Gold - Trailer

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Gold is more than a valuable commodity for Kenny Wells, to him it's an obsession. The year is 1988 and Wells lives in Reno with his partner, Kay. The balding, fast-aging man is constantly down on his luck and often resorts to pawning his partner's possessions just to get hold of a little money.

The wannabe businessman attempts to start many new ventures but constantly finds himself being turned away. One day Wells awakes from his slumber and recalls a vivid dream telling him to go find Gold in unchartered territory. Kenny has little knowledge of how to make it work but knows that this is the big break he's been waiting for.

Teaming up with geologist Michael Acosta, Wells tells Acosta about the land he feels is rich with unmined gold reserves in Indonesia. Talking Acosta into the project, they begin their ambitious dig with basic supplies and minimal investment. As their workers begin to see that their efforts are not garnering any results they begin to leave and everything looks like it's going against the Americans.

When they suddenly hit gold, the geologist and chancer can't believe their luck, it's almost too good to be true. The pair set up business back in America and it's soon a huge success, it's launched on the stock market and the value of their shares rise to an incredible level but as the company becomes the talk of the town and hottest investment opportunity, questions about the mining operation begin to arise. Wells luck might just be on the turn again.

Gold was written by Stephen Gaghan, Patrick Massett and John Zinman and is loosely based on the Bre-X mining scandal that took place in the 90's.