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.
02-03-2016
2h 1m
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Main Cast
Movie Details
Production Info
Director:
Stephen Gaghan
Writers:
Patrick Massett, John Zinman
Production:
Living Films, Black Bear Pictures, Boies/Schiller Film Group, Hwy61
Revenue:
$14,880,939
Budget:
$20,000,000
Key Crew
Stunt Coordinator:
Al Goto
Stunt Coordinator:
Mark Norby
Director of Photography:
Robert Elswit
Casting:
Avy Kaufman
Art Direction:
Lek Chaiyan Chunsuttiwat
Locations and Languages
Country:
US
Filming:
US
Languages:
en
Main Cast
Matthew McConaughey
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In the 2000s, McConaughey became best known for starring in romantic comedies, including The Wedding Planner (2001), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), Failure to Launch (2006), Fool's Gold (2008), and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009), establishing him as a sex symbol. After a two-year hiatus from film acting, McConaughey began to appear in more dramatic roles beginning with the legal drama The Lincoln Lawyer (2011). He was acclaimed for his supporting performances in Bernie (2011), Magic Mike (2012) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), and for his leading roles in Killer Joe (2011) and Mud (2012).
McConaughey's portrayal of Ron Woodroof, a cowboy diagnosed with AIDS, in the biopic Dallas Buyers Club (2013) earned him widespread praise and numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. In 2014, he starred as Rust Cohle in the first season of HBO's crime anthology series True Detective, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. His film roles since have included Interstellar (2014), The Sea of Trees (2015), Free State of Jones (2016), Gold (2016), The Dark Tower (2017), and The Gentlemen (2019), earning varying degrees of commercial and critical success, as well as voice work in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), Sing (2016), and Sing 2 (2021).
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Howard's performance in Kenneth Branagh's As You Like It (2006) earned a Golden Globe Award nomination and she subsequently appeared as Gwen Stacy in Sam Raimi's superhero film Spider-Man 3 (2007). She went on to appear as Kate Connor in the action film Terminator Salvation (2009) and as Victoria in the fantasy film The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), both of which were successful but garnered mixed reviews from critics. Howard's roles as a "fair-weather" girlfriend in the comedy-drama 50/50 (2011) and as a racist socialite in the period-drama The Help (2011) brought praise.
Recognition of Howard widened when she co-starred as Claire Dearing in the adventure film Jurassic World (2015), and its sequels Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) and Jurassic World Dominion (2022), the first two of which rank as her most successful films. She also portrayed a forest ranger in the adventure film Pete's Dragon (2016) and Sheila Dwight, Elton John's mother, in the biopic Rocketman (2019), voicing Yaddle in Tales of the Jedi (2022).
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In 2007, he played the role of Paz, a Blackbriar assassin, in The Bourne Ultimatum. In the original Bourne Ultimatum, the villain is Illich Ramirez Sanchez, aka Carlos the Jackal. Ramírez went on to play the role of the actual Carlos in the 2010 French-German limited series Carlos. At the French César Awards 2011, he was awarded, for the film version of the TV series, the César Award for Most Promising Actor.
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Walter Stacy Keach, Jr. (born June 2, 1941) is an American actor and narrator. He is most famous for his dramatic roles; however, he has done narration work in educational programming on PBS and the Discovery Channel, as well as some comedy (particularly his role in the FOX sitcom Titus as Ken, the hard-drinking, chain-smoking, womanizing father of comedian Christopher Titus) and musical roles.
Rachael May Taylor is an Australian actress and model. Her first leading role was in the Australian series headLand. She then made the transition to Hollywood, appearing in films including Man-Thing, See No Evil, Transformers, Bottle Shock, Cedar Boys, Splinterheads, Shutter, Red Dog and Any Questions for Ben?.
Stuart Bruce Greenwood (born August 12, 1956) is a Canadian actor and producer. He is known for his role as the American president John F. Kennedy in Thirteen Days, for which he won the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, and as Captain Christopher Pike in J.J. Abrams's Star Trek movie reboot series. He has been nominated for three Canadian Screen Awards, once for Best Actor (for Elephant Song) and twice for Best Supporting Actor (for The Sweet Hereafter and Being Julia).
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Corey Daniel Stoll (born March 14, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Congressman Peter Russo on the Netflix political thriller series House of Cards (2013–2016), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination in 2013, and Dr. Ephraim Goodweather on the FX horror drama series The Strain (2014–2017). From 2020 to 2023, he portrayed Michael Prince, a business rival to protagonist Bobby Axelrod, in the Showtime series Billions. He was also a regular cast member on the NBC drama series Law & Order: LA (2010–2011).
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Macon Blair (born 1974) is an American actor, screenwriter, director, film producer, and comic book writer known for his roles in the films Blue Ruin and Green Room, as well as his directorial debut I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore.
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Matt Page holds a Bachelor's Degree in Moving Image Arts from the College of Santa Fe. In 2006, Page co-founded Riffraff New Media, a New Mexico-based production company through which he has written and directed multiple award-winning short films that have screened all over the world. Page has appeared regularly on the WGN show "Manhattan" and has been seen in several feature films. He is also the creator and star of "Enter The Dojo", a comedic web series that has achieved over 11 million views on YouTube. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Matt Page
Born in Bangkok, Thailand, lived in Nairobi, Kenya 10+ yrs and New York 20+ yrs. Started acting in Nairobi (stage) for 4 yrs. Returning to Thailand where in 1999 he landed his first movie role in The Beach (1999) with Leonardo DiCaprio, followed by Broke Down Palace (1999) with Claire Danes. He has since been in over 80 productions including, Only God Forgives (2013) with Ryan Gosling and Kristen Scott Thomas, The Lady (2011) with Michelle Yeoh and David Thewlis, No Escape (2015) with Pierce Brosnan and Owen Wilson.
Danny Winn has shown himself to be quite the versatile and instinctual actor with many faces. Not only in Hollywood but nationally and soon internationally. He brings his theatrical prowess to the big screen in two breakout movies this spring. Danny will first be seen this March in his Lead role of the hard to figure Paul, a Priest who struggles with his own inner Demon’s in the suspense thriller “The Crossbreed”. A film Directed by the well known Turkish director Biray Dalkiran. This is Dalkiran’s ninth feature film, and is his first debut movie to Hollywood and the US. The Crossbreed received several awards at the many LA film festivals and is released internationally. Danny Winn’s second movie release this spring will be in the period western “Hyde Park” under the direction of Nicholas Barton. Barton is known for his love of true western stories of the untold, and his meticulous nature to authenticity of the story. Danny will open the movie and appear in his strong supporting role as Happy Jim. A Faro dealer who is truly caught in the crossfire of love, jealousy, arrogance, and the old west struggle of survival and control. Danny’s role as Happy Jim takes his method to new heights as he plays basically two characters in one. Viewers will also be able to witness Winn’s learned talents and skills in card dealing which he studied specifically for this role. Danny even developed a signature card move for this film known as the Faro flip. One must watch closely too, as Winn performs his own stunts in Hyde Park. Danny Winn performs along side the likes of C Thomas Howell, Luke Arnold, Viva Bianca, Richard Riehle, MC Gainey and more. Winn states that his believability, and instinctual method are drawn from his many true life experiences. He taps into a wide range of learned emotion form many memories out of his inner self and combines them with how he feels the character to be on the outside. Danny’s belief is that the true magic happens at the action of the scene when filming “The character will truly shine instinctually in the moment without over processing.” His adaptability as well as accessibility to emotions derives from the many people, characters and experiences he discovered while moving about the many stations of his fathers military duty spanning 21 years. Danny was trained in the degree of "Fine Arts In Theatre" . He attained several Supporting, Guest Star and Co Star roles in series' such as NBC's "The Night Shift", AMC's "Longmire", "Graves” as well as WGN's "Manhattan". Danny also expanded to small stunt and stunt coordinator roles in various capacities on productions such as AMC;s "Preacher", the movie "Shot Collar", "The cost of Sin", and as a horse rider in the remake of "The Magnificent 7". One of Winn’s first feature film roles was in the movie “Gold” in his scene with Mathew McConaughey. Danny performs as a disgruntled investor who is ready to throw blows with McConaughey’s character. Gold was released in 2017.
Casey Jean Messer is a beauty queen from Alamogordo, New Mexico who competed at the Miss USA pageant in 2007. Messer won the Miss New Mexico USA 2007 title in a state pageant held in Las Cruces on 24 September 2006. She competed as "Miss Land of Enchantment". This was her second year of competition, as she placed second runner-up to Onawa Lacy of Gallup the previous year. Messer represented New Mexico in the nationally televised Miss USA 2007 pageant which was broadcast live from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 23, 2007. She did not place at Miss USA 2007, which was won by Rachel Smith of Tennessee. Messer is a graduate of New Mexico State University.
