SAHARA production notes FINAL

JAMES V. HART (screenplay by) has an impressive list of writing credits,
including “Tuck Everlasting,” “Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story,” “Contact,”
“Muppets Treasure Island,” “Treasure Island: The Adventure Begins,” “Bram Stoker’s
Dracula,” “Hook” and “Gimme an ‘F.’” He most recently received story credit for “Tomb
Raider: The Cradle of Life.”
As a producer, Hart includes in his filmography “Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real
Story,” “Frankenstein,” “Dracula,” “Hook,” “Ransom” and “Summer Run.”
HOWARD BALDWIN (producer) and Karen Baldwin formed Baldwin
Entertainment Group in February 2004. Mr. Baldwin is the President and CEO.
Baldwin was President of Crusader Entertainment and partner of Philip Anschutz
from 2000 through early 2004. At Crusader, Baldwin developed and produced an
impressive slate of films scheduled for release in 2004-2005, which include: “Ray,” an
Academy Award ® nominee for Best Picture (a Universal Pictures release), directed by
Taylor Hackford and starring Jamie Foxx as the legendary music icon Ray Charles;
“Swimming Upstream,” with Academy Award®-winner Geoffrey Rush and Academy
Award ® nominee Judy Davis (MGM release); “Danny Deckchair,” the 2003 Toronto Film
Festival Closing Night Gala film, starring Rhys Ifans and Miranda Otto (Lion’s Gate
Entertainment); “Sound of Thunder” (Warner Bros.), with Academy Award® winner Sir
Ben Kingsley; and “The Game of Their Lives” (IFC Films), starring Wes Bentley and
Gerard Butler and written and directed by the team of “Hoosiers” and “Rudy” fame:
David Anspaugh and Angelo Pizzo.
From 1984-2000, Baldwin formed and ran Baldwin/Cohen Productions with partner
Richard Cohen, producing a variety of films, such as “Sudden Death,” “Gideon,”
“Resurrection,” and the Russell Crowe hockey drama “Mystery, Alaska.”
Prior to his career in film, Baldwin was integral in the formation and ownership of
numerous sports franchises. In 1971, at the age of 28, he started the Hartford Whalers
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