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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The legal adventures of Clive Cussler took a new twist Tuesday when attorneys for the writer and the producers of the 2005 film "Sahara" each argued their clients were the real winners in a breach-of-contract case decided last May.
Jurors ruled May 15 that Cussler, regarded as "the grand master" of the action-adventure novel, breached his contract with Crusader Entertainment and owed the company $5 million. The company turned Cuttler's book "Sahara" into a 2005 film starring Matthew McConaughey and Penelope Cruz.
At the same time, jurors said Superior Court Judge John P. Shook should determine whether Crusader owed Cussler $8.5 million for a second book the company once held the rights to.
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