.59 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details: • Audio commentary with screenwriter and novelist C Courtney Joyner (2025) • Small Miracles (2025, 12:33): in-depth appreciation by Ehsan Khoshbakht, curator, filmmaker, and editor of The Lady with the Torch: Columbia Pictures 1929–1959 • Building a Tank (1942, 19:39): documentary short on the work of the Detroit Tank Arsenal, and the manufacture and testing of the M3 Lee tank which prominently features in Sahara • The Siege of Tobruk (1942, 17:41): documentary short produced by the UK’s Army Film Unit detailing the World War II military campaign in the North African port of Tobruk during 1941, which preceded the events portrayed in Sahara • Original theatrical trailer (1:39) • Image gallery: promotional and publicity material Limited edition exclusive 40-page booklet with a new essay by Imogen Sara Smith, an archival on-set profile of Humphrey Bogart, an archival interview with actor Kurt Kreuger, a look at how the film’s promotion assisted the war effort, new writing on the short films, and film credits
Transparent Blu-ray Case inside slipcase Chapters 10 |
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On their
Blu-ray,
Indicator use a linear PCM mono track (16-bit) in the
original English language. Sahara
has battles, a strafing plane, tanks, rifle-fire and stock footage moments that come through with modest depth
and score by Miklós Rózsa (The
Man in Half Moon Street,
Time
Out of Mind,
The
Green Cockatoo,
Kiss
the Blood Off My Hands,
The
Killers,
The Lost Weekend,
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes,
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers,
Double Indemnity) sounding clean with consistent dialogue
in the lossless transfer. Indicator offer optional English (SDH) subtitles on
their Region 'B'
Blu-ray.
The Indicator
Blu-ray
Zoltán Korda's Sahara
focuses on the crew of Lulubelle, a United States Army, 28-ton, M3 Lee tank
attached to the British Eighth Army. This is an extremely well-made,
balanced, paced war film... and there are zero females in Sahara.
As the war was still on in Africa, during the production, it forced the
filmmakers to be very flexible with the direction of the story. The
final assault by the Germans shifts into a full-blown surrender due to
their lack of water. News surfaces of the Allied victory at the First
Battle of El Alamein, turning back Erwin Rommel's 'Afrika Korps'. Sahara
is effectively-acted and a superb display of the camaraderie established
in a desperate war 'life or death' situation. I'm so glad that Indicator
have released this Blu-ray |
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