Jewel of the Sahara is a 2001 film starring Gerard Butler

Gerard Butler

Gerard James Butler is a Scottish actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television. A trained lawyer, Butler turned to acting in the mid-1990s with small roles in productions such as the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies , which he followed with steady work on television, most notably in...

, Clifford David

Clifford David

Clifford David is an American actor born in Toledo, Ohio on June 30, 1938. He is recognized for his many Broadway, film and television performances.-Career:...

 as the old Francois Renard and Peter Franzén

Peter Franzen

Peter Franzen is a retired English journalist, who was the editor of the Norwich-based regional newspaper the Eastern Daily Press, a position he occupied from 1993 until his retirement in 2009...

  as the young Francois Renard. ‘Jewel of the Sahara’ is comedy / short / fantasy film directed by Ariel Vromen

Ariel Vromen

Ariel Vromen is the director of the film Rx. According to Showtime, this is a 2005 film in which "Three close friends encounter two flamboyant drug dealers while on a weekend road trip. Starring Eric Balfour, Colin Hanks, Lauren German, Alan Tudyk, Ori Pfeffer, Daniel Pino. 1 hr. 29 min. Rated...

. He also wrote the screenplay, was the executive producer and edited the film. The movie was made by Keyser Productions.

Plot

Set in a French Foreign Legion Camp circa 1954, the film follows the fantasy's of a British Captain, desperately missing his home and wife. The captain is caught in a embarrassing situation caused by a combination of the monotonous, hot dreary surroundings, not grasping the workings of the Foreign Legion, and his smoldering desire created by his wife's lustful love letters, all of which is befuddled by his use of drugs.

Cast

• Gerard Butler
  Gerard Butler
  Gerard James Butler is a Scottish actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television. A trained lawyer, Butler turned to acting in the mid-1990s with small roles in productions such as the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies , which he followed with steady work on television, most notably in...
  
    - Captain Charles Belamy
• Clifford David
  Clifford David
  Clifford David is an American actor born in Toledo, Ohio on June 30, 1938. He is recognized for his many Broadway, film and television performances.-Career:...
  
    - Old Francois Renard
• Peter Franzén
  Peter Franzen
  Peter Franzen is a retired English journalist, who was the editor of the Norwich-based regional newspaper the Eastern Daily Press, a position he occupied from 1993 until his retirement in 2009...
  
    - Young Francois Renard
• Ori Pfeffer  - Mahmud
• Ralph Lister  - Harold Belamy
• Nicholl Hiren  - Sargent
• Gian Saragosa  - Gamal
• Ari Averbach  - Andre Alfa / Legionnaire #8
• Gahl Sasson  - Legionnaire #1
• Rodrigo Madrazo  - Legionnaire #2
• Tomer Almagor  - Legionnaire #3
• Lionel Renard  - Legionnaire #4 (as Leonal Renard)
• Gili Pinchuck  - Legionnaire #5
• Santiago Barriero  - Legionnaire #6
• Kevin Keyser  - Legionnaire #7

Crew

• producer – Kevin Keyser
• associate producer – Tony Lunn
• executive producer – Ariel Vromen
  Ariel Vromen
  Ariel Vromen is the director of the film Rx. According to Showtime, this is a 2005 film in which "Three close friends encounter two flamboyant drug dealers while on a weekend road trip. Starring Eric Balfour, Colin Hanks, Lauren German, Alan Tudyk, Ori Pfeffer, Daniel Pino. 1 hr. 29 min. Rated...
  
  
• writers – Alon Aranya (story), Kennedy Taylor (story), Ariel Vromen
  Ariel Vromen
  Ariel Vromen is the director of the film Rx. According to Showtime, this is a 2005 film in which "Three close friends encounter two flamboyant drug dealers while on a weekend road trip. Starring Eric Balfour, Colin Hanks, Lauren German, Alan Tudyk, Ori Pfeffer, Daniel Pino. 1 hr. 29 min. Rated...
  
  
• original music – Gahl Sasson
• cinematography – Gerardo Mateo Madrazo
• film editing – Ariel Vromen
  Ariel Vromen
  Ariel Vromen is the director of the film Rx. According to Showtime, this is a 2005 film in which "Three close friends encounter two flamboyant drug dealers while on a weekend road trip. Starring Eric Balfour, Colin Hanks, Lauren German, Alan Tudyk, Ori Pfeffer, Daniel Pino. 1 hr. 29 min. Rated...
  
  
• casting – Ariel Vroment
• production design – Erica Vilardi
• costume design – Erica Vilardi

External links

• http://movies.gerardbutlerangels.com/Jewel.html

• Image Gallery: http://www.gerard-butler.net/gallery/v/career_movies/Jewel+of+The+Sahara/