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.
Acting
McConaughey commits fully to bodily transformation and manic desperation
Writing
Sharp dialogue that makes fraudsters weirdly sympathetic
Direction
Gaghan balances sweaty panic with boardroom absurdity
Director
Stephen Gaghan
Matthew McConaughey
Kenny Wells
Bryce Dallas Howard
Kay
Edgar Ramírez
Michael Acosta
Timothy Simons
Jackson
Michael Landes
Binkert
Stacy Keach
Clive Coleman
Rachael Taylor
Rachel Hill
Bruce Greenwood
Mark Hancock
Craig T. Nelson
Kenny Wells
Corey Stoll
Brian Woolf
Toby Kebbell
Jennings
Macon Blair
Connie Wright
Bill Camp
Hollis Dresher
Lora Martinez-Cunningham
Donna
Frank Wood
Scottie Nevins
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on the real 1993 Bre-X mining scandal where a Canadian company claimed massive Indonesian gold deposits that literally didn't exist—stock went from pennies to $280 before collapsing.
McConaughey gained 47 pounds and wore a prosthetic bald cap and rotten teeth; he based Kenny's voice on his own father's gravelly Texas drawl mixed with desperation.
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