1 00:00:11,978 --> 00:00:26,642 Transcribed/translated/timed & synced 100% by Uncle Andy 2 00:00:44,142 --> 00:00:47,884 We were a real business, that's what you gotta understand. 3 00:00:50,684 --> 00:00:53,319 I know we were a goddam industry. 4 00:00:54,287 --> 00:00:56,983 The kind that's the backbone of this country. 5 00:01:00,093 --> 00:01:04,860 Go in the parking lot and look on the license of that brand-new Mercedes 450. 6 00:01:06,032 --> 00:01:08,000 Hey, you see this? 7 00:01:08,268 --> 00:01:12,272 That's Ferris Creek. This picture is over a hundred years old. 8 00:01:12,472 --> 00:01:14,934 Now, you see this handsome Bill right here? 9 00:01:16,276 --> 00:01:17,971 He's a Wells! 10 00:01:18,311 --> 00:01:19,972 Ok. So... 11 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:24,979 I know you're a mining company. But I pictured... 12 00:01:25,251 --> 00:01:27,765 Well, I don't know what I pictured exactly. Those little... 13 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:30,579 ...little carts going down little train tracks. 14 00:01:30,624 --> 00:01:32,892 Tell me, what is it that you do here? 15 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:35,985 What we do is we look for the metals and the minerals, alright? 16 00:01:36,062 --> 00:01:40,965 There's exploration over there, there's engineering and there's production. 17 00:01:41,301 --> 00:01:43,235 We're prospectors. 18 00:01:44,971 --> 00:01:48,065 AMi hip? Ok, how about this? 19 00:01:48,975 --> 00:01:51,068 So, let's say that this... 20 00:01:52,045 --> 00:01:53,980 ...is the earth. My handbag! 21 00:01:53,990 --> 00:01:55,429 Your handbag is Mother Earth... 22 00:01:55,519 --> 00:01:58,327 with all of her deep held mysteries and goodies on the inside... 23 00:01:58,527 --> 00:01:59,953 ...that she does not want to give up. 24 00:01:59,963 --> 00:02:03,899 Me, I'm Man and I'm damn curious about what she's got inside. 25 00:02:03,957 --> 00:02:06,993 So, I send down what's called an exploratory drill. 26 00:02:07,003 --> 00:02:09,972 I look down inside and dig around. 27 00:02:10,263 --> 00:02:12,265 I come across something, I pull it out it. 28 00:02:12,275 --> 00:02:14,004 It's nickel. Now... 29 00:02:14,300 --> 00:02:16,998 Nickel's actually 75% copper and 25% nickel... 30 00:02:17,198 --> 00:02:21,274 ...but there's a lot of nickel in the world and the world needs nickels. 31 00:02:21,284 --> 00:02:24,546 I go back down there to get my second core sample... 32 00:02:24,736 --> 00:02:26,974 ...and I happen to pull up say, silver! 33 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,327 Now the thing is, when you find a little bit of this... 34 00:02:29,336 --> 00:02:31,113 ...that means there could be a whole hell of a lot of it! 35 00:02:31,313 --> 00:02:32,456 So we start raising money. 36 00:02:32,463 --> 00:02:34,963 We raise enough money to open a mine. 37 00:02:34,966 --> 00:02:36,856 ...like the one in that picture right there. 38 00:02:37,056 --> 00:02:42,555 Then, we dig it all up. 39 00:02:42,929 --> 00:02:47,025 Now, sometimes, not that often, but sometimes... 40 00:02:47,100 --> 00:02:50,265 ...the prospecting gods are havin' a party at the girlie cage... 41 00:02:50,275 --> 00:02:52,972 ...and we get real, real, really lucky. 42 00:02:53,072 --> 00:02:57,304 Then we dig down in there. Then we find a little metal called... 43 00:02:58,311 --> 00:03:00,176 ...gold! 44 00:03:04,518 --> 00:03:06,178 Yes. Kenny! 45 00:03:06,252 --> 00:03:09,847 You like it? I love you. 46 00:03:13,259 --> 00:03:14,988 I love you. 47 00:03:16,029 --> 00:03:18,896 Old man wants to see you. 48 00:03:19,899 --> 00:03:21,801 Good afternoon MaryAnne. Hey, Pop! 49 00:03:22,001 --> 00:03:24,019 I heard you want to see me. Yeah, Kenny. 50 00:03:24,219 --> 00:03:26,238 You get you're ass in here, would you? 51 00:03:26,940 --> 00:03:30,034 Would you run through this Pershing County strategy again for me? 52 00:03:30,243 --> 00:03:32,234 Right, umm. 53 00:03:33,012 --> 00:03:36,243 It's about this southern part of this Newmont property, right here. 54 00:03:36,316 --> 00:03:38,796 But Newmont just started drilling at 140 meters... 55 00:03:38,996 --> 00:03:40,820 ...and they're finding a whole lot of magnesite. 56 00:03:41,020 --> 00:03:43,615 Now, if you remember, we still own the option on Relief Canyon... 57 00:03:43,815 --> 00:03:45,923 ...which is next to them. We're not findin' squat. Why? 58 00:03:45,992 --> 00:03:48,893 We're not drilling deep enough, let's get back in there. 59 00:03:48,962 --> 00:03:51,107 Drill deeper. Go to 140, if we need to... 60 00:03:51,307 --> 00:03:54,901 ...and we got a damn good chance of gettin' relief back from production. 61 00:03:55,001 --> 00:03:56,901 What about Jarrett Canyon? 62 00:03:57,937 --> 00:04:00,240 Oh, that's your baby. You know a hell of a lot more about than I do. 63 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:02,570 The assays look promising. 64 00:04:02,770 --> 00:04:04,900 Could be fuckin' huge. 65 00:04:09,282 --> 00:04:12,979 I want you to run coin on this. All in. 66 00:04:13,886 --> 00:04:17,924 Scale it up! Make it yours. 67 00:04:18,124 --> 00:04:18,982 Yes, sir. 68 00:04:23,029 --> 00:04:26,965 Well, Clark Coleman's on board. Those boys'll ride with you. 69 00:04:34,007 --> 00:04:38,034 God, we work hard in this business, sometimes for nuthin'. 70 00:04:40,280 --> 00:04:44,239 I wake up every morning, I tell myself: "I don't have to do this". 71 00:04:45,051 --> 00:04:47,986 I get to do this. 72 00:04:49,922 --> 00:04:50,980 And then it's just... 73 00:04:51,924 --> 00:04:53,983 ...blue skies. 74 00:05:02,001 --> 00:05:03,969 Blue skies, baby. 75 00:05:08,908 --> 00:05:10,842 My old man... 76 00:05:11,911 --> 00:05:14,004 ...the legend. 77 00:05:14,280 --> 00:05:17,807 That was the last time I saw him alive. 78 00:05:52,285 --> 00:05:54,981 Hello? Pour one for Kenny. God bless you, Roy! 79 00:05:58,958 --> 00:06:00,926 Boys, to the mother lode! Mother lode! 80 00:06:00,993 --> 00:06:02,893 Today be the day. 81 00:06:02,995 --> 00:06:05,824 Geological reports on this are highly encouraging. 82 00:06:06,024 --> 00:06:08,160 We're taking a very aggressive look. 83 00:06:08,234 --> 00:06:11,897 Prospectus? Of course. I can have my secretary send you one right out. 84 00:06:11,971 --> 00:06:15,202 But I gotta tell you, this offering is already oversubscribed. 85 00:06:15,308 --> 00:06:16,741 But we can always try and get you in on the next one. 86 00:06:17,944 --> 00:06:20,936 Oh, no, no. Yeah, I understand. 87 00:06:22,949 --> 00:06:25,918 You watchin' the time? It's 7:15, Kenny. 88 00:06:26,118 --> 00:06:27,215 Oh, Christ! 89 00:06:30,022 --> 00:06:32,855 What would I do without you? 90 00:06:39,899 --> 00:06:41,924 Mr. Wells! Yes. 91 00:06:42,001 --> 00:06:43,836 Lloyd Stanton. Hello, Lloyd. 92 00:06:44,036 --> 00:06:47,028 Hi there! His is my colleague, Henry Andrews. Nice to meet you. 93 00:06:47,273 --> 00:06:49,969 Come on back! Absolutely. 94 00:06:50,910 --> 00:06:52,241 After you. 95 00:06:57,350 --> 00:07:00,887 So, what can we do for ya? Well, why don't we wait for Clive? 96 00:07:01,087 --> 00:07:03,656 Oh, ah, Mr. Coleman got tied up in a meeting. 97 00:07:03,856 --> 00:07:06,882 No offense, boys, but I'm supposed to be meeting with Clive. 98 00:07:06,959 --> 00:07:07,510 None taken! 99 00:07:07,710 --> 00:07:09,506 But if you were supposed to be meeting with Clive, 100 00:07:09,516 --> 00:07:11,919 you would be meeting with Clive. 101 00:07:13,966 --> 00:07:15,900 Alright, here is what we have. 102 00:07:15,968 --> 00:07:19,045 We are developing some very exciting properties... 103 00:07:19,245 --> 00:07:22,008 ...that are spot-on for your investor profile. 104 00:07:22,208 --> 00:07:26,746 Low buy-in, sizable upside. 105 00:07:26,946 --> 00:07:31,815 And the beautiful part is they only need 12 to 18 months to be cash-positive. 106 00:07:31,884 --> 00:07:32,248 Manitoba? 107 00:07:32,318 --> 00:07:35,988 Yeah, we picked up an option on a skipped claim at an auction. 108 00:07:36,188 --> 00:07:37,685 Right, but it's a 90 day option. 109 00:07:37,885 --> 00:07:39,382 Yes, the window is narrow,... 110 00:07:39,582 --> 00:07:41,304 ...but if you've looked at the "geo", you'd see a very promising... 111 00:07:41,504 --> 00:07:43,951 ...shelf formation that hasn't been tapped yet. 112 00:07:47,900 --> 00:07:50,869 Mr. Wells, Washoe has a practical value hovering just above zero. 113 00:07:50,937 --> 00:07:54,085 Your debt load is untenable and you bring us... 114 00:07:54,285 --> 00:07:57,843 ...a roll-in with no infrastructure, no fundable assets... 115 00:07:58,010 --> 00:07:59,978 I mean you can't possibly expect us to underwrite this. 116 00:08:00,046 --> 00:08:02,015 Yeah, I'm talking about a small offering here... 117 00:08:02,215 --> 00:08:04,351 ...as I said in the beginning, a low buy-in. Now if... 118 00:08:04,371 --> 00:08:08,176 ...you'll take a second look at the "geo", you will see what I see. 119 00:08:08,254 --> 00:08:10,188 And that's money! 120 00:08:12,892 --> 00:08:14,154 Not our money. 121 00:08:41,988 --> 00:08:45,947 You see, the thing is that the whole economy had turned... 122 00:08:46,025 --> 00:08:48,220 ...particularly for commodities. 123 00:08:51,030 --> 00:08:56,900 Close of the day, Washoe was trading at 4 cents a share, if it was trading at all. 124 00:08:56,910 --> 00:08:59,700 Washoe Mining, there's this great old land lease... 125 00:08:59,710 --> 00:09:02,638 ...because this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. 126 00:09:02,875 --> 00:09:04,968 Right! Well, Washoe, Washoe Mining. 127 00:09:05,177 --> 00:09:07,320 You know, carryin'... carryin' on the business. 128 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:09,687 You know, there's still minerals out there. 129 00:09:09,887 --> 00:09:11,538 We just gotta find them, right? 130 00:09:11,548 --> 00:09:13,238 Yeah, uh huh, alright. Thank you. 131 00:09:18,224 --> 00:09:21,819 12 to 18 months, cash positive. 132 00:09:21,894 --> 00:09:23,191 Do you... 133 00:09:23,996 --> 00:09:28,160 ...do you mind callin' it flatwater... 134 00:09:29,268 --> 00:09:31,896 Washoe Mining... 135 00:09:32,905 --> 00:09:34,629 ...the company that my grandfather... 136 00:09:34,639 --> 00:09:37,945 ...literally scratched out of the side of a Nevada mountain. 137 00:09:37,977 --> 00:09:41,941 The company that my father made into a real player... 138 00:09:42,014 --> 00:09:44,209 ...is almost gone. 139 00:09:45,251 --> 00:09:46,946 Almost. 140 00:09:51,991 --> 00:09:58,191 I already lost my house and I was... I was livin' with Kay. 141 00:09:58,898 --> 00:10:01,958 Now, we... we, we... we're about to lose that too. 142 00:10:12,979 --> 00:10:15,629 I have a half gallon of Seagram's in me. 143 00:10:15,829 --> 00:10:19,009 Shit, most people would've been dead but not me. No! 144 00:10:20,252 --> 00:10:24,882 Instead, I had a dream. 145 00:10:28,294 --> 00:10:33,027 I mean, I mean, I mean, literally... I, I had a dream. 146 00:10:40,973 --> 00:10:42,907 Indonesia. 147 00:10:43,809 --> 00:10:45,007 Gold. 148 00:10:48,347 --> 00:10:51,976 Now, I'd been to Indonesia 5 or 6 years earlier. 149 00:10:52,985 --> 00:10:56,288 I still had a little money in my pocket. You know, Indonesia was booming. 150 00:10:56,488 --> 00:10:58,882 And I was lookin' for a way to get in. 151 00:11:03,029 --> 00:11:06,505 Where back then, if you wanted to put a hole in the ground in Indonesia... 152 00:11:06,705 --> 00:11:08,990 ...you wanted Mike Acosta tellin' you where to dig. 153 00:11:09,935 --> 00:11:11,994 He was what they called a River Walker. 154 00:11:12,071 --> 00:11:15,234 A real hands-on geologist, the real deal. 155 00:11:16,909 --> 00:11:21,972 Oxford College, M.I.T. His mom was Venezuelan, his dad was English. 156 00:11:23,315 --> 00:11:28,020 I see he just discovered the largest copper strike in Southeast Asia. 157 00:11:28,220 --> 00:11:31,979 And everybody wanted a piece of it, including me. 158 00:11:32,058 --> 00:11:37,296 You got the Nazca plate, the Pacific plate, Wanga Fuca, North American, South America... 159 00:11:37,496 --> 00:11:39,631 Aleutian, Marianas, Tonga. 160 00:11:39,635 --> 00:11:41,993 The plates rubbin' and grinding up on each other... 161 00:11:42,068 --> 00:11:46,124 ...6 trillion kilobars of pressure, 10,000 degrees Celsius... 162 00:11:46,324 --> 00:11:50,042 ...kicking up geothermic hotspots all along the Pacific Rim. 163 00:11:50,242 --> 00:11:54,035 They call it the "Ring Of Fire" theory. 164 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:56,271 He definitely had everyone's attention. 165 00:11:56,348 --> 00:12:02,844 That's how I found the copper. That's why I'll find the gold. 166 00:12:16,001 --> 00:12:19,232 Hi, hon. 167 00:12:23,042 --> 00:12:24,710 You want to talk about yesterday? 168 00:12:24,910 --> 00:12:27,936 No, I've got to go right now, babe. I've got a plan. 169 00:12:28,247 --> 00:12:31,984 Alright, Kenny... Kenny, listen, Carl had an idea. 170 00:12:32,184 --> 00:12:33,849 Makin'...? Mm-hmm. 171 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:38,916 He said he could get you on for a while, if you wanted.. 172 00:12:38,991 --> 00:12:41,761 I don't think it's going to be necessary, baby. 173 00:12:41,961 --> 00:12:45,021 Yeah but it'd just be temporary, 'til the market turns. 174 00:12:45,297 --> 00:12:49,893 We could figure out from there. 175 00:12:51,303 --> 00:12:54,067 I'll get done with this trip, alright? It shouldn't take more than a week. 176 00:12:54,306 --> 00:12:56,275 What? Where are you going? 177 00:12:56,475 --> 00:12:57,264 Babe? 178 00:12:58,344 --> 00:13:00,209 I'll call you from there. Baby, wait, wait! 179 00:13:00,279 --> 00:13:05,916 Kenny! It was like I was being called. 180 00:13:06,318 --> 00:13:08,843 It was the gold calling. 181 00:13:09,255 --> 00:13:15,922 It may sound crazy to you but if you knew that feeling, you'd know. 182 00:13:49,061 --> 00:13:53,259 Kenny Wells, I'm down here in the lobby at the Jakarta Palace. 183 00:13:53,933 --> 00:13:56,265 Yeah, listen, we must have gotten the times mixed up. 184 00:13:56,969 --> 00:14:00,382 Let me know. I'm down here in a brown suit on a green couch. 185 00:14:00,582 --> 00:14:02,202 I'm a good lookin' guy! Ok? 186 00:14:02,875 --> 00:14:05,002 Alright, we'll make it out of town. Alright. 187 00:14:10,282 --> 00:14:13,217 Wells? Mike! 188 00:14:16,255 --> 00:14:18,815 Good to see you again. 189 00:14:19,024 --> 00:14:22,895 I know a local place with a bit more color. 190 00:14:23,095 --> 00:14:24,226 We're here! 191 00:14:25,931 --> 00:14:26,955 Good. 192 00:14:30,970 --> 00:14:33,029 What are we talking about here, Wells? 193 00:14:35,274 --> 00:14:38,903 Ring Of Fire, Mike. Ring Of Fire. 194 00:14:39,011 --> 00:14:43,971 I hope you hear my greatest hits. The fire's gone out of that one. 195 00:14:44,283 --> 00:14:45,944 Well, what are you talkin' about? 196 00:14:46,018 --> 00:14:50,036 In the opinions of my fellow esteemed geologists. 197 00:14:50,236 --> 00:14:54,254 The whole thing I'm quoting here, it's a crock of shit. 198 00:14:55,294 --> 00:14:59,070 Well, what the hell, you know? You called it wrong. 199 00:14:59,270 --> 00:15:01,233 What are you going to do? 200 00:15:01,433 --> 00:15:03,827 There's no right or wrong in this business. 201 00:15:04,270 --> 00:15:06,830 Some have hits and misses. 202 00:15:07,239 --> 00:15:09,833 There's gold here. 203 00:15:15,881 --> 00:15:17,940 I'm glad you said that, Mike. 204 00:15:18,017 --> 00:15:23,887 I truly am, because I believe you. 205 00:15:23,956 --> 00:15:25,832 I hate to dash your hopes but... 206 00:15:25,932 --> 00:15:29,487 ...others have come along before you with the same thought and... 207 00:15:29,587 --> 00:15:31,954 ...from the looks of it, with deeper pockets. 208 00:15:32,064 --> 00:15:35,192 Ring Of Fire is real, Mike. 209 00:15:35,267 --> 00:15:36,834 I knew it the first time I heard it. 210 00:15:36,835 --> 00:15:39,863 It struck me like a fuckin' lightning bolt and I never forgot it. 211 00:15:39,939 --> 00:15:42,274 Now go ahead. Have a hell of a good time... 212 00:15:42,474 --> 00:15:44,208 ...but hear this. 213 00:15:45,044 --> 00:15:48,814 I don't just believe, I know. 214 00:15:49,014 --> 00:15:51,005 How do you know? I've seen it. 215 00:15:51,350 --> 00:15:54,086 You're wrong this time. 216 00:15:54,286 --> 00:15:57,221 No one will back me. I'll help. 217 00:15:57,289 --> 00:15:59,898 You tell me where you want to dig, Mikey.. 218 00:15:59,998 --> 00:16:02,955 ...and I'll make goddamned sure the bills are paid. 219 00:16:03,155 --> 00:16:08,822 No offence, Wells, but you look like you had to rob someone just to get here. 220 00:16:08,934 --> 00:16:10,959 You know nothing about me. 221 00:16:11,904 --> 00:16:13,895 You know it's still out there. 222 00:16:15,007 --> 00:16:17,042 You know that. 223 00:16:17,242 --> 00:16:20,939 I can see it in your eyes, you still believe. 224 00:16:21,981 --> 00:16:24,717 I get it. I was born on the side of a mountain too. 225 00:16:24,917 --> 00:16:27,877 My father scratched everything he ever owned out of a fuckin' rock. 226 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:30,950 The guy died with dirt under his fingernails. I intend to do the same thing. 227 00:16:31,023 --> 00:16:34,959 This business wrote me off years ago. 228 00:16:35,027 --> 00:16:36,731 Yeah, alright, maybe you're not runnin' pars... 229 00:16:36,741 --> 00:16:39,191 ...ending your career right now, so let's prove 'em wrong 230 00:16:39,264 --> 00:16:43,894 You and me, let's prove them all fucking wrong. And you know why? 231 00:16:43,969 --> 00:16:47,871 You do know why, because the Ring Of Fire is right, Mike. 232 00:16:47,940 --> 00:16:49,999 You called it! 233 00:16:50,242 --> 00:16:52,870 You just haven't found it yet. 234 00:16:54,447 --> 00:16:59,281 Tell me I'm crazy, I'll be on the next plane. 235 00:17:03,989 --> 00:17:05,183 You're crazy. 236 00:17:16,035 --> 00:17:18,196 Do you have a hat, Wells? 237 00:17:20,973 --> 00:17:22,907 Yeah, I got a hat. 238 00:17:23,242 --> 00:17:25,210 Are we going somewhere? 239 00:17:25,911 --> 00:17:27,003 Upriver. 240 00:17:27,946 --> 00:17:29,880 What river is that, Mike? 241 00:17:30,215 --> 00:17:33,946 You're late. The only one that matters. 242 00:17:59,011 --> 00:18:03,215 The Daya have been panning this river for over 5000 years. 243 00:18:03,415 --> 00:18:07,879 That's how it got it's name... Daya Kencana. 244 00:18:08,220 --> 00:18:12,156 What's it mean? Daya means "ox breed". 245 00:18:12,257 --> 00:18:15,192 Kencana means "gold". 246 00:18:15,994 --> 00:18:18,189 You gotta be shittin' me! 247 00:18:37,983 --> 00:18:42,215 Wells, Wells, we're here. 248 00:18:42,287 --> 00:18:46,223 So, listen, the Daya are warrior people. 249 00:18:46,291 --> 00:18:50,262 Probably best known for Nayo... headhunting. 250 00:18:50,462 --> 00:18:52,230 But it doesn't happen much anymore. 251 00:18:53,065 --> 00:18:57,195 They might be thinking we're some traders or someone's mother-in-law. 252 00:19:18,857 --> 00:19:23,920 This jungle will test you. It will hold you up.. 253 00:19:24,897 --> 00:19:28,763 It will weigh you and decide your worth within an ounce. 254 00:19:28,963 --> 00:19:32,829 You always talk like this, Mike? Like a book on tape? 255 00:19:33,238 --> 00:19:34,899 I suppose I do. 256 00:19:38,010 --> 00:19:39,204 Where we goin'? 257 00:19:40,279 --> 00:19:41,871 Up. 258 00:19:55,027 --> 00:19:56,961 Take a look. 259 00:20:06,305 --> 00:20:08,000 Oh, my god! 260 00:20:15,314 --> 00:20:18,653 There have been a few folks up here tappin' over the years. 261 00:20:18,853 --> 00:20:22,020 They focused on the foothills and parts of the south. 262 00:20:22,220 --> 00:20:24,989 But what interests me, it's the other way. 263 00:20:25,924 --> 00:20:30,952 That small depression, like a giant left a footprint walking away.. 264 00:20:31,930 --> 00:20:33,898 Something happened there, Wells. 265 00:20:34,299 --> 00:20:36,927 Something hot and angry. 266 00:20:37,970 --> 00:20:40,029 That's where we'll find a place to dig. 267 00:20:41,306 --> 00:20:44,002 My dream. 268 00:20:48,981 --> 00:20:50,005 It's out there. 269 00:20:50,983 --> 00:20:52,917 Damn right, it is! 270 00:20:55,488 --> 00:20:58,777 Look, Mr. Big Boys, if you're thinkin' about investin' much... 271 00:20:58,779 --> 00:21:01,187 You know, a Harvard endowment or some... 272 00:21:01,260 --> 00:21:03,854 ...some pension fund. 273 00:21:04,029 --> 00:21:05,798 I am not your guy. 274 00:21:06,398 --> 00:21:10,531 The little guys, right? The guys that you don't even know about. 275 00:21:10,631 --> 00:21:14,930 The hustlers, the scrappers, the make-it-happen motherfuckers. 276 00:21:15,007 --> 00:21:16,907 Those are my guys. 277 00:21:18,243 --> 00:21:19,972 How much do we need? 278 00:21:21,013 --> 00:21:24,244 Seven... seven fifty, to start. 279 00:21:24,950 --> 00:21:30,013 Ok, how much do we need? 280 00:21:30,956 --> 00:21:32,253 It's not just the lease. 281 00:21:32,958 --> 00:21:37,359 We're in Indonesia. That means getting a permit and lining pockets 282 00:21:37,559 --> 00:21:41,960 Equipment. You're not gonna do this with just a couple of shovels and a pickaxe. 283 00:21:42,034 --> 00:21:45,970 I'll get the money. Whatever it takes. 284 00:21:56,014 --> 00:21:56,946 What's that? 285 00:21:57,015 --> 00:22:01,918 It's a contract. Read it. Sign it. 286 00:22:17,035 --> 00:22:18,969 Keep it. 287 00:22:20,072 --> 00:22:23,007 I can feel it in my bones. 288 00:22:23,275 --> 00:22:26,972 I was selling something that I believed in. 289 00:22:28,947 --> 00:22:31,973 20K minimum buy-in and the shares are fuckin' fallin' off the shelf! 290 00:22:32,050 --> 00:22:33,244 I mean, no risk, no gain, right? 291 00:22:33,318 --> 00:22:35,252 Lucas is comin' in, right now. 292 00:22:35,987 --> 00:22:37,272 No, Acosta, Michael Acosta. 293 00:22:37,275 --> 00:22:40,680 It's the largest copper strike in history and that's the God's honest truth! 294 00:22:40,692 --> 00:22:42,728 Maybe you get those shoes shined with Nancy, baby! 295 00:22:42,928 --> 00:22:45,964 They don't even have the exploration forms. Why are we selling? 296 00:22:46,164 --> 00:22:47,898 What are we selling? 297 00:22:49,935 --> 00:22:54,269 Mike, we're selling the story! Right now, the story is you. 298 00:22:54,339 --> 00:22:56,775 Speaking of which, what the fuck are you doing right now? 299 00:22:56,975 --> 00:22:59,034 I'm down in Kupang City to look at coring equipment. 300 00:22:59,277 --> 00:23:02,881 Acosta's in Kupang City, looking at coring equipment. 301 00:23:03,081 --> 00:23:04,883 Kupang City, as we speak. 302 00:23:04,983 --> 00:23:07,019 Kupang City, it's a fuckin' city. Kupang City! 303 00:23:07,219 --> 00:23:10,188 You're magic, Mike, you're fuckin' magic! 304 00:23:21,900 --> 00:23:22,924 You there, Mike? 305 00:23:23,301 --> 00:23:29,900 $267,434 dollars! 306 00:23:30,008 --> 00:23:31,999 It's not exactly the number I had in mind, Wells. 307 00:23:32,244 --> 00:23:37,238 Well, look. I mean, I may be able to borrow a little bit to get there but you know... 308 00:23:37,916 --> 00:23:40,351 No, you know what truth might tip it? That's it for now. 309 00:23:40,451 --> 00:23:43,877 That, that's it! Can you make it work? Hm? 310 00:23:44,055 --> 00:23:46,250 I can make anything work! 311 00:23:46,925 --> 00:23:48,916 You work out of a bar room? 312 00:23:49,928 --> 00:23:54,262 Keepin' a lid on expenses, Mike. Makin' the dollar holler! 313 00:23:56,301 --> 00:23:57,962 We're in! 314 00:24:20,926 --> 00:24:24,953 Clear this place! Fast! 315 00:24:25,030 --> 00:24:27,931 Fast! 316 00:24:55,293 --> 00:24:57,963 A record player, that's classy. 317 00:24:58,163 --> 00:24:59,988 You payin' for that, Mikey? 318 00:25:00,098 --> 00:25:02,931 6 man crews, 12 hour shifts... 319 00:25:03,001 --> 00:25:04,736 ...around the clock. 320 00:25:04,936 --> 00:25:07,837 Tomorrow, I'll start working on core samples. 321 00:25:07,906 --> 00:25:11,205 Then we'll send the most promising downriver to the assay lab. 322 00:25:11,977 --> 00:25:14,002 The mother lode, Mike! 323 00:25:15,013 --> 00:25:17,880 You're out there, baby! 324 00:25:59,958 --> 00:26:02,961 Whoever invented the hamburger was smart, Mike. 325 00:26:03,161 --> 00:26:05,828 The man who invented the cheeseburger... 326 00:26:05,997 --> 00:26:07,766 ...now that's genius! 327 00:26:07,966 --> 00:26:10,833 Just don't ask where the meat came from. 328 00:26:11,236 --> 00:26:14,899 Have you ever read Christopher Columbus' journals? 329 00:26:14,973 --> 00:26:16,907 Of course not. 330 00:26:16,975 --> 00:26:19,205 In his petition to the queen of Spain... 331 00:26:19,277 --> 00:26:21,012 ...he promised the conversion... 332 00:26:21,212 --> 00:26:25,842 ...to her holy faith, of a great number of people. 333 00:26:26,251 --> 00:26:30,915 And he went on and mentioned God 26 times. 334 00:26:31,289 --> 00:26:34,918 Gold, on the other hand... 335 00:26:35,026 --> 00:26:38,985 ...he mentioned 114 times. 336 00:26:39,264 --> 00:26:40,799 Smart dago! 337 00:26:40,999 --> 00:26:42,899 I been wanting to ask something, Wells. 338 00:26:42,968 --> 00:26:43,992 Fire away, Mike. 339 00:26:44,936 --> 00:26:47,038 What's the meaning of that tattoo on your arm? 340 00:26:47,238 --> 00:26:49,029 Oh, it's a bird. 341 00:26:50,008 --> 00:26:53,239 It's from a poem that I read when I was a kid. 342 00:26:54,279 --> 00:26:56,646 A bird with no feet... 343 00:26:56,846 --> 00:26:59,213 ...sleeps in the wind. 344 00:27:12,230 --> 00:27:16,826 Ese, Ese, Ese! 345 00:27:27,212 --> 00:27:29,874 Thanks, man. 346 00:27:35,286 --> 00:27:37,948 Mike! Mike! Hey! 347 00:27:38,023 --> 00:27:39,055 You see. 348 00:27:39,064 --> 00:27:40,542 They look worse every time we get one. 349 00:27:40,742 --> 00:27:42,385 Do you remember when I told you about patience? 350 00:27:42,585 --> 00:27:44,228 Yeah, you know what I told you about money? 351 00:27:44,295 --> 00:27:47,032 Yeah, you said that it wasn't a problem. 352 00:27:47,232 --> 00:27:49,000 It's a fuckin' problem now! 353 00:28:36,915 --> 00:28:38,849 Hey! 354 00:28:40,919 --> 00:28:42,853 Wait! 355 00:28:43,221 --> 00:28:45,917 Wait! Hey, hey, hey! 356 00:28:45,990 --> 00:28:47,958 Wait! 357 00:28:53,932 --> 00:28:57,868 Hey! Wait! Wait! 358 00:29:05,877 --> 00:29:07,868 On top of everything else... 359 00:29:07,946 --> 00:29:10,176 ...I got a bad case of malaria, 360 00:29:10,248 --> 00:29:14,912 It kills like a million people a year or something like that. 361 00:29:14,986 --> 00:29:19,184 Suddenly, I was on the list. 362 00:29:26,931 --> 00:29:29,668 Maybe we pushed them too hard. 363 00:29:29,868 --> 00:29:32,837 Maybe we should just take it easy, you know. 364 00:29:32,904 --> 00:29:36,203 Cut a man and give them smaller shifts. 365 00:29:36,975 --> 00:29:38,943 Maybe they'll come back. 366 00:29:39,143 --> 00:29:40,205 You know? 367 00:29:41,012 --> 00:29:45,915 Who knows? We get something at the end and it all works out. 368 00:29:48,019 --> 00:29:51,022 I want a piece of the pie, you know. 369 00:29:51,222 --> 00:29:53,217 Get up. Come on. 370 00:29:53,291 --> 00:29:55,987 Get up. 371 00:29:58,263 --> 00:30:01,858 I'm just freezin', Mike. 372 00:30:13,311 --> 00:30:16,974 Listen, I'm gonna die and have nuthin', right? 373 00:30:19,017 --> 00:30:21,281 You rest now. 374 00:30:48,980 --> 00:30:57,911 We started running out of money, that's true. 375 00:30:58,056 --> 00:31:02,925 What can I do for you to come back to work? 376 00:31:15,940 --> 00:31:21,879 Is he sick? Does he have a cough? 377 00:31:24,315 --> 00:31:28,945 Drink. Drink. 378 00:31:54,979 --> 00:31:57,038 I pulled the plug. 379 00:31:59,083 --> 00:32:01,244 No. 380 00:32:02,253 --> 00:32:06,189 No, no, no, no no, Mike! 381 00:32:07,892 --> 00:32:09,189 No, no. You can't do that, Mikey. 382 00:32:09,260 --> 00:32:12,229 Let's get you out of here at once. 383 00:32:13,264 --> 00:32:16,233 What's the plan, Mikey? 384 00:32:17,068 --> 00:32:20,231 No, I know you got a plan, Mike. 385 00:32:20,939 --> 00:32:23,032 I know you've got a plan. 386 00:32:25,009 --> 00:32:27,910 What's the plan? 387 00:32:29,013 --> 00:32:31,948 What's the plan? 388 00:32:33,051 --> 00:32:35,952 We distill water. 389 00:32:36,020 --> 00:32:39,922 If we get filter systems up here, I think they might come back.. 390 00:32:56,307 --> 00:32:59,936 I've got about $1,800 on this Visa right there. 391 00:33:00,044 --> 00:33:02,979 Put a... on this Diners Club. 392 00:33:08,953 --> 00:33:11,022 Use it all. 393 00:33:11,222 --> 00:33:13,952 Use it all, Mike. 394 00:33:47,959 --> 00:33:53,295 Man, if he didn't go to every single place that every one of our workers lived. 395 00:33:53,965 --> 00:33:55,990 Streams that had no name... 396 00:33:56,067 --> 00:33:59,264 ...all feeding the great Kencana river. 397 00:34:02,907 --> 00:34:06,001 Come on, come on, come on, come on! 398 00:34:13,017 --> 00:34:14,245 You know what? 399 00:34:14,318 --> 00:34:16,980 The workers came back. 400 00:34:18,222 --> 00:34:22,215 I spent the next few weeks in a malarial haze. 401 00:34:22,293 --> 00:34:24,853 I should've been dead. 402 00:34:24,996 --> 00:34:28,989 Mike kept it all going. 403 00:35:07,238 --> 00:35:09,832 What day is it? 404 00:35:10,308 --> 00:35:12,242 No idea. 405 00:35:16,981 --> 00:35:20,178 Month? August. 406 00:35:21,252 --> 00:35:22,981 You been sitting there this whole time? 407 00:35:23,221 --> 00:35:25,917 Let's not get carried away. 408 00:35:29,260 --> 00:35:33,196 What did the report say? It says... 409 00:35:35,266 --> 00:35:38,235 We pulled 17 more cores. 410 00:35:39,270 --> 00:35:44,902 What? No good? Not good. 411 00:35:47,311 --> 00:35:50,246 More in the vicinity of great. 412 00:35:51,949 --> 00:35:54,975 No shit, Mike. Don't do this to me, man! 413 00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:59,255 Eighth of an ounce per ton. 414 00:36:11,936 --> 00:36:14,316 Eight, eighth of an ounce per what? 415 00:36:14,516 --> 00:36:16,897 Eighth of an ounce per ton. 416 00:36:20,011 --> 00:36:23,003 What, what are you saying, Mike? 417 00:36:23,247 --> 00:36:25,943 We got a strike, Kenny. 418 00:36:26,250 --> 00:36:28,844 We've got a gold mine? 419 00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:31,980 We've got a gold mine? We've got a gold mine. 420 00:36:36,260 --> 00:36:39,297 We got a gold mine, Mike! We got a gold mine, Mike! 421 00:36:39,497 --> 00:36:41,993 We got a gold mine, Mike. 422 00:36:42,066 --> 00:36:44,068 We got a gold mine! 423 00:36:44,268 --> 00:36:47,004 We got a goddam gold mine! 424 00:36:47,204 --> 00:36:49,741 We got a goddam gold mine! 425 00:36:49,941 --> 00:36:53,968 We got a gold mine! I knew it! I knew it! I knew it! I knew it! 426 00:37:00,051 --> 00:37:02,849 Fuck you, mosquitos! 427 00:37:03,955 --> 00:37:08,793 At that moment, no way I could possibly describe the feeling. 428 00:37:08,993 --> 00:37:13,157 It's amazing how a little gold dust can just change everything. 429 00:37:13,231 --> 00:37:17,001 And for better or worse, the ride had begun. 430 00:37:17,201 --> 00:37:20,903 And what a goddam ride! 431 00:37:21,906 --> 00:37:25,899 Ok, okay. Excuse me. 432 00:37:25,977 --> 00:37:29,208 The best goddam team in the business! Fuckin' A, you're a standup guy, Kenny! 433 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:31,373 Sharin' the wealth. 434 00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:33,217 Mother lode! 435 00:37:33,284 --> 00:37:36,185 Mother lode! Mother lode! 436 00:37:45,997 --> 00:37:47,831 Alright, baby, do me a favor. 437 00:37:48,031 --> 00:37:49,866 Close your eyes, will you? Alright. 438 00:37:49,934 --> 00:37:51,769 Cover 'em with your hands. 439 00:37:51,969 --> 00:37:53,994 Keep 'em closed. Ok! 440 00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:58,873 Ok, I gotcha, I gotcha. Ok. 441 00:38:00,244 --> 00:38:03,839 One... two... 442 00:38:04,215 --> 00:38:06,911 ...three. 443 00:38:09,955 --> 00:38:12,142 It's going to be our place. 444 00:38:12,242 --> 00:38:14,916 Away from it all, above it all, just like we always wanted. 445 00:38:14,992 --> 00:38:16,694 Do you like it? 446 00:38:16,894 --> 00:38:18,461 Huh? Yes. Yes! 447 00:38:18,661 --> 00:38:20,228 You got it. The house... 448 00:38:20,865 --> 00:38:21,957 ...right here, alright? 449 00:38:22,033 --> 00:38:24,934 ...the kitchen, facing there, the great room over here... 450 00:38:25,002 --> 00:38:26,771 ...2 fireplaces! 451 00:38:26,971 --> 00:38:30,202 Can we afford this? Almost, baby, almost. We're almost there. 452 00:38:30,308 --> 00:38:33,055 Alright, look at this... 4 bedrooms on that end... 453 00:38:33,075 --> 00:38:36,003 ...4 bedrooms on that end. Look at this playground for the kids, huh? 454 00:38:36,247 --> 00:38:38,875 How many kids you want to have? 455 00:38:43,954 --> 00:38:45,418 The kitchen has to stay over here. 456 00:38:45,518 --> 00:38:47,856 We've got to put it over here for the morning light. 457 00:38:47,925 --> 00:38:49,727 And a second kitchen over on this side... 458 00:38:49,927 --> 00:38:53,954 ...a third one across the creek, a fourth one up there with the elk. 459 00:39:12,883 --> 00:39:13,751 Kenny! Kenny! 460 00:39:13,951 --> 00:39:17,944 This is Walt Keeler, he publishes Gold Digger magazine. 461 00:39:18,255 --> 00:39:19,950 We reach half a million subscribers... 462 00:39:20,191 --> 00:39:23,894 ...and they'd all love to know what you've got cookin' over there in Indonesia. 463 00:39:23,895 --> 00:39:26,863 Gimme a minute, I'll buy you a drink. 464 00:39:27,231 --> 00:39:29,927 He's all yours, Walt. 465 00:39:33,270 --> 00:39:35,830 Hell, I read Gold Digger magazine. 466 00:39:35,906 --> 00:39:39,842 Come on. Say, you make the sale, you get the Golden Pickaxe. 467 00:39:39,977 --> 00:39:43,879 What do you say about that? I say you probably just jinxed it. 468 00:39:43,981 --> 00:39:46,211 How many ounces you guess? 469 00:39:47,218 --> 00:39:50,187 A million, Walt. Absolutely millions. 470 00:39:50,287 --> 00:39:54,021 Easy million? No, hard rock, it's varsity ball. 471 00:39:54,221 --> 00:39:57,955 How's the infrastructure? Building it from the ground up. 472 00:40:01,065 --> 00:40:05,195 Any message you'd like to give to the readers of Gold Digger magazine? 473 00:40:09,273 --> 00:40:13,232 The last card you turn over is the only one that matters. 474 00:40:13,944 --> 00:40:15,878 Kenny, it's good to see you. 475 00:40:15,946 --> 00:40:16,913 Good morning, Beverly. 476 00:40:16,981 --> 00:40:20,051 Clive, how are you? There he is. 477 00:40:20,251 --> 00:40:23,880 Good to see you, sir. Good to see you, son. 478 00:40:23,954 --> 00:40:29,221 You know, your father and I, we started together in this business. 479 00:40:29,326 --> 00:40:32,887 Hell, he put me into business. I don't have to tell you that. 480 00:40:32,963 --> 00:40:36,300 He always spoke very highly of you, Clive. 481 00:40:36,500 --> 00:40:39,064 He was one of the best men I ever knew. 482 00:40:39,303 --> 00:40:40,895 Yes. Now... 483 00:40:40,971 --> 00:40:45,874 You have gone from 4 to 23 cents on your first assay results. 484 00:40:45,943 --> 00:40:48,912 And you pulled in two more to confirm those finding? 485 00:40:48,979 --> 00:40:51,914 Three more. Three more? 486 00:40:51,982 --> 00:40:52,883 That's fantastic. 487 00:40:53,083 --> 00:40:59,022 Well, I would like to underwrite a private palacement of Washoe stock. 488 00:40:59,089 --> 00:41:03,185 And I believe that we can raise anywhere between 8 and 10 million dollars. 489 00:41:03,260 --> 00:41:05,990 Well, capital's definitely at the top of our agenda, right now. 490 00:41:06,063 --> 00:41:07,064 Well, yes it is... 491 00:41:07,264 --> 00:41:10,267 ...and a lot of people are going to want to make this deal. 492 00:41:10,467 --> 00:41:12,997 But history's on our side. Mm-hm. 493 00:41:13,270 --> 00:41:15,272 But I just wish you'd have brought this to me sooner. 494 00:41:15,472 --> 00:41:18,901 I'd have helped you from the getgo. 495 00:41:19,009 --> 00:41:21,239 Well, here we are. Here we are. 496 00:41:21,312 --> 00:41:25,544 Lloyd, top that off for me, will you? 497 00:41:25,744 --> 00:41:29,977 Straight black with a spicer chaser. 498 00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:53,874 Mr. Wells. Your coffee. There we are, Lloyd. Thank you. 499 00:41:53,944 --> 00:41:59,314 Stanton, Mr. Wells has agreed to give us his business, on one condition. 500 00:42:01,986 --> 00:42:06,448 Lloyd, I want you to personally handle my account. 501 00:42:06,548 --> 00:42:10,928 I need you to be available to me, 24/7, 365... 502 00:42:11,128 --> 00:42:13,954 ...as you will be riding shotgun in my jockstrap. 503 00:42:14,031 --> 00:42:16,767 Absolutely, yes. Thank you. 504 00:42:16,967 --> 00:42:18,992 Well, let's quit standin' around here and let's go make some goddam money. 505 00:42:19,270 --> 00:42:21,864 Sounds good to me. 506 00:42:23,274 --> 00:42:25,208 Kenny, Kenny! 507 00:42:25,276 --> 00:42:28,211 Kenny, did you read the last report? 508 00:42:29,313 --> 00:42:31,008 Kenny, did you read the last report? 509 00:42:31,248 --> 00:42:33,842 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm looking at it right now. 510 00:42:33,918 --> 00:42:37,979 Holy shit! Holy shit is right, my friend. 511 00:42:43,327 --> 00:42:45,261 You know, that's unbelievable. 512 00:42:46,297 --> 00:42:48,060 Holy shit! 513 00:42:48,299 --> 00:42:50,995 Arbie, I can hear you wide smilin' from here. 514 00:42:51,068 --> 00:42:53,838 Right back where you belong, Kenny. There's a lot of gold... 515 00:42:54,038 --> 00:42:57,269 ...in this this building, Lloyd. Whoa, nice work, Todd. 516 00:43:23,067 --> 00:43:24,898 Alright, men. 517 00:43:24,969 --> 00:43:26,994 Now this stock is gonna start cookin'. 518 00:43:27,271 --> 00:43:28,783 Make sure you put a little bit away. 519 00:43:28,883 --> 00:43:31,041 Sell something. Just along the way. Just in case. 520 00:43:31,241 --> 00:43:32,906 Especially you! What? 521 00:43:33,010 --> 00:43:36,280 Put a little bit away. For the first time in your life, think rainy day, Bobby. Ok? 522 00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:39,984 Of course! Hey, ok? 523 00:43:40,184 --> 00:43:42,214 Ok. Hey. 524 00:43:53,931 --> 00:43:56,900 Oh, we're going to be so fucking rich. 525 00:44:10,881 --> 00:44:12,872 Look like you're workin', ay. 526 00:44:19,289 --> 00:44:21,814 Yeah? 527 00:44:25,996 --> 00:44:27,190 What do you got? 528 00:44:27,264 --> 00:44:28,766 Wildcatters, basically.. 529 00:44:28,966 --> 00:44:31,754 This Mike Acosta has had some success..copper. 530 00:44:31,854 --> 00:44:33,937 Got taken over by Freeport Mack. 531 00:44:34,137 --> 00:44:36,235 It's all in there. Yeah, I've heard of Acosta. 532 00:44:39,043 --> 00:44:40,977 I like this. 533 00:44:41,045 --> 00:44:42,634 But I think we start with the good news, which is... 534 00:44:42,646 --> 00:44:44,865 ...we are 50% allocated and... 535 00:44:44,965 --> 00:44:50,020 we want to set aside 30% of the remaining 50% for u-boring... 536 00:44:50,220 --> 00:44:51,021 If you want to sit in here... 537 00:44:51,221 --> 00:44:52,010 ...just don't drink too much 538 00:44:52,256 --> 00:44:55,225 Good night. Or just eat something, as well. 539 00:44:55,292 --> 00:44:56,861 Kay! 540 00:44:57,061 --> 00:44:59,962 What? Phone, please! 541 00:45:00,064 --> 00:45:02,897 You want me to answer it? 542 00:45:04,902 --> 00:45:06,036 Hello? 543 00:45:06,236 --> 00:45:08,966 Washoe Mining. How may I direct your call? 544 00:45:09,206 --> 00:45:11,140 Hi there, Kenneth Wells, please. Please hold. 545 00:45:11,141 --> 00:45:14,176 Kenny, you got a call! 546 00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:17,948 Thank you. Love you, baby. 547 00:45:18,148 --> 00:45:19,973 Alright. Kenny Wells. 548 00:45:20,217 --> 00:45:24,054 This is Brian Wolf at Brown Thomas in New York. 549 00:45:24,254 --> 00:45:27,985 I'm with the Minerals & Oil Group. No shit! 550 00:45:32,029 --> 00:45:33,963 Uh-huh. 551 00:45:34,264 --> 00:45:35,993 Uh-huh. 552 00:45:37,901 --> 00:45:40,870 Well, that sounds outstanding, Brian. Now, let me tell you something. 553 00:45:40,938 --> 00:45:42,963 I'm lookin' forward to it. 554 00:45:43,040 --> 00:45:45,031 Alright. 555 00:45:54,051 --> 00:45:56,053 They're fuckin' buyin' me out! 556 00:45:56,253 --> 00:45:58,055 Buying me out! 557 00:45:58,255 --> 00:46:00,819 Come on. 558 00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:04,762 The way I see it... 559 00:46:04,962 --> 00:46:06,896 ...what banks do... 560 00:46:06,997 --> 00:46:07,964 ...who knows. 561 00:46:08,232 --> 00:46:09,893 But what made this country... 562 00:46:09,967 --> 00:46:13,104 ..not tight-ass suits, no offense, taking the easy way down... 563 00:46:13,304 --> 00:46:15,773 ...but guys like me and Mike, who jump. 564 00:46:15,973 --> 00:46:21,912 What we have is a private placement in play here, already over 50% subscribed. 565 00:46:21,979 --> 00:46:27,178 Now, if the numbers keep coming in good... They're fucking going to! 566 00:46:27,251 --> 00:46:30,133 The sky is the limit on this thing. 567 00:46:30,135 --> 00:46:31,615 You don't have to sell us. We've done the math. 568 00:46:31,688 --> 00:46:34,215 We believe you're sitting on the largest gold find of the decade. 569 00:46:36,026 --> 00:46:37,795 May I speak plainly, Mr. Wells? 570 00:46:37,995 --> 00:46:40,190 Of course, Brian, that's the only way to speak. 571 00:46:40,264 --> 00:46:43,236 Our clients are gonna want to see a serious plan... 572 00:46:43,336 --> 00:46:45,708 ...to turn lab results in a volatile region... 573 00:46:45,808 --> 00:46:48,965 ...into an investment we can all stake our reputations on. 574 00:46:48,970 --> 00:46:49,871 It's not going to be a problem. 575 00:46:49,940 --> 00:46:50,929 No, it's not a problem, per se... 576 00:46:51,008 --> 00:46:52,273 ...but the fact remains... 577 00:46:52,373 --> 00:46:55,877 that neither of you have taken a find of this magnitude into production. 578 00:46:55,946 --> 00:46:57,880 Wait just a minute there, Brian. 579 00:46:57,981 --> 00:46:59,970 We, we found it. We can dig it up. 580 00:47:00,250 --> 00:47:01,782 It's not that complicated. 581 00:47:01,827 --> 00:47:04,588 Actually, historically, we found it can be quite complicated and... 582 00:47:04,592 --> 00:47:07,278 ...we'd like the opportunity to help you formulate... 583 00:47:07,378 --> 00:47:09,182 ...how you present the operation side. 584 00:47:11,261 --> 00:47:13,855 What, what exactly does that mean? 585 00:47:13,931 --> 00:47:17,196 I'd like you both to consider bringing on a strategic partner. 586 00:47:20,237 --> 00:47:22,039 Alright! 587 00:47:22,239 --> 00:47:27,741 Have any of you ever set one of your handmade loafers down... 588 00:47:27,745 --> 00:47:30,203 ...in a hole in the side of a mountain? 589 00:47:30,280 --> 00:47:31,978 No! We have. 590 00:47:32,178 --> 00:47:33,877 I know Washoe has history. 591 00:47:33,951 --> 00:47:36,487 We've done a fairly thorough analysis of Washoe, Mr. Wells... 592 00:47:36,687 --> 00:47:39,223 ...and we feel like you need strategic help. 593 00:47:39,423 --> 00:47:40,815 No. 594 00:47:40,891 --> 00:47:42,960 No way. No. This is a new day, alright? 595 00:47:43,160 --> 00:47:44,728 And Indonesia is goddam different. 596 00:47:44,928 --> 00:47:47,863 We can help you get off the side of that mountain. 597 00:47:47,931 --> 00:47:50,901 We don't need any help getting off the side of the goddam mountain. 598 00:47:51,101 --> 00:47:51,993 Well, I can land this plane. 599 00:47:52,269 --> 00:47:53,998 I can! 600 00:47:54,972 --> 00:47:57,236 Wells came and found me. 601 00:47:57,341 --> 00:48:01,835 I was at a low point, I have to admit. It happens in this business. Ups and downs. 602 00:48:02,946 --> 00:48:06,083 But he backed me... with his last cent. 603 00:48:06,283 --> 00:48:08,919 And more than that, he risked his life... 604 00:48:09,119 --> 00:48:10,688 ...almost lost it, actually. 605 00:48:10,888 --> 00:48:12,913 It was touch-and-go there for a minute. 606 00:48:13,957 --> 00:48:16,152 And now we have the bull by it's horns. 607 00:48:16,226 --> 00:48:19,897 And boys, they're big fucking horns. I've worked with the best. 608 00:48:20,097 --> 00:48:21,956 And I can tell you, Kenny Wells... 609 00:48:22,232 --> 00:48:23,995 ...is up there with them. 610 00:48:24,234 --> 00:48:26,789 We're not, by any stretch of the imagination, suggesting... 611 00:48:26,889 --> 00:48:28,972 ...at this moment, that anybody take a back seat. 612 00:48:29,172 --> 00:48:32,908 Just be open to strategic alliances. Fuck! 613 00:48:36,013 --> 00:48:39,813 It's a dime out of every one of my dollars, not your dollars! 614 00:48:39,883 --> 00:48:41,949 I said "No" a second ago. You want to invest? 615 00:48:41,950 --> 00:48:43,754 We got the gold. We can talk about it. 616 00:48:43,954 --> 00:48:49,959 We don't need a fucking partner! You know there's something about finding gold. 617 00:48:50,894 --> 00:48:53,192 It's so difficult to put into words. 618 00:48:55,966 --> 00:48:57,900 It's very difficult. 619 00:48:59,903 --> 00:49:02,167 The taste of it on your tongue... 620 00:49:02,239 --> 00:49:04,875 ...the feel of it between your fingers... 621 00:49:05,075 --> 00:49:06,866 ...it's electric. 622 00:49:08,879 --> 00:49:10,813 It's like a drug... 623 00:49:11,181 --> 00:49:12,910 because it hooks you. 624 00:49:13,283 --> 00:49:16,218 And it's precisely what you're missing here in this city. 625 00:49:16,286 --> 00:49:19,890 It's what makes it so hard for us to have this conversation because... 626 00:49:20,090 --> 00:49:21,915 ...you have never felt it. 627 00:49:23,927 --> 00:49:25,918 So I have a proposal for you. 628 00:49:26,897 --> 00:49:29,161 Put together your institutional players. 629 00:49:29,232 --> 00:49:31,860 The guys who rep the dig money. 630 00:49:32,235 --> 00:49:35,672 Whoever needs to kick the tires on this thing... 631 00:49:35,872 --> 00:49:38,204 ...I will take them on a little trip up the river. 632 00:49:40,911 --> 00:49:42,045 So... 633 00:49:42,245 --> 00:49:45,949 ...it was Acosta who proposed the junket in Kencana... 634 00:49:46,149 --> 00:49:47,940 ...or did you cook that up together? 635 00:49:48,251 --> 00:49:49,946 I'll change the interview. 636 00:49:50,020 --> 00:49:53,957 You're not getting it. We didn't feel like we had to cook up... 637 00:49:54,157 --> 00:49:54,758 ...anything. 638 00:49:54,958 --> 00:49:57,927 I mean, I had people coming at me from all sides. 639 00:49:57,995 --> 00:50:01,359 My neighbor, Hart Hubbard, he's a lawn care professional... 640 00:50:01,559 --> 00:50:03,256 ...usually only worried about Kay's mulberry tree... 641 00:50:03,356 --> 00:50:05,624 ...leaning over the back of his fence. But now... 642 00:50:05,665 --> 00:50:07,270 ...he's dropping mining terms: 643 00:50:07,470 --> 00:50:09,807 "Hey, Kenny, how's the grade purity over there?". 644 00:50:10,007 --> 00:50:13,238 Kencana here, it's great. How about the core frequency? 645 00:50:13,310 --> 00:50:15,904 Hart fucking Hubbard, he mows grass for a living. 646 00:50:15,979 --> 00:50:17,632 We interviewed Mr. Hubbard. What I'm saying is... 647 00:50:17,732 --> 00:50:19,278 ...we didn't think we needed to cook up anything. 648 00:50:19,349 --> 00:50:20,818 Everybody wanted in. 649 00:50:21,018 --> 00:50:24,886 So, it was Acosta who proposed the banker junket. 650 00:50:30,961 --> 00:50:32,019 Yes. 651 00:50:34,297 --> 00:50:36,993 That was a genius move. 652 00:50:37,100 --> 00:50:38,944 Now, when we get outside... 653 00:50:39,044 --> 00:50:42,970 ...you stay close to me and hang on to your wallets. 654 00:50:46,977 --> 00:50:50,242 No, no, no, no, no, no. Back, back, back, back, back, back. 655 00:50:50,313 --> 00:50:51,695 There he is! 656 00:50:51,895 --> 00:50:53,277 Gentlemen! 657 00:50:53,950 --> 00:50:56,942 Michael Acosta. Glen. 658 00:50:57,020 --> 00:50:57,888 Acosta. 659 00:50:58,088 --> 00:50:59,248 Bobby. Acosta. 660 00:50:59,322 --> 00:51:03,293 Jeff Jackson. If any one of you wants to turn back... 661 00:51:03,493 --> 00:51:05,853 ...this is your chance. 662 00:51:05,929 --> 00:51:06,987 What's that? 663 00:51:08,899 --> 00:51:11,959 He's just messin' with you. Welcome to Indo, boys! 664 00:51:12,035 --> 00:51:15,198 When we got the hit, we stepped out in a radiating pattern. 665 00:51:15,939 --> 00:51:19,009 And we kept going until we had a definitive picture. 666 00:51:19,209 --> 00:51:21,239 We're mapping beyond the line geology. 667 00:51:21,311 --> 00:51:24,014 The cores are cut into sections... 668 00:51:24,214 --> 00:51:25,982 ...and then crushed. 669 00:51:26,049 --> 00:51:29,883 Then, bagged and sealed. 670 00:51:29,986 --> 00:51:33,217 This cage is guarded 24/7. 671 00:51:33,290 --> 00:51:35,224 Under guard... 672 00:51:35,292 --> 00:51:39,029 ...the samples are sent downriver to independent labs in Kalimantan. 673 00:51:39,229 --> 00:51:41,896 If a seal is broken or damaged in any way... 674 00:51:41,965 --> 00:51:44,735 ...the lab, by law, has to discard the entire sample. 675 00:51:44,935 --> 00:51:48,305 Every safeguard has been put in place to assure the security of the process. 676 00:51:48,505 --> 00:51:52,109 Diamond tip saw blades, rock crushers... 677 00:51:52,309 --> 00:51:55,279 ...core samples being ripped from the guts of the earth... 678 00:51:55,379 --> 00:51:56,469 ...it all sounds great but... 679 00:51:58,468 --> 00:52:01,949 ...you boys want to see some gold. 680 00:52:06,289 --> 00:52:08,917 No one's going to believe this shit! 681 00:52:08,992 --> 00:52:11,187 So, what do you think? 682 00:52:12,295 --> 00:52:14,229 I'm not sure, what about you? 683 00:52:14,297 --> 00:52:16,933 Acosta seems to know what he's talking about but, uhh... 684 00:52:17,133 --> 00:52:18,230 ...I don't know. 685 00:52:19,936 --> 00:52:21,233 Hey! 686 00:52:21,938 --> 00:52:22,927 Hey! 687 00:52:23,006 --> 00:52:25,975 Come here, come here! I think, I think I got something. 688 00:52:39,923 --> 00:52:41,254 See this? 689 00:52:41,958 --> 00:52:46,258 A few more like this, we can pay Wall Street. 690 00:52:49,099 --> 00:52:51,735 When Jackson pulled that nugget out... 691 00:52:51,935 --> 00:52:52,858 ...we had 'em. 692 00:52:52,958 --> 00:52:58,067 Brown Thomas is proud to anounce the public offering of 27 million shares... 693 00:52:58,275 --> 00:53:03,008 ...of classic Common Stock and the initial listing of Washoe Mining... 694 00:53:03,246 --> 00:53:05,015 ...on the New York Stock Exchange! 695 00:53:07,984 --> 00:53:11,920 We're all gonna make a lot of fuckin' money here! 696 00:53:17,294 --> 00:53:19,990 Welcome to the Waldorf-Astoria, maam. 697 00:53:20,964 --> 00:53:22,989 I'll get your bags right upstairs. 698 00:53:43,987 --> 00:53:47,252 Kenny? Are you here? 699 00:53:50,994 --> 00:53:54,020 Baby? Where are you? 700 00:53:58,335 --> 00:54:00,030 Huh? 701 00:54:00,904 --> 00:54:02,895 What are you doing? You surprised? 702 00:54:02,973 --> 00:54:04,873 Yeah. 703 00:54:05,909 --> 00:54:07,968 It's your favorite flower, right? 704 00:54:10,280 --> 00:54:12,214 Baby. 705 00:54:12,983 --> 00:54:17,985 You look beautiful, Kay. Come here. 706 00:54:18,185 --> 00:54:23,187 I miss you so much, you have no idea. 707 00:54:28,665 --> 00:54:31,301 Honey, aren't these the softest sheets you've ever felt? 708 00:54:34,783 --> 00:54:37,866 Wanna get under them? Yeah. 709 00:54:51,921 --> 00:54:53,980 Oh, hello Henry. 710 00:54:54,057 --> 00:54:56,926 Everyone meet Kay. Brian? Hi. 711 00:54:57,126 --> 00:54:57,994 Hollis. 712 00:54:58,194 --> 00:54:59,018 Kay. Pleasure. 713 00:54:59,296 --> 00:55:03,900 Stan, you know. The only man in this business who sweats as much as I do. 714 00:55:04,100 --> 00:55:05,834 Alright, let's do this. 715 00:55:05,902 --> 00:55:07,961 Ahh, there he is. 716 00:55:08,038 --> 00:55:10,836 Mike Acosta, the one and only. Mike... 717 00:55:10,907 --> 00:55:14,843 ...meet Kay. Two of my favorite people in the world! 718 00:55:14,911 --> 00:55:16,902 You now, this one stole my watch to go meet you. 719 00:55:16,980 --> 00:55:18,982 He stole your watch? No, no, no! I'm just teasing! 720 00:55:19,182 --> 00:55:19,983 She's teasing. No, you're not. 721 00:55:20,183 --> 00:55:21,917 No, she's not. No, I'm not. 722 00:55:21,985 --> 00:55:23,820 I didn't know it but I gotta go. 723 00:55:24,020 --> 00:55:26,955 It's so good to meet you, Mike. You must be very proud. 724 00:55:27,023 --> 00:55:29,184 Never doubt it for a second. 725 00:55:29,893 --> 00:55:31,952 Whoa! 726 00:55:32,996 --> 00:55:40,036 We got 5, 4, 3, 2, 1! 727 00:55:44,007 --> 00:55:46,874 Yeah, baby! 728 00:55:57,253 --> 00:56:00,657 In a story we've been following very closely... 729 00:56:00,857 --> 00:56:03,849 ...Washoe Mining may be The Stock Of The Year. 730 00:56:03,927 --> 00:56:06,696 On their first day on the New York Stock Exchange... 731 00:56:06,896 --> 00:56:10,957 ...Washoe Mining turned into a rocket ship today. 732 00:56:15,905 --> 00:56:19,841 Hello, pleased to meet you. Kay, nice to meet you too. 733 00:56:25,215 --> 00:56:26,480 No, no, but thank you. 734 00:56:26,580 --> 00:56:28,945 He took money on the deeds? 735 00:56:54,344 --> 00:56:56,904 True fuckin' story! 736 00:56:58,281 --> 00:57:01,918 Who at this table wants to know the secret to winning bets for pro football? 737 00:57:02,118 --> 00:57:02,686 What's that? 738 00:57:02,886 --> 00:57:05,821 Take the East coast teams, they're fuckin' hot, you know why? 739 00:57:05,889 --> 00:57:09,825 The West Coast teams... 740 00:57:28,278 --> 00:57:30,013 Rachel Hill. 741 00:57:30,213 --> 00:57:32,010 Giants fan, huh? 742 00:57:32,248 --> 00:57:33,943 So, what do you do, Rachel Hill? 743 00:57:34,017 --> 00:57:36,986 Investor Relations, Brown Thomas. On the team! 744 00:57:37,186 --> 00:57:38,088 Here's to that. 745 00:57:38,288 --> 00:57:41,849 You gotta be the best lookin' woman on the team that they are. 746 00:57:43,893 --> 00:57:46,919 It's like a drunk raccoon got a hold of the Hope Diamond. 747 00:57:46,996 --> 00:57:50,989 You don't want to get too close but you're not going to let it get away. 748 00:57:51,267 --> 00:57:53,737 It's your raccoon. Mm. 749 00:57:53,937 --> 00:57:55,839 You let him run a multibillion dollar company. 750 00:57:56,039 --> 00:57:58,757 What, and lose you as a client and half the rest of my business? 751 00:57:59,157 --> 00:58:02,876 There's risks and there's risks. But it was a good fuckin' bet. 752 00:58:03,179 --> 00:58:05,170 Now who wants to buy me a drink? 753 00:58:05,281 --> 00:58:06,873 2 double shots of Jack. 754 00:58:06,950 --> 00:58:12,855 So tell me, to go out into the wilderness with your bare hands... 755 00:58:12,922 --> 00:58:16,915 ...and discover something that everybody wants. 756 00:58:17,927 --> 00:58:19,895 How's that feel? 757 00:58:19,963 --> 00:58:22,866 I propose a toast. 758 00:58:23,066 --> 00:58:24,034 Here, here! 759 00:58:24,234 --> 00:58:28,193 To a small creature often misunderstood. 760 00:58:32,976 --> 00:58:34,944 To the raccoon. 761 00:58:46,956 --> 00:58:48,924 Well, fuck me. 762 00:58:57,300 --> 00:59:01,794 The thing is, if you don't watch, it'll grow. 763 00:59:03,973 --> 00:59:06,806 I can see that now. 764 00:59:07,243 --> 00:59:10,804 I don't want to talk about it. What did... I wasn't doing anything. 765 00:59:10,880 --> 00:59:14,839 I said I don't want to talk about it. Well, what the fuck should I have done, huh? 766 00:59:14,951 --> 00:59:16,169 Just bend her over the table right there... 767 00:59:16,269 --> 00:59:17,559 ...and fucking banged her in front of everybody? 768 00:59:17,659 --> 00:59:18,955 You are too drunk to get it up anyway! 769 00:59:19,155 --> 00:59:20,757 You're a bit jealous, baby! 770 00:59:20,957 --> 00:59:25,662 I don't care about you flirting with Miss Pneumatic 1988. 771 00:59:25,862 --> 00:59:27,360 You think I haven't seen that shit before, Kenny? 772 00:59:27,460 --> 00:59:28,965 Babe, she had tiny little fuckin' titties... 773 00:59:29,165 --> 00:59:30,066 ...you don't think they were real? 774 00:59:30,266 --> 00:59:33,827 No, none of this is real. None of it! 775 00:59:33,903 --> 00:59:36,838 Why are you fuckin' me? We made it! 776 00:59:36,906 --> 00:59:39,966 Useless... Hey, what the fuck! 777 00:59:45,281 --> 00:59:47,977 You know what your problem is, Katie? 778 00:59:48,985 --> 00:59:51,688 No, why don't you tell me? You got no vision. 779 00:59:51,888 --> 00:59:55,949 Right? Fuckin' vision! Your vision starts right here and it goes right here... 780 00:59:56,025 --> 00:59:57,585 ...right here's the fuckin' kitchen, see? 781 00:59:57,685 --> 01:00:01,861 And right here's the goddam parking lot, the furniture store! 782 01:00:01,965 --> 01:00:03,654 Come on. You mean an actual job... 783 01:00:03,738 --> 01:00:06,468 ...that would support a person in the place that they live? 784 01:00:06,568 --> 01:00:08,868 You mean that vision? 785 01:00:10,239 --> 01:00:14,010 You know what? Fuck you! Aah Katie, fuck me. Fuck you. 786 01:00:14,210 --> 01:00:17,747 Fuck who, what, what? Don't you see what's happening here? 787 01:00:17,947 --> 01:00:21,007 Oh, great! Go over here! You pack your shit and run back to your shit life. 788 01:00:21,250 --> 01:00:23,953 You know what? I like my shitty life. 789 01:00:24,153 --> 01:00:26,285 It's mine! Why don't you give it a thought? 790 01:00:26,923 --> 01:00:28,891 You always wanted a broken bird, didn't you? 791 01:00:28,958 --> 01:00:33,258 Said the right things but, in here, you never fuckin' believed it, did ya? 792 01:00:35,031 --> 01:00:37,898 You never believed in me, did you, Katie? 793 01:00:38,067 --> 01:00:39,034 Hmm? 794 01:00:39,102 --> 01:00:40,967 You like to be losin', don't ya? 795 01:00:41,037 --> 01:00:43,840 Damn, you don't know. Come on, admit it. 796 01:00:44,040 --> 01:00:48,909 Does it feel comfortable Kay? These people are using you. 797 01:00:48,978 --> 01:00:50,912 They don't care about you! I don't give a shit. 798 01:00:50,980 --> 01:00:53,244 And they certainly don't believe in you. 799 01:00:53,316 --> 01:00:55,785 Kay, c'mon. I got gold. 800 01:00:55,985 --> 01:00:59,944 Now, can we win? Baby, could you just let me have the win? 801 01:01:00,957 --> 01:01:02,925 We're winning! 802 01:01:07,063 --> 01:01:10,967 Did it ever occur to you that I know what I'm doing? 803 01:01:11,167 --> 01:01:13,936 I hope you do. Huh? 804 01:01:14,270 --> 01:01:15,965 I do. 805 01:01:17,907 --> 01:01:19,966 I love what's in there. 806 01:01:21,344 --> 01:01:24,211 More than you'll ever know. 807 01:01:26,015 --> 01:01:28,950 These guys are gonna tear you up. 808 01:01:31,054 --> 01:01:34,057 Don't ask me to watch what happens next. 809 01:01:34,257 --> 01:01:36,218 I know what I'm doing, Kay. 810 01:01:36,292 --> 01:01:38,988 I know what I'm doing. 811 01:01:43,933 --> 01:01:45,992 What did you do next, Wells? 812 01:01:49,305 --> 01:01:51,273 What did I do? 813 01:01:55,011 --> 01:01:56,911 I rode it. 814 01:01:58,948 --> 01:02:00,882 I rode it, Jennings. 815 01:02:19,268 --> 01:02:22,931 Another double. Seagrams on the rocks. Yes, sir. 816 01:02:23,005 --> 01:02:24,807 And I'll have the same. 817 01:02:24,907 --> 01:02:27,976 Oh, goddam! You don't have to impress me. 818 01:02:28,311 --> 01:02:30,973 Reminds me of my childhood. 819 01:02:32,281 --> 01:02:37,954 So how was I to figure the very enchanted world of Kenny Wells? 820 01:02:38,154 --> 01:02:39,722 A million bucks... 821 01:02:39,922 --> 01:02:42,015 ...would feel a hundred times better. 822 01:02:42,325 --> 01:02:45,027 That must be a very nice feeling. 823 01:02:45,227 --> 01:02:46,796 You know, it looks like there's a... 824 01:02:46,996 --> 01:02:49,965 ...few other people around here with a similar feeling. 825 01:02:50,032 --> 01:02:51,897 Maybe. 826 01:02:52,335 --> 01:02:54,030 Maybe not. 827 01:03:00,042 --> 01:03:03,205 How does someone like yourself end up here? 828 01:03:03,279 --> 01:03:06,916 I know Tom. Tom is a friend. 829 01:03:07,116 --> 01:03:08,884 Oh, I bet he is. Now, now. 830 01:03:08,951 --> 01:03:11,943 I stay with his cousin, Timmy, down the lane. 831 01:03:13,890 --> 01:03:16,025 Timmy's really quite a character, if you get to know him. 832 01:03:16,225 --> 01:03:18,892 I don't know Timmy. 833 01:03:20,930 --> 01:03:23,481 I don't really feel like talking. 834 01:03:23,681 --> 01:03:26,232 Let's just feel the waves. 835 01:03:31,941 --> 01:03:33,909 Wells! 836 01:03:34,977 --> 01:03:37,036 Kenny Wells? Uh hah! 837 01:03:37,246 --> 01:03:42,240 Mark Hancock. Seems I've caught you at a bit of a disadvantage, Mr. Wells 838 01:03:44,253 --> 01:03:47,245 Depends on how you look at it. Kenny goddam Wells, Mark. 839 01:03:47,323 --> 01:03:49,018 This is Rachel. 840 01:03:49,926 --> 01:03:51,761 Oh, I know the lovely Rachel. 841 01:03:51,961 --> 01:03:53,353 You know this sonofabitch here, 842 01:03:53,453 --> 01:03:56,022 he controls more gold than anybody on the goddam planet. 843 01:03:56,098 --> 01:03:59,261 Possible exception now, Mr. Wells. 844 01:04:05,308 --> 01:04:07,902 This is how it happens, huh? 845 01:04:08,244 --> 01:04:10,838 This is how it happens. 846 01:04:10,980 --> 01:04:12,971 God damn. 847 01:04:28,965 --> 01:04:31,957 What could I tell you, Kenny, it's a generous offer. It's a fuckin' joke! 848 01:04:32,034 --> 01:04:34,268 Let's take a... This isn't a deal, Brian... 849 01:04:34,270 --> 01:04:35,938 ...this is a goddam rape! Listen to me! 850 01:04:36,138 --> 01:04:38,274 No, no, no! This is mine! This is mine! 851 01:04:38,474 --> 01:04:39,901 I. I found it. 852 01:04:40,009 --> 01:04:42,944 Me and Mike, we were the ones up to our ass in the mud... 853 01:04:43,012 --> 01:04:44,814 ...and the shit and the malaria! 854 01:04:45,014 --> 01:04:47,784 And this little prick offers a minority partnership? 855 01:04:47,984 --> 01:04:49,579 Kenny, let's keep some perspective here, ok? 856 01:04:49,679 --> 01:04:52,250 Whenever anybody offers this amount of money, it's a good day. 857 01:04:52,321 --> 01:04:53,626 You may say yes, you may say no... 858 01:04:53,726 --> 01:04:55,725 ...but it's not like anybody's trying to offend you. 859 01:04:55,925 --> 01:04:57,450 Well, mission goddam not accomplished! 860 01:04:57,550 --> 01:05:00,862 Hancock & Newport Holdings have the expertise and experience to bring this home. 861 01:05:00,930 --> 01:05:04,957 This is always there as a contingency, you know that. No, no, no, no. 862 01:05:05,034 --> 01:05:08,834 This is where Washoe Mining becomes a player. Right here, right now. 863 01:05:08,905 --> 01:05:11,965 Not Mark fuckin' Hancock and Newport Holdings. 864 01:05:12,975 --> 01:05:14,909 I don't even see our name on here, Brian. 865 01:05:14,977 --> 01:05:19,015 You took our name, you took my name off it. 866 01:05:19,215 --> 01:05:21,210 But if we take a step back here... 867 01:05:21,284 --> 01:05:25,275 ...wouldn't it not be terrible to sit back and enjoy your success? 868 01:05:25,375 --> 01:05:27,256 Wouln't it not be terrible? 869 01:05:27,456 --> 01:05:29,826 What the fuck kind of way of talking is that, Brian? 870 01:05:30,026 --> 01:05:32,762 Wouldn't it not be terrible if I bend over and grab my ankles... 871 01:05:32,765 --> 01:05:34,297 ...so you can fuck me up the ass? 872 01:05:34,497 --> 01:05:36,925 What? You think you can buy me out and take my name? 873 01:05:36,999 --> 01:05:39,729 Well, just throw Kenny Wells in the fuckin' cornfield. Fuck you Brian! 874 01:05:41,270 --> 01:05:46,970 If we hit Pause for a second and consider without emotion... 875 01:05:48,010 --> 01:05:52,048 ...I think you'll realize that this is one of those very rare moments... 876 01:05:52,248 --> 01:05:54,050 ...where with the stroke of a pen... 877 01:05:54,250 --> 01:05:57,981 ...no one in your family, I'm talkin' your childrens' grandchildren... 878 01:05:58,054 --> 01:06:01,182 ...will ever have to worry about money again. 879 01:06:25,014 --> 01:06:27,209 You see these hands, Brian? 880 01:06:28,217 --> 01:06:30,879 These are my father's hands. 881 01:06:31,020 --> 01:06:33,989 I have scratched and clawed through the hot earth with these hands. 882 01:06:34,223 --> 01:06:38,853 And I will bury you with these hands. 883 01:06:40,029 --> 01:06:43,897 Now you walk down a silky... like Hancock. 884 01:06:45,034 --> 01:06:47,229 He works for Kenny Wells. 885 01:06:49,271 --> 01:06:52,905 My fuckin' day! My day! 886 01:07:01,851 --> 01:07:04,843 And now, all must respect this guy. 887 01:07:05,187 --> 01:07:08,156 That was a pretty foolish business decision, wasn't it? 888 01:07:08,224 --> 01:07:11,460 You're a foot away from livin' in your car. 889 01:07:11,660 --> 01:07:14,896 You turned down 300 million dollars? 890 01:07:14,964 --> 01:07:16,955 Over naming rights? 891 01:07:20,002 --> 01:07:21,902 Yeah, I did. 892 01:07:23,239 --> 01:07:27,198 Because Kencana would become a Newport mine. 893 01:07:27,276 --> 01:07:30,780 I didn't want fucking Hancock's Midas touch to continue. 894 01:07:30,980 --> 01:07:32,010 It was me, Kenny Wells... 895 01:07:32,110 --> 01:07:35,212 ...the lucky bastard who fell down drunk and woke up in a pile of cash. 896 01:07:35,284 --> 01:07:36,945 No. 897 01:07:39,989 --> 01:07:41,957 It was my my dream. 898 01:07:44,026 --> 01:07:45,960 I dreamed it. 899 01:07:49,065 --> 01:07:51,226 You sell your dream... 900 01:07:53,035 --> 01:07:54,969 ...what do you have left? 901 01:08:30,973 --> 01:08:33,042 What's up? What's up? 902 01:08:33,242 --> 01:08:37,872 What is it, sir? What is it? Hey, wait! Hey! 903 01:08:37,947 --> 01:08:40,216 Good morning, Stacy, how are you today? Good. Get Ronny. 904 01:08:40,416 --> 01:08:41,550 Good? 905 01:08:41,750 --> 01:08:42,884 Ok. 906 01:08:42,952 --> 01:08:45,978 Mike, hang on. Kenny's here. 907 01:08:46,222 --> 01:08:48,850 It's Mike, there's a fuckin' shitstorm! 908 01:08:48,924 --> 01:08:50,492 Mikey what's up? They're locking us out. 909 01:08:50,692 --> 01:08:52,061 They're what? They're locking us out. 910 01:08:52,261 --> 01:08:54,599 The military's here. They're taking over the mine. 911 01:08:54,699 --> 01:08:56,899 What happened at your meeting with Hancock? 912 01:08:57,099 --> 01:08:59,231 What happened at the meeting, Kenny? 913 01:08:59,902 --> 01:09:01,881 Listen, Mike, they were trying to push us out. 914 01:09:01,981 --> 01:09:03,973 Push us out? What do you mean push us out? 915 01:09:04,173 --> 01:09:06,676 They took, they took our names out, Mike. 916 01:09:06,876 --> 01:09:10,646 Mine and yours, they took our fucking names off! Ah, you fucking moron! 917 01:09:10,846 --> 01:09:13,940 They can't just revoke the permit. Alright, they can't just steal it away. 918 01:09:14,183 --> 01:09:16,879 Kenny what? Of course they can revoke the permit! 919 01:09:16,952 --> 01:09:19,188 Suharto can do whatever the fuck he wants! 920 01:09:19,388 --> 01:09:21,782 Hey! Hey! 921 01:09:22,992 --> 01:09:26,062 Mike! Kenny, what's goin' on? What the fuck is goin' on? 922 01:09:26,262 --> 01:09:28,924 Go! Please don't shoot! Please don't shoot! 923 01:09:28,998 --> 01:09:32,935 Mike. Mike! Kenny, at the site, I told you, man... 924 01:09:33,135 --> 01:09:34,926 ...you knew exactly who we were dealing with. 925 01:09:35,004 --> 01:09:37,199 These people are killers. 926 01:09:37,907 --> 01:09:41,934 Hancock first among them. I told you, Kenny! 927 01:09:42,011 --> 01:09:44,002 Now, it's gone. 928 01:09:54,924 --> 01:09:57,916 So it turns out that, in addition to having, umm... 929 01:09:57,993 --> 01:10:00,796 ...longstanding ties with Suharto... 930 01:10:00,996 --> 01:10:06,901 ...Newport Holdings had on it's Board a certain ex-President of the United States. 931 01:10:07,036 --> 01:10:10,995 He was also in at one of Suharto's weddings. 932 01:10:11,240 --> 01:10:12,808 He was a groomsman. 933 01:10:13,008 --> 01:10:14,352 Well, you see, the whole time... 934 01:10:14,355 --> 01:10:16,946 ...they're telling me how rich my grandkids are going to be... 935 01:10:17,146 --> 01:10:17,913 ...they got a backup plan. 936 01:10:18,013 --> 01:10:20,243 Now, they're going to pick my pocket and steal it all away. 937 01:10:37,066 --> 01:10:40,907 Washoe stock was off nearly 50 points at the Opening Bell this morning... 938 01:10:40,974 --> 01:10:46,173 ...on news of the Suharto government's revocation of Washoe's exploration rights. 939 01:10:46,377 --> 01:10:48,967 President & CEO, Kenny Wells, has not... 940 01:10:49,044 --> 01:10:52,047 What fucking comment? They stole it! 941 01:10:52,247 --> 01:10:54,242 They goddam stole it! 942 01:11:01,924 --> 01:11:03,759 You're gonna need to go home, Kenny. 943 01:11:03,959 --> 01:11:05,859 Just pour me a goddam drink, Roy. 944 01:11:05,928 --> 01:11:07,919 Go home, Kenny. 945 01:11:17,940 --> 01:11:20,875 This is us, we can't get to the phone... 946 01:11:34,290 --> 01:11:38,886 This is us, we can't get to the phone right now, you know what to do. 947 01:11:40,062 --> 01:11:42,929 Kay! Hey, Kay! 948 01:11:42,998 --> 01:11:45,023 It's me, uhh... 949 01:11:46,001 --> 01:11:48,333 Hey, I guess you're not home. 950 01:11:48,971 --> 01:11:52,270 You know, I was just callin'... 951 01:11:53,976 --> 01:11:57,275 ...I just want to hear your voice. 952 01:12:00,082 --> 01:12:03,176 I screwed up, okay? 953 01:12:05,954 --> 01:12:08,946 I wanted to build something. 954 01:12:09,892 --> 01:12:14,989 Something real that would last, for me and you. 955 01:12:15,898 --> 01:12:19,231 For Dad. 956 01:12:27,042 --> 01:12:30,239 That's all I wanted to do. 957 01:12:30,979 --> 01:12:34,278 You were right, you know? You were right. 958 01:12:34,350 --> 01:12:37,877 Again. 959 01:12:40,022 --> 01:12:42,957 I love you, Kay. 960 01:12:43,926 --> 01:12:46,795 I'm gonna stop now. 961 01:12:46,995 --> 01:12:50,988 I'm not gonna call. I'm not gonna bother you anymore. 962 01:13:06,248 --> 01:13:08,216 Where is he? 963 01:13:17,025 --> 01:13:19,255 Here you are. 964 01:13:20,262 --> 01:13:22,230 Get up! 965 01:13:23,899 --> 01:13:26,351 Quit fuckin' kicking me! Levantate! 966 01:13:26,551 --> 01:13:29,004 ...cocky fuckin' talk... 967 01:13:29,204 --> 01:13:31,234 Huh? Fuckin' moron! 968 01:13:56,031 --> 01:13:58,226 You know what they say? 969 01:13:58,967 --> 01:14:00,935 You're a drunk. 970 01:14:01,036 --> 01:14:02,970 A clown. 971 01:14:03,872 --> 01:14:06,204 Out of your league. 972 01:14:08,911 --> 01:14:10,845 Fuck them. 973 01:14:10,913 --> 01:14:12,972 Fuck them. You know what? Fuck you too! 974 01:14:13,215 --> 01:14:15,781 You think I want to hear it from the fucking golden boy... 975 01:14:15,819 --> 01:14:19,977 ...standing there in his golden glow telling me how messed up everything is, huh? 976 01:14:20,222 --> 01:14:23,885 Now, go fuckin' back to your perch at the Jakarta Palace, huh. 977 01:14:23,959 --> 01:14:27,952 Ah, you can use that instinct of yours to find some new strike with some new people. 978 01:14:28,063 --> 01:14:29,997 Is that what you think? 979 01:14:30,265 --> 01:14:33,894 I know you, man. You're Mike fucking Acosta! 980 01:14:35,938 --> 01:14:37,963 Prick. 981 01:14:41,043 --> 01:14:42,977 Ok. 982 01:14:44,012 --> 01:14:46,913 Let me tell you what really happened 983 01:14:48,917 --> 01:14:51,886 We were in North Sulawesi. 984 01:14:51,954 --> 01:14:55,947 Monsoon season. It's 1980. 985 01:14:56,058 --> 01:15:00,154 Yeah, famous copper strike. 986 01:15:01,029 --> 01:15:04,829 All of us looking for bauxite. 987 01:15:07,236 --> 01:15:10,967 On my way to where I'm planning to drill... 988 01:15:11,206 --> 01:15:13,834 I get stuck. 989 01:15:14,276 --> 01:15:17,046 5 feet of mud. 990 01:15:17,246 --> 01:15:22,013 We're just sitting in the rain day after day, watching the metal rust. 991 01:15:26,989 --> 01:15:28,923 What did you do? 992 01:15:28,991 --> 01:15:32,090 Under the theory that it's better to do something than nothing, I... 993 01:15:32,190 --> 01:15:35,227 ...reported this was the spot. 994 01:15:38,267 --> 01:15:41,202 Nowhere became somewhere. 995 01:15:43,939 --> 01:15:47,238 The place you got stuck. 996 01:15:49,978 --> 01:15:52,879 I got lucky. 997 01:15:56,919 --> 01:15:59,979 I fuckin' love that! 998 01:16:01,924 --> 01:16:07,191 You were looking for bauxite and you found copper. 999 01:16:07,863 --> 01:16:10,957 I went looking for gold and... 1000 01:16:12,868 --> 01:16:15,928 ...found a friend. 1001 01:16:17,239 --> 01:16:22,176 That is the single hokiest thing I've ever heard in my life. 1002 01:16:25,280 --> 01:16:28,977 So, you got a plan? Don't you? 1003 01:16:39,027 --> 01:16:41,188 So! Get this! 1004 01:16:41,964 --> 01:16:47,269 Turns out, Suharto had a son, his youngest, Darmadi. 1005 01:16:47,469 --> 01:16:49,237 Aka Danny. 1006 01:16:49,405 --> 01:16:53,033 Bit of a screwup, a real problem for the old man. 1007 01:16:53,275 --> 01:16:56,244 Safe to say, we understood each other. 1008 01:16:56,311 --> 01:16:59,940 So, Suharto had been trying to get Danny set up for years... 1009 01:17:00,015 --> 01:17:02,851 ...but everything Danny touched turned to shit. 1010 01:17:03,051 --> 01:17:05,887 Now I figure, if we can bring Danny onboard as a partner... 1011 01:17:05,954 --> 01:17:09,913 ...maybe he could get Daddy to change his mind and swing things back our way. 1012 01:17:09,992 --> 01:17:12,861 Now, it was a Hail Mary from our own one yard line... 1013 01:17:13,061 --> 01:17:14,158 ...but it was all we had. 1014 01:17:14,262 --> 01:17:17,111 It also didn't hurt that Danny had been... 1015 01:17:17,311 --> 01:17:20,760 ...regularly ignored by a certain ex-president of the United States... 1016 01:17:20,835 --> 01:17:22,897 ...who was a groomsman at his father's third wedding... 1017 01:17:22,971 --> 01:17:26,964 ...and also happened to sit on the Board at Newport Holdings. 1018 01:17:27,209 --> 01:17:29,871 So this guy goes to a Cadillac Dealership... 1019 01:17:29,945 --> 01:17:32,892 ...the dealer comes out and says: "Sir, are you thinking about buying a Cadillac?". 1020 01:17:32,975 --> 01:17:35,284 He says: "No, I'm definitely buying a Cadillac. 1021 01:17:35,384 --> 01:17:39,847 What I'm thinking about is pussy. 1022 01:17:51,066 --> 01:17:53,000 Oh, shit. 1023 01:17:56,271 --> 01:17:59,001 Cadillac is... 1024 01:17:59,908 --> 01:18:01,967 ...pussy magnet! 1025 01:18:02,244 --> 01:18:05,713 You're right, Cadillac. Yeah! Hey! 1026 01:18:08,517 --> 01:18:11,947 Binchaya to meet you! 1027 01:18:13,955 --> 01:18:16,185 I got a ride, Chuck. 1028 01:18:24,900 --> 01:18:28,199 President Gerald Ford, tall man. 1029 01:18:29,237 --> 01:18:34,834 George H.W. Bush, a very tall man. 1030 01:18:35,911 --> 01:18:39,715 Mark Hancock, also a tall man. 1031 01:18:39,915 --> 01:18:45,217 My father, small man. Small in stature. 1032 01:18:45,287 --> 01:18:49,849 But he loves his family. 1033 01:18:51,259 --> 01:18:53,829 Mine too. Yeah! 1034 01:18:54,029 --> 01:18:58,227 Died in the driveway bringing in the groceries for my mother. 1035 01:18:58,300 --> 01:19:00,666 His heart. 1036 01:19:01,870 --> 01:19:04,206 Can't make sense of it. 1037 01:19:04,406 --> 01:19:06,834 To father of Wells. 1038 01:19:06,942 --> 01:19:10,878 85/15 split, if you have the balls. 1039 01:19:10,946 --> 01:19:13,938 50/50 and I might consider it. It's a fucking deal. 1040 01:19:14,182 --> 01:19:19,176 That's a deal, if you have the balls. No balls, no deal. 1041 01:19:20,188 --> 01:19:22,850 Kenny! 1042 01:19:23,258 --> 01:19:25,158 Do you have balls? 1043 01:19:25,227 --> 01:19:27,821 You don't think I got the fuckin' balls? Yeah! 1044 01:19:27,896 --> 01:19:30,922 So what? Want me to go in there? 1045 01:19:30,999 --> 01:19:34,901 Fuck my 85 bits. 1046 01:19:35,270 --> 01:19:39,941 No balls, no deal. 1047 01:19:40,242 --> 01:19:42,836 Look at him! 1048 01:21:24,913 --> 01:21:27,211 I'm touchin' his...! 1049 01:21:27,282 --> 01:21:32,982 If I pull my cock out, we go 60/40. Fuck you! 1050 01:21:35,056 --> 01:21:39,220 Mike, I'm touching a tiger right between the eyes! 1051 01:21:45,033 --> 01:21:46,967 Hollis! What's goin' on? 1052 01:21:50,305 --> 01:21:54,935 You haven't heard? Wells cut a deal. 1053 01:21:55,310 --> 01:21:57,938 A deal? What are you talking about? Who cut a deal with him? 1054 01:21:58,013 --> 01:22:00,880 Suharto. The Indonesian Government. 1055 01:22:00,949 --> 01:22:03,819 What? Washoe retains 15% of the find... 1056 01:22:04,019 --> 01:22:06,988 ...the other 85% goes to a company of Suharto's choosing... 1057 01:22:07,222 --> 01:22:10,885 ...which just so happens to be owned by his son. 1058 01:22:10,959 --> 01:22:12,984 Wells cut us off at the knees. What about Hancock? 1059 01:22:13,261 --> 01:22:15,252 He's out. He can't compete at that number 1060 01:22:15,897 --> 01:22:16,921 The deal's done, Brian. 1061 01:22:17,032 --> 01:22:19,681 Wells and Acosta are now the only outside partners... 1062 01:22:19,781 --> 01:22:21,970 ...in the biggest gold strike in history. 1063 01:22:22,170 --> 01:22:23,071 We represent exactly none of it. 1064 01:22:23,271 --> 01:22:26,652 15% is a terrible deal! Is it? 1065 01:22:26,852 --> 01:22:30,233 What's 15% of 30 billion dollars? 1066 01:22:30,345 --> 01:22:32,213 I can explain. You met him! 1067 01:22:32,224 --> 01:22:36,211 You'll be fine, Brian. You'll land on your feet. 1068 01:22:38,019 --> 01:22:41,978 Hey, hey! 1069 01:22:44,960 --> 01:22:47,586 Thought you'd come home with a bone in your nose or some such thing? 1070 01:22:48,096 --> 01:22:49,028 How we doin', Roy? Good. 1071 01:22:49,097 --> 01:22:51,031 Hey, where's Kay? You didn't hear? 1072 01:22:51,299 --> 01:22:52,734 Hear what? 1073 01:22:52,934 --> 01:22:55,837 She quit. She got a promotion out of the store. 1074 01:22:56,037 --> 01:22:58,940 Assistant manager. Hey, Roy? Turn that up. 1075 01:22:59,140 --> 01:23:01,042 Kenny Wells, you're in the news, man! 1076 01:23:01,242 --> 01:23:05,838 A colossal gold strike, fending off a takeover by Newport Holdings. 1077 01:23:05,914 --> 01:23:08,964 Washoe shares are soaring on the market. 1078 01:23:12,287 --> 01:23:14,187 Kenny! 1079 01:23:14,255 --> 01:23:16,917 Can I see you a minute? 1080 01:23:18,259 --> 01:23:19,828 Whatcha got, Clyer? 1081 01:23:20,028 --> 01:23:22,223 I just got a call. 1082 01:23:22,897 --> 01:23:29,894 The National Association Of Prospectors is gonna honor you with the Golden Pickaxe. 1083 01:23:31,940 --> 01:23:34,033 You shittin' me? No, I'm not. 1084 01:23:34,275 --> 01:23:37,244 You are now the best miner in the world. 1085 01:23:37,312 --> 01:23:40,975 And I'm sure somewhere your daddy is smiling. 1086 01:23:42,951 --> 01:23:46,978 Goddam! If he's not, I'll smile for both of us. 1087 01:23:49,958 --> 01:23:52,984 Where you goin'? To find someone. 1088 01:25:08,903 --> 01:25:10,996 Yeah! 1089 01:25:11,973 --> 01:25:14,874 Mike, I didn't think you could make it. 1090 01:25:17,946 --> 01:25:19,208 Ok. 1091 01:25:20,882 --> 01:25:23,851 Shit, I'm nervous. 1092 01:25:40,268 --> 01:25:42,896 I'm nervous. 1093 01:25:43,972 --> 01:25:46,236 You're gonna be ok. 1094 01:26:08,897 --> 01:26:10,990 Every last one of us... 1095 01:26:11,090 --> 01:26:15,375 ...who calls the great state of Nevada home... 1096 01:26:15,475 --> 01:26:18,204 ...arrived here with a dream. 1097 01:26:21,209 --> 01:26:25,873 It was my great granddad who came out here on a wagon. 1098 01:26:26,214 --> 01:26:32,881 He had a horse and he had 2 mules. When they finally stopped moving and said... 1099 01:26:35,256 --> 01:26:38,851 ...this is the place. 1100 01:26:41,963 --> 01:26:44,864 Too much? 1101 01:26:45,934 --> 01:26:47,993 It's good. 1102 01:27:21,970 --> 01:27:23,961 Thank you. 1103 01:27:28,309 --> 01:27:32,747 My great-granddad was one of us. 1104 01:27:32,947 --> 01:27:36,299 He came out here with 2 horses and a mule and... 1105 01:27:36,499 --> 01:27:39,852 ...you know, he crossed 6 states before he slowed down. 1106 01:27:39,921 --> 01:27:45,951 And then it was when he got here that he finally pulled those reins back and said... 1107 01:27:46,995 --> 01:27:49,225 ...this is the place. 1108 01:27:55,036 --> 01:27:58,005 What is a prospector? 1109 01:27:59,274 --> 01:28:02,835 No, no, um, seriously. What? 1110 01:28:03,945 --> 01:28:07,176 What is a prospector? 1111 01:28:09,217 --> 01:28:14,917 It's someone who believes it's out there. 1112 01:28:15,957 --> 01:28:21,896 He wakes up every morning again and again and again and again. 1113 01:28:23,898 --> 01:28:26,958 Believin' it's out there. 1114 01:28:27,935 --> 01:28:32,872 And then it's not? Right? It's not! 1115 01:28:34,909 --> 01:28:38,728 And he's standin' on the edge of the desert, starin' a... 1116 01:28:38,828 --> 01:28:42,211 ...new day sunrise right in the eye and... 1117 01:28:42,283 --> 01:28:47,846 ...and he hears that little voice, that little voice that says... 1118 01:28:48,956 --> 01:28:53,950 ...go ahead. Keep walking. 1119 01:28:54,896 --> 01:28:56,697 And the sun gets higher and higher... 1120 01:28:56,698 --> 01:28:58,957 ...and it's shining down on him and it's really hot... 1121 01:28:59,033 --> 01:29:02,632 ...and he doesn't have any water to drink and everybody that came with him... 1122 01:29:02,635 --> 01:29:08,141 ...wants to turn back and eventually, they do turn back and there he is... 1123 01:29:08,209 --> 01:29:11,872 He's all alone... 1124 01:29:20,254 --> 01:29:23,917 ...with the belief... 1125 01:29:26,994 --> 01:29:29,963 ...that's it's out there. 1126 01:29:30,231 --> 01:29:32,825 It's out there. 1127 01:29:38,906 --> 01:29:41,898 That's a prospector. 1128 01:29:43,244 --> 01:29:45,838 That's a prospector. 1129 01:29:54,222 --> 01:29:57,953 Congratulations. That was really great! 1130 01:30:57,051 --> 01:31:00,851 What? Say again? 1131 01:31:00,922 --> 01:31:03,891 I don't understand. 1132 01:31:19,240 --> 01:31:21,868 Kenny, what's going on? 1133 01:31:21,976 --> 01:31:24,011 Kenny, what happened? 1134 01:31:24,211 --> 01:31:25,876 I don't know. 1135 01:31:25,947 --> 01:31:27,938 I'm going to find out. 1136 01:31:28,983 --> 01:31:30,917 I don't know any more than you. 1137 01:31:36,958 --> 01:31:39,893 You're not going to get away with this! 1138 01:31:40,027 --> 01:31:42,222 Back the fuck off! 1139 01:31:42,930 --> 01:31:44,989 Kenny, please fix this! 1140 01:31:45,299 --> 01:31:47,927 What happened, huh? What happened? 1141 01:31:48,002 --> 01:31:52,939 The independent assayer. They couldn't reproduce Mike's findings. 1142 01:31:54,041 --> 01:31:56,032 There's no gold. 1143 01:31:56,277 --> 01:31:59,906 Kenny, there's no goddam gold. There never was. 1144 01:32:03,017 --> 01:32:05,212 That's impossible. 1145 01:32:05,286 --> 01:32:08,949 The image on the left is the type of gold found in the Washoe samples. 1146 01:32:09,023 --> 01:32:10,283 This is river gold. 1147 01:32:10,383 --> 01:32:14,893 Notice how the edges are rounded, worn smooth by the erosion of water. 1148 01:32:14,962 --> 01:32:17,954 What we should have found is flake gold, the sample on the right. 1149 01:32:18,065 --> 01:32:21,933 Pulled directly from the rock rough-edged and angular. 1150 01:32:22,003 --> 01:32:26,941 That's a pretty darn big detail to overlook, wouldn't you say? 1151 01:32:27,141 --> 01:32:28,932 It's a big detail but... 1152 01:32:29,010 --> 01:32:32,036 ...you have to understand, everything else about the Washoe samples was right. 1153 01:32:32,280 --> 01:32:34,749 But the gold was wrong! 1154 01:32:34,949 --> 01:32:39,010 It's called "salting". It literally means when someone sprinkles gold dust... 1155 01:32:39,253 --> 01:32:44,726 ...into a rock sample, like you salt your steak. 1156 01:32:44,926 --> 01:32:48,225 It is the oldest trick in the book. Oldest trick in the book? 1157 01:32:48,296 --> 01:32:51,822 And yet major mining corporations, investment banks, the auditors... 1158 01:32:51,922 --> 01:32:53,233 ...everyone was fooled. 1159 01:32:53,301 --> 01:32:58,068 We weren't fooled. We just didn't look. 1160 01:32:58,306 --> 01:33:03,010 By all appearances, Washoe's security protocols were ironclad. 1161 01:33:03,210 --> 01:33:07,913 But, when the person administrating the security is fraudulent... 1162 01:33:07,982 --> 01:33:11,213 ...the whole system goes down. 1163 01:33:16,023 --> 01:33:20,262 Right. Did he say where he was going? 1164 01:33:20,462 --> 01:33:21,962 Did he mention Jakarta? 1165 01:33:23,030 --> 01:33:24,998 I'll call you back. 1166 01:33:27,001 --> 01:33:29,650 The New York Stock Exchange just suspended trading. 1167 01:33:29,655 --> 01:33:32,234 They're taking Washoe off the Board. 1168 01:33:46,320 --> 01:33:49,255 You sold some, right? Yeah! 1169 01:33:49,323 --> 01:33:51,257 Of course. 1170 01:33:51,926 --> 01:33:55,830 Bobby? I thought... 1171 01:33:56,030 --> 01:33:59,227 I thought it was just gonna keep on going up. 1172 01:34:00,001 --> 01:34:02,196 Damn it, Bobby! I told you from the beginning... 1173 01:34:02,198 --> 01:34:04,326 ...just put some away. Save a little bit, just in case. 1174 01:34:04,526 --> 01:34:05,898 How many times did I tell you that? 1175 01:34:05,973 --> 01:34:08,999 Kenny, did you know? Did you know, Kenny? 1176 01:34:09,243 --> 01:34:11,905 Did I know? 1177 01:34:14,015 --> 01:34:15,004 I can't believe you would ask me that. 1178 01:34:15,249 --> 01:34:18,980 I'm asking you that. Did you know? No, I goddam didn't know, Bobby. 1179 01:34:20,988 --> 01:34:23,218 Kenny. 1180 01:34:25,226 --> 01:34:26,215 Kenny. What? 1181 01:34:26,293 --> 01:34:28,029 I don't even know how to tell you this. 1182 01:34:28,229 --> 01:34:30,224 Look... 1183 01:34:33,034 --> 01:34:36,831 Acosta was dumping stock. Shell companies... 1184 01:34:36,889 --> 01:34:40,766 ...banks in the Philipines, the fuckin' Azores, Gibraltar. 1185 01:34:40,802 --> 01:34:43,446 Multiple layers. All offshore. 1186 01:34:45,446 --> 01:34:47,614 How much? 1187 01:34:47,814 --> 01:34:49,983 164 million. 1188 01:34:51,318 --> 01:34:53,286 Ok, uhh. 1189 01:34:54,021 --> 01:34:55,989 What are we gonna do? 1190 01:35:00,928 --> 01:35:04,065 I don't fuckin' believe this. 1191 01:35:04,265 --> 01:35:09,737 This is the FBI! Step away from your desks! 1192 01:35:09,937 --> 01:35:15,000 Take 2 big steps away from your desks. Do not touch anything! 1193 01:35:31,292 --> 01:35:34,978 How much money was lost in the fraud, that we know of? 1194 01:35:35,178 --> 01:35:38,865 Billions. The large institutional investors lost billions of dollars. 1195 01:35:38,933 --> 01:35:42,378 So one or maybe both of them, 2 outsiders... 1196 01:35:42,478 --> 01:35:45,862 ...took everybody on Wall Street for a ride. 1197 01:35:45,940 --> 01:35:47,874 Ja, it really looks like they did. Ja. 1198 01:35:47,942 --> 01:35:52,038 And Acosta has vanished with hundreds of millions of dollars. 1199 01:35:52,279 --> 01:35:55,840 Kenny Wells has always maintained his innocence... 1200 01:35:55,916 --> 01:35:58,851 ...that he was duped along with everyone else. 1201 01:35:58,919 --> 01:36:01,820 Given that, what do you think of this? 1202 01:36:02,923 --> 01:36:07,189 Kenny Wells, a fool or a mastermind? 1203 01:36:09,230 --> 01:36:11,824 It's a very good question, Joe. 1204 01:36:31,986 --> 01:36:33,851 Uhmm... 1205 01:36:35,956 --> 01:36:39,949 Michael Acosta was my friend and partner. 1206 01:36:40,027 --> 01:36:41,927 Uhmm. 1207 01:36:42,963 --> 01:36:45,227 He betrayed me. 1208 01:36:45,966 --> 01:36:49,777 And I know, as CEO of Washoe Mining... 1209 01:36:49,852 --> 01:36:53,930 it's my responsibility to know everything that's going on... 1210 01:36:54,008 --> 01:36:55,873 ...and I didn't. 1211 01:36:56,010 --> 01:36:58,240 That's not an excuse. 1212 01:36:58,312 --> 01:37:04,876 I sincerely apologize to everybody and anybody that lost on their investments. 1213 01:37:07,955 --> 01:37:11,914 Oh, Mike! Mikey, come on in, man. 1214 01:37:14,929 --> 01:37:15,827 What happened, huh? 1215 01:37:33,280 --> 01:37:34,715 Howard! 1216 01:37:34,915 --> 01:37:35,816 I saw you on TV! 1217 01:37:36,016 --> 01:37:38,883 Hey, man, can I talk to you for a minute please? 1218 01:37:38,953 --> 01:37:41,021 Look, I just want to know where my money went. Come on! 1219 01:37:41,221 --> 01:37:43,888 Ok. Mr. Wells, Mr. Wells... 1220 01:37:43,958 --> 01:37:45,949 ...exactly when will you be departing? 1221 01:37:46,026 --> 01:37:49,189 Uhh, later. A few days or so. I'll let you know. 1222 01:37:49,263 --> 01:37:53,222 We just need to talk about your bill, sir. I'll be down, we'll settle it then. 1223 01:38:58,999 --> 01:39:00,634 Do I need a lawyer? 1224 01:39:00,834 --> 01:39:02,802 Do you need a lawyer? 1225 01:39:06,874 --> 01:39:08,808 Right answer. 1226 01:39:20,888 --> 01:39:22,947 How did you meet Mike Acosta? 1227 01:39:25,859 --> 01:39:28,919 We, uhh... First time or second time? 1228 01:39:29,029 --> 01:39:30,963 How'd you meet him, Wells? 1229 01:39:33,901 --> 01:39:35,835 It was April... 1230 01:39:35,903 --> 01:39:40,240 ...of '88, when I was on the balls of my ass... 1231 01:39:40,440 --> 01:39:42,208 ...scrambling. 1232 01:39:43,310 --> 01:39:46,939 Not exactly uncharted waters for me. 1233 01:39:47,014 --> 01:39:48,948 I was in deep. 1234 01:39:57,291 --> 01:40:00,920 I think it's pretty unlikely we'll ever see your partner again. 1235 01:40:03,897 --> 01:40:04,765 What are you talking about? 1236 01:40:04,965 --> 01:40:08,264 A lot of very powerful people are very angry at Michael Acosta. 1237 01:40:12,272 --> 01:40:14,574 What happened? What happened? 1238 01:40:14,621 --> 01:40:17,044 17 billion dollars of value disappeared overnight. 1239 01:40:17,244 --> 01:40:20,082 Mike Acosta waves goodbye to you in the ballroom downstairs... 1240 01:40:20,182 --> 01:40:23,240 ...and goes back to Indonesia on a jet chartered with Washoe funds. 1241 01:40:23,917 --> 01:40:26,010 Then he does a disappearing act. 1242 01:40:26,286 --> 01:40:28,015 But this you know. 1243 01:40:29,023 --> 01:40:32,230 First, he's locked out of the Assay Lab in Kalimantan... 1244 01:40:32,430 --> 01:40:35,929 by the Minister Of The Interior. So, he goes back to Jakarta... 1245 01:40:36,029 --> 01:40:38,732 Mike Acosta, step this way. 1246 01:40:38,932 --> 01:40:42,891 ...where he's immediately detained by the Indonesian military. 1247 01:40:43,971 --> 01:40:47,979 And they hold him while they try to reproduce for themselves... 1248 01:40:48,079 --> 01:40:50,900 ...the lab results cliamed by Washoe. 1249 01:40:51,311 --> 01:40:54,007 Which, of course, they are unable to do. 1250 01:40:54,982 --> 01:40:56,750 Now, at this point... 1251 01:40:56,950 --> 01:40:59,248 ...either he's being transferred to an actual prison... 1252 01:40:59,319 --> 01:41:05,258 ...or he's bribed one of the officers. Either way, he's on a military helicopter. 1253 01:41:06,927 --> 01:41:10,192 They fly north, loosely tracking the Kencana River. 1254 01:41:57,077 --> 01:41:59,046 A thousand feet up... 1255 01:41:59,246 --> 01:42:00,980 ...over the Kencana... 1256 01:42:01,915 --> 01:42:03,940 ...Mike Acosta takes a header. 1257 01:42:14,962 --> 01:42:16,862 No way. 1258 01:42:17,931 --> 01:42:19,956 No fuckin' way. 1259 01:42:20,033 --> 01:42:25,903 He either faked it or he payed to have this bullshit story you're tellin' put out. 1260 01:42:26,006 --> 01:42:30,911 164 million dollars goes a long way in Indonesia. 1261 01:42:31,011 --> 01:42:32,845 They found a body. 1262 01:42:48,328 --> 01:42:53,265 Hands and face were eaten away, probably by wild pigs. 1263 01:42:54,468 --> 01:42:56,864 You sure this is him? 1264 01:42:57,064 --> 01:42:58,961 I'm not sure of anything... 1265 01:42:59,306 --> 01:43:03,657 ...except Mike Acosta traded water filters for river gold and... 1266 01:43:03,857 --> 01:43:08,209 ...now the Indonesian Government have gone unusually quiet on the subject. 1267 01:43:09,216 --> 01:43:13,846 There was an autopsy, corroborating the identity of the body. 1268 01:43:14,288 --> 01:43:16,916 They then sealed the report... 1269 01:43:18,225 --> 01:43:20,193 ...and cremated the remains. 1270 01:43:20,260 --> 01:43:27,894 Interestingly, Danny Suharto, your friend, dumped a lot of stock as well. 1271 01:43:28,035 --> 01:43:30,970 So, the Suhartos are even richer now. 1272 01:43:31,271 --> 01:43:34,274 Mike Acosta is ostensibly dead and buried and... 1273 01:43:34,474 --> 01:43:37,044 ...164 million dollars is still missing... 1274 01:43:37,244 --> 01:43:45,242 ...and the only question I'm left with is whether or not you were in on it. 1275 01:43:47,254 --> 01:43:51,213 Nah, nah, I can't believe it. 1276 01:43:51,291 --> 01:43:52,860 Can't believe what? 1277 01:43:53,060 --> 01:43:56,291 That, that this business... 1278 01:43:56,997 --> 01:44:00,865 ...had written Mike off years ago, alright? They called his theories crap... 1279 01:44:00,934 --> 01:44:02,925 ...but he... 1280 01:44:03,237 --> 01:44:04,898 ...there's no way. 1281 01:44:04,972 --> 01:44:07,674 He wouldn't. He fuckin' couldn't! 1282 01:44:07,874 --> 01:44:10,338 Let this be the last word on it. No fuckin' way! 1283 01:44:10,538 --> 01:44:13,003 You're talking about Acosta or yourself? 1284 01:44:22,289 --> 01:44:28,544 Look, we were running out of money, right? And I was practically dying from malaria. 1285 01:44:28,644 --> 01:44:33,000 I gave Mike the last dollar to my name and I made him promise me something. 1286 01:44:33,200 --> 01:44:37,960 I said: "Mike, don't let me die out here for nothing". 1287 01:44:43,043 --> 01:44:47,980 A few weeks later I came to and Mike was there. 1288 01:44:51,952 --> 01:44:53,821 Said we got... 1289 01:44:54,021 --> 01:44:56,888 We got a strike, Kenny! 1290 01:44:57,854 --> 01:44:59,349 We got a goddam gold mine! 1291 01:45:04,459 --> 01:45:09,445 And there's no way that he set out to swindle anyone, 1292 01:45:09,520 --> 01:45:11,867 ...he just saved the mine one more time! 1293 01:45:17,911 --> 01:45:19,012 And he didn't want to let me down. 1294 01:45:19,212 --> 01:45:20,206 You're fuckin' lying! 1295 01:45:20,280 --> 01:45:22,942 Levine, sit down! 1296 01:45:23,884 --> 01:45:25,252 Do you want to talk about the truth? 1297 01:45:25,452 --> 01:45:26,844 Alright, let's talk about the truth. 1298 01:45:26,920 --> 01:45:28,388 The only truth here is that... 1299 01:45:28,488 --> 01:45:31,914 ...when everybody's gettin' rich, nobody gives a shit about the truth. 1300 01:45:32,225 --> 01:45:35,293 And come the fuck on, all anybody had to do was look! 1301 01:45:35,296 --> 01:45:39,999 Open their eyes! Man, the gold was wrong. The find was too good. 1302 01:45:40,067 --> 01:45:44,723 There were red flags everywhere. Why did no one look? 1303 01:45:44,768 --> 01:45:46,940 Because no one fuckin' wanted to know! 1304 01:45:47,140 --> 01:45:49,909 We all wanted to believe. Me, you, fucking everybody! 1305 01:45:49,976 --> 01:45:55,915 Why? We're all makin' so much fuckin' money, you see? 1306 01:45:56,016 --> 01:45:57,818 That's the truth! 1307 01:45:58,018 --> 01:46:00,953 It's been goin' on for fuckin' centuries! 1308 01:46:01,955 --> 01:46:05,857 Oh, fuck! 1309 01:46:08,929 --> 01:46:12,922 Were you aware Mike Acosta was salting the Washoe core samples? 1310 01:46:12,999 --> 01:46:13,767 No. 1311 01:46:13,967 --> 01:46:17,960 You had no knowledge Mike Acosta was perpetrating a fraud? 1312 01:46:18,038 --> 01:46:19,039 No. 1313 01:46:19,239 --> 01:46:23,835 You were not in collusion with Mike Acosta on the Kencana gold strike? 1314 01:46:24,211 --> 01:46:27,874 No, I fuckin' thought I won I won the lottery. 1315 01:46:27,981 --> 01:46:31,849 Did you profit from the Kencana fraud? 1316 01:46:33,286 --> 01:46:36,915 No. Did anyone close to you profit? 1317 01:46:37,891 --> 01:46:39,916 My friends lost money. 1318 01:46:40,260 --> 01:46:43,252 My neighbors lost money. Me? 1319 01:46:44,297 --> 01:46:46,925 I lost everything. 1320 01:46:50,303 --> 01:46:52,931 You know what the truth of it is, hm? 1321 01:46:53,940 --> 01:46:55,999 I never really cared about the money. 1322 01:46:57,043 --> 01:46:59,238 I cared about gold. 1323 01:46:59,946 --> 01:47:03,905 It's different, Jennings. It's fucking different! 1324 01:47:23,036 --> 01:47:29,202 Interview terminated with Kenny Wells, at 6:45 a.m... 1325 01:47:29,910 --> 01:47:32,902 ...October 17, 1988. 1326 01:47:32,979 --> 01:47:36,817 Interview conducted by myself, Paul K. Jennings, Special Agent... 1327 01:47:37,017 --> 01:47:40,117 Also present, Agents Levine and Banks... 1328 01:47:40,217 --> 01:47:44,890 ...Federal Bureau Of Investigation, District of Nevada, Reno. 1329 01:47:56,903 --> 01:47:58,871 Mr. Kenny Wells. 1330 01:48:01,174 --> 01:48:03,836 You are free to go. 1331 01:48:05,212 --> 01:48:07,806 Well, looky there! 1332 01:48:08,915 --> 01:48:10,906 Somebody believes me. 1333 01:48:12,252 --> 01:48:14,880 I wouldn't go overboard. 1334 01:48:15,222 --> 01:48:18,025 In fact, I wouldn't leave the state... 1335 01:48:18,225 --> 01:48:21,820 ...or start buying new stuff or chartering any more jets. 1336 01:48:21,895 --> 01:48:24,921 I gotta sneak by the guy at the Front Desk 'cause I can't pay the hotel bill. 1337 01:48:24,998 --> 01:48:27,967 I can't be a party to that information. 1338 01:48:28,235 --> 01:48:30,829 Good luck, Mr. Wells. 1339 01:48:30,971 --> 01:48:32,962 We'll be keeping an eye on you. 1340 01:48:39,246 --> 01:48:41,942 What are you gonna do now, Wells? 1341 01:50:03,263 --> 01:50:04,855 Hey, Kenny! 1342 01:50:04,931 --> 01:50:07,361 I'm still worried about that mulberry over the back fence. 1343 01:50:07,561 --> 01:50:09,992 Yeah, I know, Hart. It's good to see you. 1344 01:50:10,971 --> 01:50:12,905 Good to see you too, Kenny. 1345 01:50:43,336 --> 01:50:45,031 Can I come in? 1346 01:51:21,241 --> 01:51:22,909 You want coffee? 1347 01:51:23,109 --> 01:51:24,240 Yeah, sure. 1348 01:51:30,016 --> 01:51:31,984 The place looks great. 1349 01:51:36,256 --> 01:51:38,019 So do you, Kay. 1350 01:51:42,996 --> 01:51:44,930 I made curtains. 1351 01:51:45,065 --> 01:51:46,999 My fabric. 1352 01:51:51,337 --> 01:51:54,898 Some stuff came for you, some mail. 1353 01:52:10,890 --> 01:52:14,459 Mr. Kenny Wells. 12820 Mountain Rd NE / Reno, NV, 89573 1354 01:52:31,911 --> 01:52:35,972 "Prove them all wrong." "50-50. Whatever it takes." 1355 01:52:43,022 --> 01:52:44,250 What? $82,000,000 check 1356 01:52:44,924 --> 01:52:46,221 What's is it? $82,000,000 check 1357 01:52:53,359 --> 01:53:18,359 Transcribed/translated/timed & synced 100% by Uncle Andy