Fool's Gold (2008) on Netflix
PG-1320081h 52mActionAdventureComedy
Treasure hunter Ben Finnegan has hunted the Spanish galleon Aurelia for years. Broke, he needs a backer, and his ex-wife Tess works aboard the yacht of millionaire Nigel Honeycutt.
- Netflix3.3/5
- IMDb5.8/1091,180 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes11%
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Plot summary
Ben Finnegan, called Finn, has hunted the Spanish galleon Aurelia and its cargo, the Queen's Dowry, for years. He and his assistant Alfonz bring up a fragment of dishware stamped with a captain's family crest, and his boat blows up on the surface. Finn asks Bigg Bunny, the rap star he owes, for money; Bigg Bunny keeps the fragment and wants the treasure for himself. Tess, Finn's ex-wife, works as a steward on the yacht of the multi-millionaire Nigel Honeycutt, which stops in Key West so their divorce can be made final.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Fool's Gold (2008)
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- Two crew members were stung by Irukandji jellyfish while shooting Fool's Gold in Australia; the actors were so frightened that some of the water scenes were shot in the Caribbean instead.
- In 2011, Canadian novelist Lou Boudreau sued Warner Brothers Entertainment in Canadian court, alleging that director Andy Tennant and two other men infringed his copyright over the authorship of the Fool's Gold script; the studio did not comment.
- Warner Bros. and director Andy Tennant planned to shoot Fool's Gold in the Caribbean but moved the production to Queensland, Australia because Caribbean hurricane season was likely to stall filming; the Key West scenes were shot in Port Douglas.
- Some of Fool's Gold was filmed at Batt Reef, the spot where Steve Irwin died from a stingray barb in 2006.
