Gold (2016 film)

Gold
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Stephen Gaghan
Produced by	Matthew McConaughey Patrick Massett John Zinman Teddy Schwarzman Michael Nozik
Written by	Patrick Massett John Zinman
Starring	Matthew McConaughey Édgar Ramírez Bryce Dallas Howard Corey Stoll Toby Kebbell Craig T. Nelson Bruce Greenwood
Music by	Daniel Pemberton
Cinematography	Robert Elswit
Edited by	Douglas Crise
Production company	Boies/Schiller Films Black Bear Pictures Highway 61 Films
Distributed by	TWC-Dimension
Release date	December 30, 2016 (2016-12-30) (United States)
Running time	121 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$20 million
Box office	$9 million

Gold is a 2016 American crime adventure film directed by Stephen Gaghan and written by Gaghan, Patrick Massett and John Zinman. The film stars Matthew McConaughey, Édgar Ramírez, Bryce Dallas Howard, Corey Stoll, Toby Kebbell, Craig T. Nelson, Stacy Keach and Bruce Greenwood. The film is loosely based on the true story of the 1993 Bre-X mining scandal, when a massive gold deposit was supposedly discovered in the jungles of Indonesia, however for legal reasons and to enhance the appeal of the film, character names and story details were changed.

Principal photography began on June 29, 2015, in New York City, New Mexico and Thailand. The film had a limited release in the United States on December 30, 2016, before going wide on January 27, 2017. The film received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song.

Kenny Wells (Matthew McConaughey), an unlucky businessman, teams up with geologist Michael Acosta (Édgar Ramírez) to find gold deep in the uncharted jungles of Borneo, Indonesia.