Fool's Gold (2008/I)

Director:

Andy Tennant

Writers (WGA):

John Claflin (screenplay) &
Daniel Zelman (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

8 February 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

This February True Love Takes a Dive.

Plot:

A new clue to the whereabouts of a lost treasure rekindles a married couple's sense of adventure -- and their estranged romance.

Plot Keywords:

Treasure | Rapper | Island | Yacht | Rap Star

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Matthew McConaughey	...	Finn
Kate Hudson	...	Tess
Donald Sutherland	...	Nigel Honeycutt
Alexis Dziena	...	Gemma Honeycutt
Ewen Bremner	...	Alfonz
Ray Winstone	...	Moe Fitch
Kevin Hart	...	Bigg Bunny
Malcolm-Jamal Warner	...	Cordell
Brian Hooks	...	Curtis
David Roberts	...	Cyrus
Michael Mulheren	...	Eddie
Adam LeFevre	...	Gary
Rohan Nichol	...	Stefan
Roger Sciberras	...	Andras
Elizabeth Connolly	...	Precious Gem Crew Nurse
Harli Ames	...	Precious Gem Crew Member 1 (as Ali Ammouchi)
Tom O'Sullivan	...	Precious Gem Crew Member 2
Eddie Ritchard	...	Precious Gem Crew Woman (as Edwina Ritchard)
Duncan Young	...	Jim
Luke Pegler	...	Young
Xavier Fernandez	...	Petruchio
A. Ramel El	...	Moe's Diver
Nicholas Cooper	...	Moe's Diver
Andrew Allen	...	Moe's Diver
Glenn Suter	...	Moe's Diver
Peter Whitford	...	Judge
Laurence Coy	...	Finn's Attorney
Linda Cropper	...	Tess' Attorney
Clementine Heath	...	Co-Ed Girl 1
Ashley Cheadle	...	Co-Ed Girl 2
Jason Dundas	...	Frat Boy 1
Todd Lasance	...	Frat Boy 2
Ray Bull	...	Vicar
Valentino del Toro	...	Barman Key West
Frank Turner	...	Old Man 1
Bill Watson	...	Old Man 2
Henry Browne	...	Bartender Topsail Cay (as Henry Browne Jr.)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tim Oliver Koenig	...	Precious Gem Crew Member (uncredited)
Tana Smith	...	Cafe Patron (uncredited)

Directed by
Andy Tennant

Writing credits (WGA)
John Claflin		(screenplay) &
Daniel Zelman		(screenplay) and
Andy Tennant		(screenplay)
John Claflin		(story) &
Daniel Zelman		(story)

Produced by
Donald De Line	....	producer
Jim Dyer	....	executive producer (as James R. Dyer)
Bernie Goldmann	....	producer
Stephen Jones	....	co-producer
Jon Klane	....	producer
Wink Mordaunt	....	executive producer

Original Music by
George Fenton

Cinematography by
Don Burgess

Film Editing by
Troy Takaki
Tracey Wadmore-Smith

Casting by
Juel Bestrop
Seth Yanklewitz

Production Design by
Charles Wood

Art Direction by
Ray Chan		(supervising art director)
Damien Drew
Peter Russell

Costume Design by
Ngila Dickson

Makeup Department
Paige Badenoch	....	hair stylist
Paige Badenoch	....	makeup artist
Kathryn Blondell	....	hair stylist: Ms. Hudson (as Kathy Blondell-Hart)
Dalia Fernandez	....	hair stylist
Dalia Fernandez	....	makeup artist
Nikki Gooley	....	hair supervisor
Nikki Gooley	....	makeup supervisor
Sian Grigg	....	makeup artist: Ms. Hudson
Georgia Lockhart-Adams	....	hair stylist
Georgia Lockhart-Adams	....	makeup artist
Bernadette Mazur	....	makeup artist: Mr. McConaughey
Anita Morgan	....	hair stylist
Anita Morgan	....	makeup artist
Nadine Wilkie	....	hair stylist
Nadine Wilkie	....	makeup artist (as Nadine Wilke)

Production Management
Jennifer Cornwell	....	unit production manager
Carol Dantuono	....	post-production supervisor
Sara Flamm	....	production supervisor: Bahamas
Kim Gladman	....	assistant unit manager
Mark Scoon	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Drew Bailey	....	second assistant director
Michael Bate	....	third assistant director
Bish Bishop	....	second second assistant director
Jamie Crooks	....	first assistant director: second unit
Toby Pease	....	first assistant director
Brett Robinson	....	third assistant director: Bahamas
Adam Smillie	....	third assistant director: second unit
Paul Sullivan	....	second assistant director
Alexander Witt	....	second unit director

Art Department
Kristen Anderson	....	set designer
Michael Bell	....	assistant art director
Tom Brkich	....	scenic painter
Tom Brkich	....	stand-by painter
Gillian Butler	....	buyer/set dresser
Gary Cameron	....	leading hand propmaker
Jane Culverhouse	....	property master
Maxine Dennett	....	art department coordinator
Vanessa Edwards	....	set decoration coordinator
Jenny Hitchcock	....	set designer
Geoff Kemmis	....	concept model maker
Hannah Knowlton	....	set dresser
Jacinta Leong	....	set designer
Dale Mackie	....	conceptual illustrator
Leigh Mackie	....	conceptual artist
Leigh Mackie	....	props concept artist
Helen O'Loan	....	design assistant
William Overstall	....	prop modeller
Rick Polikowski	....	propmaker
Mélanie Poudroux	....	assistant propmaker
Kristin Reuter	....	assistant property master
Shannon Riggs	....	props laborer
Katie Sharrock	....	stand-by art director
Eddy Taylor	....	prop laborer
Natalie Taylor	....	art department accountant
Barry Thompson	....	propmaker
Greg Tuckwell	....	leading hand propmaker
Philip Worth	....	construction supervisor
Peter Wyborn	....	prop manufacturing supervisor
Karyn Zlatkovic	....	assistant construction coordinator
Marcus Levy	....	action vehicles (uncredited)

Sound Department
Michael Babcock	....	sound effects recordist
Ron Bartlett	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paul Berolzheimer	....	sound effects editor
Andrew Bock	....	first assistant sound editor
Rod Conder	....	boom operator
Michael Dressel	....	foley editor
Christopher Flick	....	supervising foley editor
Eric Flickinger	....	sound recordist
Laura Graham	....	adr editor
Kimberly Harris	....	adr supervisor
Doug Hemphill	....	sound re-recording mixer
Richard King	....	sound designer
Steven King	....	boom operator
Rick Kline	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael Magill	....	dialogue editor
Aileen Maquiraya	....	audio post-conform
Michael W. Mitchell	....	sound effects editor
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist
Jason Oliver	....	sound recordist
Stacey Parish	....	assistant sound
Troy Porter	....	adr mixer
Jamie Roden	....	adr mixer
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Hamilton Sterling	....	co-supervising sound editor
Hugo Weng	....	dialogue editor
Linda Yeaney	....	first assistant sound editor
Chris Gillette	....	sound recordist (uncredited)
Allen Hartz	....	dialogue editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Julian Borbidge	....	special effects technician
Bruce Bright	....	senior effects technician
Leanne Brooks	....	special effects office coordinator
Aaron Cox	....	special effects technician
Brian Cox	....	special effects supervisor
Peter Exton	....	special effects technician
Sebastian Foxx	....	special effects coordinator
Dean Franklin	....	special effects technician
Jeff Gribble	....	armourer
Nicole La Praik	....	special effects assistant
Jim Leng	....	special effects technician
Greg Oliver	....	special effects
Brian Pearce	....	on-set supervisor
Julian Summers	....	special effects technician
Thomas Van Koeverden	....	senior special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Akemi Abe	....	rotoscoping artist
Lindsay Adams	....	lead compositor
Charlie Armstrong	....	senior compositor
Vaughn Arnup	....	digital compositor
Emmanuel Blasset	....	supervisor: Animal Logic
Dan Breckwoldt	....	lead compositor
Ken Busick	....	digital compositor
Tony Cole	....	lead compositor
Chris Cooper	....	research & development lead: Animal Logic
Fiona Crawford	....	visual effects producer
Dexter Davey	....	compositor
Marie Victoria Denoga	....	digital compositor
Laura Dubsky	....	compositor
Suzanne Evans-Booth	....	visual effects coordinator
Matt Greig	....	digital compositor: Animal Logic (as Matthew Greig)
Michael Halford	....	digital artist
David Hansen	....	digital artist
Jason Hawkins	....	digital compositor
Katie Hecker	....	digital compositor
Jayne Herrmann	....	visual effects coordinator: Animal Logic
Andrew Jackson	....	assistant visual effects supervisor: Animal Logic
Bhakar James	....	senior animator: Animal Logic
Ingrid Johnston	....	visual effects coordinator: Animal Logic
Simon Legrand	....	digital artist
Julien Leveugle	....	digital compositor
Nick Lines	....	digital artist
David Nelson	....	visual effects supervisor: Animal Logic
Marco Nero	....	digital artist
Jamie Nimmo	....	digital compositor
Tristan North	....	digital artist
Holly Radcliffe	....	visual effects producer
Rebecca Ramsey	....	visual effects executive producer: Look Effects
Danielle Rubin	....	visual effects coordinator
Migs Rustia	....	visual effects editor
Evan Shipard	....	digital matte artist: Animal Logic
Andy Simonson	....	visual effects coordinator
Martha Soehendra	....	digital compositor
Paul Stemmer	....	visual effects editor
Wendell Stephens	....	roto artist: Animal Logic
Paul Taylor	....	post services lead
Alex Timbs	....	head of it: animal logic
Eric Vidal	....	compositor
Jamie Wood	....	compositor
Max Liani	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Chris B. Schnitzer	....	director of visual effects: Warner Bros. (uncredited)

Stunts
Shea Adams	....	stunts
Lee Adamson	....	stunts
Ric Anderson	....	stunts
Renee Bowen	....	stunts
Eric Chambers	....	stunts
Stephen Daddow	....	stunts
Craig Hosking	....	stunts
Mark Norby	....	stunts
Rene Perrin	....	stunts
Tove Petterson	....	stunts
Brett Praed	....	stunts
R.A. Rondell	....	stunt coordinator
Glenn Ruehland	....	stunts
Yasca Sinigaglia	....	stunts
Melody Sorensen	....	stunt performer
Carla Thexton	....	safety diver
Jimmy Waitman	....	stunts
Mark Wickham	....	stunt rigger
Malachi Winters	....	stunts
Rhodes Barton	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jimmy Christiansen	....	stunts (uncredited)
Rhye Copeman	....	stunt rigger (uncredited)
Haydn Dalton	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Kyle Gardiner	....	stunt double: matthew mcconaughey (uncredited)
Nathan Lawson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Che McGuinness	....	safety diver (uncredited)
Angela Moore	....	stunts (uncredited)
Mark Norby	....	stunt double: matthew mcconaughey (uncredited)
Gulliver Page	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Tove Petterson	....	stunt double: Kate Hudson (uncredited)
Glenn Suter	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Sheree Swords	....	stunt performer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Marcus Ballantine	....	grip
Hans Bjerno	....	aerial director of photography
Ashleigh Carter	....	focus puller: second unit
Simon Christidis	....	underwater director of photography
Shaun Conway	....	gaffer
Phil Cross	....	underwater camera operator (as Philip M. Cross)
Tristan Davies	....	additional second assistant camera: second unit
Colin Deane	....	first assistant camera
Julian Filer	....	lighting technician
Andrew Fisher	....	assistant camera
Josh Flavell	....	second assistant camera
Sean P. Gilbert	....	assistant camera
Billy Harmer	....	additional grip
Stephen Head	....	best boy electric rigger
Paul Johnstone	....	second unit: gaffer
Christian Luxton	....	second assistant camera
Peter McCaffrey	....	camera operator
Calum McFarlane	....	camera operator
Che McGuinness	....	underwater lighting technician
Dan McMahon	....	video assist
Jason McPhee	....	best boy grip
Jesse Moyes	....	lighting technician
Nino Neuboeck	....	first assistant camera: Bahamas
David Nichols	....	key grip
Gene Page	....	still photographer: Bahamas
Jem Rayner	....	underwater focus puller
Paul Reddin	....	lighting technician
Benjamin Relf	....	digital video operator
Michael Ryan	....	grip
Rod Scott	....	head rigger
Nimrod Sztern-Adlide	....	video assist
Mike Thomas	....	underwater director of photography
David Thomson	....	rigging best boy
Anthony Tulloch	....	best boy: second unit
Vince Valitutti	....	still photographer
Helen Ward	....	key second assistant camera
Matt Windon	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Jayden York	....	libra head technician
Ian 'Thistle' Thorburn	....	additional camera operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Rakefet Abergel	....	casting technology assistant
Michele Berumen	....	casting associate
John Garnett	....	casting intern
Christine King	....	casting: Australia
Freya Krasnow	....	casting assistant
Fiona McMaster	....	extras casting
David Newman	....	casting assistant
Annabel Osborne	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Alecia De Marco	....	costume assistant
Libby Dempster	....	head textile artist
Loretta Egan	....	costume cutter
Amanda Enders	....	set costumer
Zoe Harvey	....	dresser: Mr. McConaughey
Pip Lingard	....	costume supervisor
Cookie Lopez	....	dresser: Ms. Hudson (as Cookie Lopez-Fahey)
Liz McGregor	....	assistant costume designer
Hilary Niederer	....	costume buyer
Senna Shanti	....	costumer
Christina Validakis	....	stand-by costume
Samantha Walker	....	set costumer
Arlie McGill	....	tailor (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Kirsty Bruce	....	assistant editor
Trish Cahill	....	dailies colorist
Bryan Cantrall	....	preview editor
Gabriel Diaz	....	post-production assistant
Matt Evans	....	associate editor
Skip Kimball	....	digital intermediate colorist
Bryan Lamoureux	....	first assistant editor
Justin McDonald	....	telecine dailies coordinator
Aidan Stanford	....	film color timer
Daniel Paress	....	post-production coordinator (uncredited)
Zara Park	....	digital intermediate producer (uncredited)

Music Department
Chris Clad	....	musician: violin
Jordan Corngold	....	music editor
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Richard A. Harrison	....	music editor
Julianne Jordan	....	music supervisor
Steve Price	....	music recording engineer
Paul Rabjohns	....	music editor
Paul Rabjohns	....	score programmer
Simon Rhodes	....	additional score mixer
Michael T. Ryan	....	supervising music editor
Jonathan Williams	....	musician: cello

Transportation Department
Shane Greedy	....	transportation captain
Dave Heazlewood	....	transportation captain
Aaron Kybartas	....	driver: cast
Richard Mugridge	....	driver: cast
Douglas Ngai	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Andrew Allen	....	co-dive supervisor
Neil Andrea	....	marine department: Bahamas
Cua-Cua Apey	....	marine crew: Bahamas
Tara Aucoin	....	assistant: Mr. Dyer
Sarah Babineau	....	assistant: Mr. Tennant
Rhodes Barton	....	dive supervisor
Justin Brace	....	accounting assistant
Kayce Brown	....	assistant: Ms. Hudson
John C. Chaney	....	assistant: Mr. McConaughey (as John Chaney)
Melanie Chryssochoides	....	payroll accountant (as Melanie Chryss)
Tony Clarke	....	location manager
Merilyn Cook	....	second unit production secretary
Lauren Cooper	....	location assistant
Nicholas Copping	....	production coordinator
Cameron D'Arcy	....	dailies assistant
Mark Davies	....	shipping coordinator: Bahamas
Kaleb Day	....	nurse: second unit
Duncan Foster	....	assistant: Mr. Klane
Richard Franceschini	....	production resources executive
Ian Freeman	....	assistant accountant
Suzie Freeman	....	production accountant
Robert Gibson	....	vessel broker
Cindy Gollagher	....	assistant production coordinator
Katie Harris	....	unit nurse
Kelly Head	....	asset coordinator
Dean Hood	....	financial controller
Craig Hosking	....	aerial coordinator/pilot
Matt Jermyn	....	video split assistant
Duncan Jones	....	location manager
Karen Jones	....	location manager
Lynsey Jones	....	assistant: Mr. De Line
Lance Julian	....	marine coordinator
Seth Larney	....	technical supervisor
Nicholle Leahy	....	assistant accountant
Steven Lees-Smith	....	IT coordinator: Animal Logic
Chris Lemos	....	assistant: Mr. De Line
Josh Levitan	....	assistant: Mr. Goldmann
J.C. Merrill	....	marine coordinator
Jennifer Radzikowski	....	location scout
Nathalia Rayfield	....	production team
Patricia Rigby	....	scenery coordinator
Sean Rigby	....	safety supervisor
Justin Ritson	....	key set production assistant: Bahamas
Jeremiah Rolle III	....	production staff
Antionne Rolle	....	production staff
Sarah Romney	....	assistant: Ms. Mordaunt
Peta Ross	....	construction coordinator
Jason Rowling	....	on-set production assistant
Nick Spetsiotis	....	assistant marine coordinator
Lehi Tahau	....	unit manager: 2nd unit
Adam Taylor	....	assistant production coordinator
Gary Ticehurst	....	helicopter pilot
Jill Vaupen	....	travel coordinator: Bahamas
Ryan Verbruggen	....	assistant: Mr De Line
Prudence Williams	....	assistant accountant
Pamela Willis	....	script supervisor
Kristin Witcombe	....	script supervisor
Michael Wolstenholme	....	assistant accountant
Ian Zweig	....	personal chef: Matthew Mcconaughey
Christina Hwang	....	title producer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Warner Bros (presents)
• De Line Pictures

Distributors

• Warner Bros (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2008) (Malaysia) (theatrical)
• Fox-Warner (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Karo Premiere (2008) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB (2008) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Village Films (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment (2008) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Film1 (2009) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Swank Motion Pictures (2008) (USA) (all media) (non-theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (UK) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (UK) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Animal Logic (visual effects) (as Animal Logic Film)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Cineworks Digital Studios  HD dailies
• Cutting Edge  post-production (Dailies)
• Filmview Services  computer graphics
• Gearbox Sound and Vision  additional ProTools systems supplied by
• Goldcrest Post Production London  ADR Facility
• Picture Mill, The  titles
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Runway  post-production
• Showfilm  travel agent
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility
• Technicolor  release printing
• Threadgold Plummer Hood  payroll services
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

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MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for action violence, some sexual material, brief nudity and language

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

South Korea:12 | Singapore:NC-16 | Ireland:12A | Singapore:PG (edited for re-rating) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43987) | Argentina:13 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Hong Kong:IIA | Malaysia:U | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Germany:12 | UK:12A | Netherlands:12 | Australia:M | New Zealand:M | Finland:K-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Canada:PG (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Bahamas

Company:

Warner Bros

Trivia:

Production was delayed when an infestation of deadly box jellyfish kept Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson out of the water.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Tess is lowered into the blow hole, the knot around her body is a bowline. Later in the scene, it's a square knot.

Quotes:

Moe Fitch:Come on, I'm getting old. Let's find some gold!

Movie Connections:

References Bambi (1942)

Soundtrack:

Tighten Up

Entertaining, especially those accents!

Fools Gold is exactly how you would expect it to be. We have all heard the story before in SAHARA and dare I say it, Into the Blue, although this movie is obviously a comedy/adventure.

As for the story's strength and the actors performances, again, it's exactly what you would expect. McConaughey, Hudson and the other supporting characters deliver more than adequate performances and Donald Sutherland is as brilliant as he can be considering the overall quality of this movie.

Last but not least, pay attention to the accents, It seems like everybody has a fake (funny fake) accent. I'm not sure why they chose to fake the accents when everybody does a terrible job, but hey.. I guess it makes the movie even more entertaining.

Definitely watchable