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Sahara
2005 · Film · 124 min
Directed by Breck Eisner
ActionAdventureComedyDramaMystery
Seasoned adventurer and treasure hunter Dirk Pitt, a former Navy SEAL, sets out for the African desert with his wisecracking buddy Al in search of a confederate ironclad battleship rumored to have vanished long ago, the main draw being the treasure supposedly hidden within the lost vessel. When the daring duo come across Dr. Eva Rojas, a beautiful scientist who is juggling an escape from a warlord and a mission to stop the spread of a powerful plague, their desert expedition begins to heat up.
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I recall years ago when someone had rediscovered sleeve valves and was going to apply them to small displacement 4 cycles in order to get the weight down to be more competitive with 2 cycle engines.
It wasn't clear that the article author was aware of them either (and in fact I don't think I'd heard of them until the movie Sahara)
It seems Paul Allen is the real-life Dirk Pitt (from the famous Clive Cussler book series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Pitt
There is even a Hollywood movie about one of the books: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahara_(2005_film)