Fool's Gold (2008/I)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

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 | Rap Star | Island | Yacht

Awards:

4 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Wed. Nov. 11	8:00 PM	MAX
Mon. Nov. 16	2:35 PM	MAX

Cast

Matthew McConaughey	...	Benjamin Finnegan
Kate Hudson	...	Tess Finnegan
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
Ali Ammouchi	...	Precious Gem Crew Member #1
Tom O'Sullivan	...	Precious Gem Crew Member #2
Edwina Ritchard	...	Precious Gem Crew Woman
Duncan Young	...	Jim
Luke Pegler	...	Young
Xavier Fernandez	...	Petruchio
A. Ramel El	...	Moe's Diver #1
Nicholas Cooper	...	Moe's Diver #2
Andrew Allen	...	Moe's Diver #3
Glenn Suter	...	Moe's Diver #4
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.)

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
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

Costume Design by
Ngila Dickson

Makeup Department
Paige Badenoch	....	hair stylist
Paige Badenoch	....	makeup artist
Kathryn Blondell	....	hair stylist: Ms. Hudson
Dalia Fernandez	....	assistant 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

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
Gillian Butler	....	buyer/set dresser
Gary Cameron	....	leading hand propmaker
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
Rick Polikowski	....	propmaker
Mélanie Poudroux	....	assistant propmaker
Kristin Reuter	....	assistant property master
Natalie Taylor	....	art department accountant
Philip Worth	....	construction supervisor
Peter Wyborn	....	prop manufacturing supervisor
Karyn Zlatkovic	....	assistant construction coordinator

Sound Department
Michael Babcock	....	sound effects recordist
Ron Bartlett	....	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	....	re-recording mixer
Richard King	....	sound designer
Steven King	....	boom operator
Rick Kline	....	re-recording mixer
Michael Magill	....	dialogue editor
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

Special Effects by
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
Dean Franklin	....	special effects technician
Jim Leng	....	special effects technician
Greg Oliver	....	special effects
Brian Pearce	....	on-set supervisor
Thomas Van Koeverden	....	senior special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Lindsay Adams	....	lead compositor
Vaughn Arnup	....	digital compositor
Emmanuel Blasset	....	supervisor: Animal Logic
Dan Breckwoldt	....	compositor
Ken Busick	....	digital compositor
Tony Cole	....	lead compositor
Chris Cooper	....	research & development lead: Animal Logic
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)
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
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
Wendell Stephens	....	roto artist: Animal Logic
Paul Taylor	....	post services lead
Jamie Wood	....	compositor

Stunts
Lee Adamson	....	stunt double
Ric Anderson	....	stunt double
Rhodes Barton	....	stunt double
Renee Bowen	....	stunt double
Eric Chambers	....	stunt double
Haydn Dalton	....	utility stunts
Kyle Gardiner	....	additional stunt double: matthew mcconaughey
Nathan Lawson	....	stunt performer
Angela Moore	....	stunts
Mark Norby	....	stunt double: matthew mcconaughey
Tove Petterson	....	stunt double: Kate Hudson
Brett Praed	....	stunt double
R.A. Rondell	....	stunt coordinator
Yasca Sinigaglia	....	stunt performer
Melody Sorensen	....	stunt performer
Glenn Suter	....	stunt coordinator
Sheree Swords	....	stunt performer
Jimmy Waitman	....	stunt double
Mark Wickham	....	stunt rigger

Camera and Electrical Department
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)
Colin Deane	....	first assistant camera
Andrew Fisher	....	assistant camera
Josh Flavell	....	second assistant camera
Sean P. Gilbert	....	assistant camera
Stephen Head	....	best boy electric rigger
Peter McCaffrey	....	camera operator
Calum McFarlane	....	camera operator
Dan McMahon	....	video assist
Jesse Moyes	....	lighting technician
Nino Neuboeck	....	first assistant camera: Bahamas
David Nichols	....	key grip
Gene Page	....	still photographer: Bahamas
Jem Rayner	....	underwater focus puller
Benjamin Relf	....	digital video operator
Rod Scott	....	head rigger
Nimrod Sztern-Adlide	....	video assist
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
Cookie Lopez	....	dresser: Kate Hudson
Liz McGregor	....	assistant costume designer
Hilary Niederer	....	costume buyer
Senna Shanti	....	costumer
Christina Validakis	....	stand-by costume
Arlie McGill	....	tailor (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Kirsty Bruce	....	assistant editor
Trish Cahill	....	dailies colorist
Bryan Cantrall	....	preview editor
Matt Evans	....	associate editor
Skip Kimball	....	digital intermediate colorist
Justin McDonald	....	telecine dailies coordinator
Aidan Stanford	....	film color timer

Music Department
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

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: Jim Dyer
Sarah Babineau	....	assistant to director
Rhodes Barton	....	dive supervisor
Justin Brace	....	accounting assistant
Melanie Chryss	....	payroll accountant
Tony Clarke	....	location manager
Lauren Cooper	....	location assistant
Nicholas Copping	....	production coordinator
Cameron D'Arcy	....	dailies assistant
Mark Davies	....	shipping coordinator: Bahamas
Kaleb Day	....	nurse: second unit
Ian Freeman	....	assistant accountant
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 to producer
Lance Julian	....	marine coordinator
Seth Larney	....	technical supervisor
Nicholle Leahy	....	assistant accountant
Steven Lees-Smith	....	IT coordinator: Animal Logic
Josh Levitan	....	assistant: Bernie Goldmann
J.C. Merrill	....	marine coordinator
Jennifer Radzikowski	....	location scout
Nathalia Rayfield	....	production team
Patricia Rigby	....	scenery coordinator
Shannon Riggs	....	props labourer
Justin Ritson	....	key set production assistant: Bahamas
Sarah Romney	....	assistant to executive producer
Peta Ross	....	construction coordinator
Jason Rowling	....	on-set production assistant
Nick Spetsiotis	....	assistant marine coordinator
Adam Taylor	....	assistant production coordinator
Jill Vaupen	....	travel coordinator: Bahamas
Ryan Verbruggen	....	assistant: Mr De Line
Pamela Willis	....	script supervisor
Kristin Witcombe	....	script supervisor
Michael Wolstenholme	....	assistant accountant
Ian Zweig	....	personal chef: Matthew Mcconaughey

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Pictures
• De Line Pictures

Distributors

• 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. Pictures (2008) (USA) (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)
• Swank Motion Pictures (2008) (USA) (all media) (non-theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Sweden) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Animal Logic
• LOOK! Effects (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Cineworks Digital Studios  HD dailies
• Filmview Services  computer graphics
• Gearbox Sound and Vision  additional ProTools systems supplied by
• Picture Mill, The  titles
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Runway  post-production
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

MPAA:

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

Runtime:

113 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:6 | Australia:M | New Zealand:M | Finland:K-13 | Portugal:M/12

Filming Locations:

Bahamas

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

The scene where Tess slaps Ben after they walk out of the court house was filmed in front of the Vice-Chancellor's Building at the Queensland University of Technology, which is above the city's botanical gardens.

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:

Alfonz: [to Finn] It's difficult to maintain enthusiasm for your leadership when you keep getting beat up by that old man.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Rain Man (1988)

Soundtrack:

Truly Madly Deeply

Pretty mindless

An utterly mindless action comedy. No real substance, but it's no crime to cinema, as some reviews seem to feel. It's full of pretty. Just don't bring your brain to the cinema with you.

McConaughey and Hudson carry the whole thing. Their chemistry and skill make this a far more watchable movie than the script and direction might otherwise deliver. I've no complaints about them, but I'll avoid this director in future.

The script needed a heavy, critical edit. Unfortunately, it didn't get it.

here were a number of directional choices that I just didn't get. I'm not sure what the point of Gemma was, and the money shot with the sword was deeply tacky - I got the feeling the director wanted to see how long he could point a camera directly at the crotch of a teenage girl without it becoming too explicit for the rating. The nominal bad guys were so ineffective and stereotypical it was painful, and the racial aspect was both blatant and offensive, and it was this that truly sunk the movie for me. All of the actors involved can do better than to be involved with things like this.