Gold (2016) on Netflix
Kenny Wells runs what is left of his father's prospecting company from his girlfriend Kay's bar. A dream sends him to Indonesia, where he and geologist Michael Acosta chase a gold prospect.
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Plot summary
Kenny Wells helps run a prospecting company, Washoe, with his father. Seven years after his father's death, the business is nearly broke and has lost its office, so Kenny and his colleagues work out of the bar of his girlfriend, Kay. A dream sends Kenny to Indonesia, where he looks up the geologist Michael Acosta. Both men are short of money, and Kenny talks Mike into a partnership to acquire a gold prospect. Kenny then flies back to America to raise the money he has promised.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Gold (2016)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Gold is loosely based on the true story of the 1997 Bre-X mining scandal, in which a huge gold deposit was supposedly found in Indonesia. For legal reasons and to make the film more appealing, the filmmakers changed the character names and story details.
- In August 2011, Variety reported that Christian Bale was being eyed for the lead role in Gold, which was then one of several projects he had to choose among.
- On August 28, 2015, Bryce Dallas Howard was confirmed for the female lead role of Kay, Wells' longtime girlfriend, replacing Michelle Williams in the cast.
