GOLD (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club), Édgar Ramírez (Zero Dark Thirty), Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World), Joshua Harto (The Dark Knight), Timothy Simons (Inherent Vice), Michael Landes (Hart’s War), Corey Stoll (Ant-Man), Toby Kebbell (A Monster Calls), Bruce Greenwood (The Place Beyond The Pines), Stacy Keach (Nebraska), Bill Camp (12 Years A Slave), Rachael Taylor (Transformers), Macon Blair (Blue Ruin), Craig T. Nelson (The Proposal)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Stephen Gaghan (Syriana), director; Patrick Massett (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider) and John Zinman (The Cure), writers, producers; Matthew McConaughey (Surfer, Dude), Michael Nozik (Quiz Show) and Teddy Schwarzman (The Imitation Game), producers; Daniel Pemberton (Steve Jobs), composer; Robert Elswit (There Will Be Blood), cinematographer; Douglas Crise (Birdman) and Rick Grayson (Too Perfect), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Down-on-his-luck businessman Kenny Wells (McConaughey) teams up with equally luckless geologist Michael Acosta (Ramírez) to travel deep into the Indonesian jungles and find gold. When they do eventually strike a goldmine, things begin to change drastically…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Matthew McConaughey is thriving in his most unhinged and craziest role in years, in this thrilling tale of wealth, corruption and the downfalls that come with the American dream.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 3RD FEBRUARY 2017

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