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Gold

Gold

Prove 'em all wrong

20166.62h 0m

Overview

Kenny Wells, a modern-day prospector, hustler, and dreamer, is desperate for a lucky break. Left with few options, Wells teams up with an equally luckless geologist to execute a grandiose, last-ditch effort: to find gold deep in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia.

Directed by Stephen Gaghan
Written by Patrick Massett, John Zinman
Produced by Patrick Massett, Matthew McConaughey, Michael Nozik
Box OfficeBudget: $20.0MRevenue: $14.9M

Top Cast

Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey

Kenny Wells

Bryce Dallas Howard

Bryce Dallas Howard

Kay

Edgar Ramírez

Edgar Ramírez

Michael Acosta

Timothy Simons

Timothy Simons

Jackson

Michael Landes

Michael Landes

Binkert

Stacy Keach

Stacy Keach

Clive Coleman

Rachael Taylor

Rachael Taylor

Rachel Hill

Bruce Greenwood

Bruce Greenwood

Mark Hancock

Craig T. Nelson

Craig T. Nelson

Kenny Wells

Corey Stoll

Corey Stoll

Brian Woolf

Themes & Keywords

goldfraudwall streetminingbased on true storygold mineindonesiamoneyjunglelightheartedintenseexcited

About Gold

Gold is a adventure, drama, thriller film released in 2016 exploring themes of gold, fraud, wall street, mining, based on true story, gold mine. Directed by Stephen Gaghan, it stars Matthew McConaughey, Bryce Dallas Howard, Edgar Ramírez. Kenny Wells, a modern-day prospector, hustler, and dreamer, is desperate for a lucky break. Left with few options, Wells teams up with an equally luckless geologist to execute a grandiose, last-ditch effort: to find gold deep in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia.

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