Thursday, March 17th, Matthew McConaughey was staying at the Dakota Ridge RV Park, Golden Colorado. I stopped by for a visit. Waiting to interview him was all 4 of the local network affiliates for television, along with radio show personalities. He immediately took the time to greet me, and spend time visiting.

We discussed our mutual desires for the film to be successful because we want more of Clive Cussler's books to be presented on the big screen.

He said that he truly hopes that Clive gets a chance to see the film, and hopes that he enjoys it. He said everyone poured their heart and soul into making the film the best possible. We discussed the difficulty taking a 568-page novel (Current paperback movie edition) and converting it to 120 pages of double spaced movie script.

He hopes that everyone shows up to attend the premier on April 8th, to make the movie a huge success. I told him I would hope Night Probe would be next... he said he'd love to have the chance to play Dirk Pitt again.

Matthew said that Steve Zahn was a great guy to work with on the film, and that he carried the comedy portions out perfectly. He said that he also thought that Penelope Cruz plays her role perfectly. He confirmed that he has dated Penelope, but denies any of the tabloid rumors of engagement.

He was kind enough to sign my new Sahara movie edition paperback... to "Dave, jklivin..Matthew McConaughey, aka Dirk Pitt" He presented me with an orange Sahara baseball cap, and a mounted Sahara Movie poster.

I had brought along my digital camera, and can you believe it... such an important event, and the batteries were dead! I got a chance to meet his buddy Mark Gustawes, a great guy. Mark took some pictures of us together, with a promise to email them to me. They were all so friendly and accommodating, in spite of the growing media crowd awaiting their crack at him. Later lunch was being delivered, and Matthew was trying to keep track of the NCAA College basketball tournament, while still being everyone's host.

His next stop on the promotional tour is LA. Then the promotions will really swing into high gear.

Matthew, thanks for the visit!