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Fool's Gold

Release Date: Friday, February 8, 2008

A couple discovers a lucrative treasure, making them the toast of the town and landing them on the cover of National Geographic. A few years later, a second attempt to find another treasure has left their marriage shipwrecked and has plunged them into debt. Just as they divorce, they stumble upon a missing clue that might lead them to a fortune.

Director: Andy Tennant

Starring: Kate Hudson Matthew McConaughey Ewen Bremner Roger Sciberras

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A couple discovers a lucrative treasure, making them the toast of the town and landing them on the cover of National Geographic. A few years later, a second attempt to find another treasure has left their marriage shipwrecked and has plunged them into debt. Just as they divorce, they stumble upon a missing clue that might lead them to a fortune.

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Ben Finn Finnegan is a good-natured, surf bum-turned-treasure hunter who is obsessed with finding the legendary 18th century Queen''s Dowry--40 chests of exotic treasure that was lost at sea in 1715. In his quest, Finn has sunk everything he has, including his marriage to Tess Finnegan and his more-rusty-than-trusty salvage boat, Booty Calls. Just as Tess has begun to rebuild her life, working aboard a mega-yacht owned by billionaire Nigel Honeycutt, Finn discovers a vital clue to the treasure''s whereabouts. Certain that his luck will change with the newfound information, Finn maneuvers himself aboard Nigel''s yacht and, using his good-natured charm, convinces the tycoon and his Blackberry-wielding, celebutante daughter, Gemma, to join him in the pursuit of the Spanish treasure. Against Tess'' better judgment, the search rekindles her love--of discovery. But they are not the only ones after the treasure. Finn''s mentor-turned-nemesis Moe Fitch has also set out to claim the prize. Let the treasure hunt begin!
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The film's director Andy Tennant last directed The Secret: Dare to Dream and Wild Oats. The film's writer John Claflin last wrote Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid and Run For Her Life.

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Bernie Goldmann
Jon Klane
Donald De Line
Wink Mordaunt
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PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for action violence, some sexual material, brief nudity and language
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Fool's Gold was released in on Friday, February 8, 2008. There were 5 other movies released on the same date, including Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, Spiral and In Bruges.

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