1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:18,338 ^.^.^.^.subtitles by.^.^.^.^ ® Sud_Arun collections ® 2 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:46,355 KENNY : We were a real business. 3 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:48,909 That's what you got to understand. 4 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:53,390 We were goddamn industry... 5 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:57,673 ...the kind that's the backbone of this country. 6 00:00:57,800 --> 00:00:59,518 (indistinct chatter) 7 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:00,755 Don't take my word for it. 8 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:02,456 Go in the parking lot and look on the license 9 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:04,789 of that brand-new Mercedes 450 of yours. 10 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,554 Hey. Are you seeing this? 11 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:09,999 KENNY : That's Furnace Creek. 12 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:11,656 This, uh, picture's over 100 years old. 13 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:12,954 KAY: Hmm. 14 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:14,936 KENNY : And you see this handsome devil right here? 15 00:01:14,960 --> 00:01:16,552 KAY: Uh-huh. 16 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:18,233 KENNY : He's a Wells. 17 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:22,148 Okay, so, um, I know you're a mining company, 18 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:25,078 - Mm-hmm. - but I pictured... 19 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:26,880 Well, I don't know what I pictured exactly. 20 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:28,592 I guess little... little carts 21 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:30,836 going down little... little train tracks. 22 00:01:30,960 --> 00:01:32,800 - Right. - I mean, what is it that you do here? 23 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:34,711 Wh-what we do is we look for the metals 24 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:36,034 and the minerals, all right? 25 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:37,912 There's exploration over there, 26 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:41,271 there's engineering and there's production, right? 27 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:43,755 We're prospectors. 28 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:46,518 Not yet? 29 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:48,039 - Okay, how about this? - Yeah... 30 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:51,675 Um... so let's say that this... 31 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:53,068 is the Earth. 32 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:54,200 My handbag? 33 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:55,912 Your handbag is Mother Earth 34 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:57,598 with all of her deep-filled mysteries 35 00:01:57,760 --> 00:01:59,936 and goodies on the inside that she does not want to give up. 36 00:01:59,960 --> 00:02:01,678 Me, I'm man, 37 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:03,870 and I'm damn curious about what she's got inside. 38 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:07,037 So, I send down what's called an exploratory drill. 39 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:10,038 I go down inside and dig around, 40 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:11,718 come across something. 41 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:14,195 I pull it out. It's nickel. 42 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:17,750 Now, nickel's actually 75% copper and 25% nickel, 43 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:19,176 but there's a whole lot of nickel in the world, 44 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:21,634 and the world needs nickels. 45 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:23,830 I'm back down there getting my second core sample, 46 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,269 and I happen to pull up, say... 47 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:27,879 silver. 48 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:29,696 Now, the thing is, when you find a little bit of this, 49 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:31,416 that means there could be a whole hell of a lot of it. 50 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:32,953 So we start raising money. 51 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,469 We raise enough money to open a mine 52 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:37,272 like the one in that picture right here. 53 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:40,551 Then... 54 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:42,756 we dig it all up. 55 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:47,158 Now, sometimes... not that often, but sometimes... 56 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:50,272 the prospecting gods are having a party at the Pearly Gates, 57 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:53,318 and we get real, real, really lucky. 58 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:55,152 And we dig down in there, 59 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:58,153 then we find a little metal called... 60 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:00,311 gold. 61 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:02,874 (gasps) 62 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:06,356 - Yes. - Kenny. 63 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:07,913 You like it? 64 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:09,752 I love you. 65 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:16,158 I love you. 66 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:18,157 - (taps on glass) - Old man wants to see you. 67 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:21,352 Afternoon, Marianne. 68 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:23,336 Hey, Pop. (knocks on door) Heard you want to see me. 69 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:24,554 Yeah, Kenny. 70 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:27,109 Get your ass in here, would you? 71 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:28,593 Would you, uh, run through this 72 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:30,597 Pershing County strategy again for me? 73 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:32,870 Right, um... 74 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,355 It's about this southern part of this Newmont property, 75 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:36,754 right here. 76 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:39,189 Now, Newmont just started drilling 140 meters 77 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:41,096 and they're finding a whole lot of magnesite. 78 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:43,873 If you remember, we still own the option on Relief Canyon, 79 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,036 which is next door. We're not finding squat, why? 80 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:47,758 We're not drilling deep enough. 81 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:49,598 Let's get back in there. Drill deeper. 82 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:52,712 Go to 140 if we need to, and we got a damn good chance 83 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:54,671 of getting Relief back in production. 84 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:56,677 What about Jerritt Canyon? 85 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:58,631 (inhales deeply) Well, that's your baby. 86 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:01,030 You know a hell of a lot more about it than I do. 87 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:02,752 But the assays look promising. 88 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:04,472 Could be fucking huge. 89 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:11,357 I want you to run point on this. 90 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:13,670 - (taps table) - All in. 91 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:15,870 Scale it up. 92 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:17,831 Make it yours. 93 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:20,428 Yes, sir. 94 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:25,035 Clive Coleman's on board. 95 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:26,713 Those boys will ride with you. 96 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:34,073 (exhales) 97 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:36,430 God, we work hard in this business. 98 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:38,391 Sometimes for nothing. 99 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:42,555 I wake up every morning. I tell myself, 100 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:45,399 "I don't have to do this. 101 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:47,351 I get to do this." 102 00:04:49,840 --> 00:04:53,389 And then it's just blue skies. 103 00:05:02,280 --> 00:05:05,033 Blue skies, baby. 104 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:11,229 KENNY : My old man... 105 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:13,316 a legend. 106 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:18,230 That was the last time I saw him alive. 107 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,790 ♪ 108 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:32,275 (low, indistinct conversations) 109 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:53,238 MAN : A little eye-opener, Kenny? 110 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:55,590 KENNY : God bless you, Roy. 111 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,632 (softly): Here we are. 112 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:01,115 - Boys, to the mother lode. - ALL : Mother lode. 113 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:03,231 Today be the day. 114 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:05,316 KENNY : The geological reports on this 115 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:06,475 are highly encouraging. 116 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:09,068 We are taking a very aggressive approach. 117 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:10,200 Prospectus? Of course. 118 00:06:10,280 --> 00:06:12,056 I can have my secretary send you one right out. 119 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:14,230 KENNY : But I got to tell you, this offering, 120 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:16,032 it's already over-subscribed. 121 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:18,096 You know, we can always try and get you in on the next one. 122 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:20,714 No, no. Yea, I understand. 123 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:23,074 Shit. 124 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:25,953 Watching the time? It's 11:15, Kenny. 125 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:28,435 Oh, Christ. 126 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:32,237 Where would I be without you? 127 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:33,554 ♪ 128 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:41,596 MAN : Mr. Wells? 129 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:43,438 - Yes. - Lloyd Stanton. 130 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:45,232 - Hello, Lloyd. Kenny Wells. - Hi. 131 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:46,816 LLOYD : This is my colleague, Henry Andrews. 132 00:06:46,840 --> 00:06:47,960 - Pleased to meet you. - Hey. 133 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,230 - Come on back. - Absolutely. 134 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:52,715 KENNY : Thank you. (clears throat) 135 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,958 LLOYD : So, what can we do for ya? 136 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:00,957 Well, why don't we wait for Clive? 137 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:03,310 Oh, uh, Mr. Coleman got tied up in a meeting. 138 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:04,833 No offense, boys, 139 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:07,076 but I'm supposed to be meeting with Clive. 140 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:08,997 None taken, but if you were supposed to be 141 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:11,190 meeting with Clive, you would be meeting with Clive. 142 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:16,117 All right. Here is what we have. 143 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:19,232 We are developing some very exciting properties 144 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:22,113 that are spot-on for your investor profile. 145 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:26,950 Low buy-in with a sizable upside. 146 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:28,496 - Mm-hmm. - And the beautiful part is 147 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:32,229 they are all only 12 to 18 months and cash positive. 148 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:33,554 - Manitoba? - Yeah. 149 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:36,473 We picked up an option on a skip claim at an auction. 150 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:38,153 Right, but it's a 90-day option. 151 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:39,599 Yes, the window is narrow, 152 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:41,040 but if you have a look at the geo, 153 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:42,496 you'll see a very promising shale formation 154 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:44,829 that hasn't been tapped yet. 155 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:49,790 LLOYD : Mr. Wells, Washoe has a practical value 156 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:51,114 hovering just above zero. 157 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:53,032 Your debt load is untenable, 158 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:55,953 and you bring us, uh, raw land with no infrastructure, 159 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:58,350 no fungible assets. (laughs) I mean, 160 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:00,176 you can't possibly expect us to underwrite this. 161 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:02,430 Yeah. I'm talking about a small offering here. 162 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:04,160 As I said in the beginning, a low buy-in. 163 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:06,350 Now, if you'll take a second look at the geo, 164 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:08,516 you will see what I see. 165 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:11,029 And that's money. 166 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:15,037 Not our money. 167 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:19,719 (exhales heavily) 168 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:22,195 (groaning) 169 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:43,793 KENNY : See, the... the thing is 170 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:46,155 that the whole economy had turned, 171 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:48,589 particularly for commodities. 172 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:52,912 Close of the day, 173 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:55,395 Washoe was trading at four cents a share 174 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:57,670 if it was trading at all. 175 00:08:57,800 --> 00:08:59,916 Washoe Mining. There's this great little land lease. 176 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:03,396 'Cause this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. 177 00:09:03,560 --> 00:09:05,391 Right. Washoe. Washoe Mining. 178 00:09:05,560 --> 00:09:07,994 You know, carrying the... carrying on the business. 179 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:10,554 You know, there's still minerals out there. 180 00:09:10,680 --> 00:09:11,920 We just got to find them, right? 181 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:13,016 Yeah, all right, all right. 182 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:14,296 Thank... thank you for your time. Bye. 183 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:15,878 (phone beeps) 184 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:18,594 I could... 185 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:20,233 12 to 18 months... 186 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:22,271 cash positive. 187 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:24,789 A deal... 188 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:26,035 Goddamn, I am calling you. 189 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:27,639 Fuck whatever time it is. 190 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:32,678 Washoe Mining, 191 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:34,592 the company that my grandfather 192 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:37,957 literally scratched out of the side of a Nevada mountain, 193 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:42,153 the company that my father made into a real player, 194 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:45,317 was almost gone. 195 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:47,795 Almost. 196 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:55,156 I'd already, uh, lost my house, 197 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:58,392 and I was, uh... I was living with Kay. 198 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:02,035 And, uh, we-we were about to lose that, too. 199 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:08,189 (exhales) 200 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:15,678 I had a half gallon of Seagram's in me. 201 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:18,434 Shit, most people would have been dead, but not me. No. 202 00:10:18,560 --> 00:10:20,312 (chuckles) 203 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:22,317 Instead... 204 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:24,954 I had a dream. 205 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:31,438 I mean, I mean, I mean, literally, I... 206 00:10:31,560 --> 00:10:34,393 I had a dream. 207 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:36,158 (birds calling, animals hooting) 208 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:38,629 ♪ 209 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:44,196 Indonesia. 210 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:46,117 Gold. 211 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:52,595 Now, I'd been to Indonesia five or six years earlier. 212 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:54,551 I still had a little money in my pocket. 213 00:10:54,680 --> 00:10:56,318 You know, Indonesia was booming, 214 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:58,795 and I was looking for a way to get in. 215 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:04,872 Back then, if you wanted 216 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:06,576 to put a hole in the ground in Indonesia, 217 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:09,717 you wanted Mike Acosta telling you where to dig. 218 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:12,195 He's what they called a River Walker. 219 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:13,992 Yeah, a real hands-on geologist. 220 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:15,120 The real deal. 221 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:16,918 (Mike speaking Spanish) 222 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:18,314 KENNY : Oxford College, MIT. 223 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:19,714 His mom was Venezuelan. 224 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:22,070 His dad was English. 225 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:25,480 Now, you see, he'd just discovered 226 00:11:25,560 --> 00:11:28,154 the largest copper strike in Southeast Asia, 227 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:32,512 and everybody wanted a piece of him, including me. 228 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:35,313 MIKE : You got the Nazca Plate, the Pacific Plate. 229 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:37,715 Juan de Fuca, North American, South American. 230 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:39,598 Aleutian, Marianas, Tonga. 231 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:42,479 The plates rubbing and grinding up on each other. 232 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:44,272 Six trillion kilobytes of pressure. 233 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:48,154 10,000 degrees Celsius kicking up geothermic hot spots 234 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:50,157 all along the Pacific rim. 235 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:54,398 KENNY : He called it the, uh, the Ring of Fire theory. 236 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:56,511 And he definitely had everyone's attention. 237 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:59,154 That's how I found the copper. 238 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:02,596 And that's why I'll find the gold. 239 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:17,399 (Kay groaning) 240 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:18,999 You're up early. 241 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:20,758 Hey. 242 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:24,558 You want to talk about yesterday. 243 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:27,837 No. I gotta go right now, babe. I've gotta plan. Gotta plan. 244 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:30,190 - Oh, wait, Kenny, Kenny, listen. - Hmm? 245 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:32,197 Carl had an idea. 246 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:34,595 - American Home Carl? - Uh-huh. 247 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:37,280 He said he could, uh, get you on for a while, 248 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:39,136 - if you wanted. - Right, right, right, right. 249 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:41,913 Yeah, I don't think that's going to be necessary, babe. 250 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:43,678 Yeah, but it'd just be temporary 251 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:45,392 till the market turns. 252 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:48,637 We could fool around in the warehouse. 253 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:50,113 You know, I tell you... 254 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:51,468 (moaning) 255 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:53,216 When I get done with this trip, all right? 256 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:54,480 Shouldn't take more than a week. 257 00:12:54,560 --> 00:12:56,000 - All right. - What? Where you going? 258 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:58,389 - If it doesn't work out, I'll give Carl a call. - Baby... 259 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:00,216 - I'll call you from the airport. - Wait. Wait, wait. 260 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:01,559 Kenny! 261 00:13:01,680 --> 00:13:05,070 KENNY : It was like I was being called, you know? 262 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:09,229 It was the gold calling. 263 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:11,112 That may sound crazy to you, 264 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:13,151 but if you... if you knew that feeling, 265 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:15,396 - well, you'd know. - (engine roaring) 266 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:21,118 ("Ron Klaus Wrecked His House" by Big Dipper plays) 267 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:30,390 (horns honking) 268 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:51,197 KENNY : Kenny Wells. I'm down here in the, uh, 269 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:52,760 the lobby of the, uh, Jakarta Palace. 270 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:54,432 Uh... Yeah, listen, 271 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:56,079 we must've got the times mixed up. 272 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:58,111 Um... Let me know. I'm down here. 273 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:01,357 I'm in the brown suit, I'm on the green couch. 274 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:02,720 I'm the good-looking guy, okay? 275 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:04,256 All right. We'll make it happen, cap'n. 276 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:05,474 All right. 277 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:11,588 MIKE : Wells? 278 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:13,517 Mike. 279 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:18,869 Good to see you again. 280 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:22,237 I know a local place, a bit more color. 281 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:24,476 What, they're not pouring here? 282 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:27,791 - Good. - (snaps fingers) 283 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:30,798 - (plays gentle melody) - So, 284 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:33,514 what are we talking about here, Wells? 285 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:36,998 Ring of Fire, Mike. 286 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:38,599 Ring of Fire. 287 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:41,678 You're playing my greatest hits. 288 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:44,030 Fire's gone out of that one. 289 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:45,912 Well, what are you talking about? 290 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:49,874 It's the opinion of my fellow esteemed geologists, 291 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,434 that the whole thing... I'm quoting here... 292 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:54,596 is a crock of shit. 293 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:56,756 Well, what the hell, you know? 294 00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:58,632 You called it wrong. 295 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:01,717 What are you going to do? 296 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:04,513 There's no right or wrong in this business. 297 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:06,915 There's only hits and misses. 298 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:09,634 There's gold here. 299 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:18,354 I'm glad you said that, Mike. 300 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:20,795 I truly am, 'cause I... 301 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:23,998 ...believe you. 302 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:26,395 I hate to dash your hopes, but don't you think 303 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:28,576 others have come along before you with the same thought 304 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:32,513 and, from the looks of it, deeper pockets? 305 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:35,313 Ring of Fire is real, Mike. 306 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:36,793 I knew it the first time I heard. 307 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:38,600 It struck me like a fucking lightning bolt, 308 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:40,312 and I never forgot it. 309 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:42,476 Go ahead, laugh. I get that all the time. 310 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:45,068 But hear this. 311 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:47,395 I don't just believe. 312 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:48,953 I know. 313 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:51,150 - No, you don't. - I've seen it. 314 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:54,397 You don't understand. 315 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:57,717 - No one will back me. - I will. 316 00:15:57,840 --> 00:15:59,956 You tell me where you want to dig, Mikey, 317 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:02,958 and I'll make goddamn sure the bills are paid. 318 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:05,832 No offense, Wells, but... 319 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:08,679 you look like you had to rob someone just to get here, man. 320 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:11,633 You know nothing about me. 321 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:13,955 You know it's still out there. 322 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:17,270 I know that. 323 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:20,278 I can see it in your eyes. You still believe. 324 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:25,470 I get it, and I was born on the side of the mountain, too. 325 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:27,216 My-my father scratched everything he ever owned 326 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:28,593 out of a fucking rock. All right? 327 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:29,976 Died with dirt under his fingernails, 328 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:31,672 and I intend to do the same. 329 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:33,558 This business... 330 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:35,312 wrote me off years ago. 331 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:36,736 All right, maybe you're not running the hottest 332 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:37,976 in your career right now either, 333 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:39,194 so let's prove them wrong. 334 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:40,469 You and me. 335 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:41,856 Let's prove them all fucking wrong. 336 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:43,154 And you know why? 337 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:46,669 You do know why, because the Ring of Fire 338 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:49,951 is right, Mike. You called it. 339 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:52,799 You just haven't found it yet. 340 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:57,035 Tell me I'm crazy. 341 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:59,555 I'll be on the next plane. 342 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:06,596 You're crazy. 343 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:17,799 You have a hat, Wells? 344 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:23,349 Yeah, I got a hat. 345 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:24,919 Why, we going somewhere? 346 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:27,679 MIKE : Up river. 347 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:30,189 KENNY : What river is that, Mike? 348 00:17:30,360 --> 00:17:31,998 You're late. 349 00:17:32,120 --> 00:17:33,917 MIKE : The only one that matters. 350 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:36,315 ♪ 351 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:00,877 MIKE : The Dayak have been panning this river 352 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,468 for over 5,000 years. 353 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:06,029 That's how it got its name, 354 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:08,196 Daya Kensana. 355 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:09,912 What's it mean? 356 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:11,792 "Daya" means "upstream." 357 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:14,791 "Kensana" means "gold." 358 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:18,269 You got to be shitting me. 359 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:22,799 ♪ 360 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:39,953 MIKE : Wells. 361 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:41,229 Wells. 362 00:18:41,360 --> 00:18:42,918 We're here. 363 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:46,237 So, listen, the Dayak are warrior people, 364 00:18:46,360 --> 00:18:48,874 probably best known for ngayau, 365 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:50,592 headhunting. 366 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:53,154 But it doesn't happen much anymore. 367 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:55,157 They might be thinking we're some traders 368 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:56,435 or someone's mother-in-law. 369 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:59,358 (birds calling, animals hooting) 370 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:16,598 (hooting) 371 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:17,789 KENNY : How long? 372 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:21,435 MIKE (panting): This jungle will... will test you. 373 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:26,839 It will hold you up, weigh you, 374 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:28,712 and decide your worth within an ounce. 375 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:30,558 Do you always talk like this, Mike? 376 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:33,194 Like a book on tape? (grunts) 377 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:35,629 MIKE : I suppose I do. 378 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:40,513 KENNY (panting): Where are we going? 379 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:42,312 MIKE : Up. 380 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:46,513 (groaning and breathing hard) 381 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:51,558 (birds calling, animals hooting) 382 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:57,275 Take a look. 383 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:59,789 (panting) 384 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:08,312 Oh, my God. 385 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:14,876 It's my dream. 386 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,877 MIKE : There have been a few folks up here 387 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:18,797 tapping over the years, 388 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:21,753 but have all focused on the foothills far to the south. 389 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:25,236 But what interests me is the other way. 390 00:20:25,360 --> 00:20:27,396 That small depression, 391 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:31,229 like a giant left a footprint walking away. 392 00:20:31,360 --> 00:20:33,874 Something happened there, Wells. 393 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:37,874 Something hot and angry. 394 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,594 That's where we'll find the tasty bits. 395 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:43,473 My dream... 396 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:50,276 ...is out there. 397 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:52,516 MIKE : Damn right it is. 398 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:57,556 KENNY : Look, if it's the big boys 399 00:20:57,680 --> 00:20:59,440 that you're thinking about investing in us... 400 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:01,112 you know, the Harvard endowment 401 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:03,714 or some... some pension fund, right? 402 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:06,308 I am not your guy. 403 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:08,954 But the little guys, right, 404 00:21:09,120 --> 00:21:10,712 guys that you don't even know about, 405 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:12,512 the, uh, the hustlers, the scrappers, 406 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:14,437 the make-it-happen motherfuckers, 407 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:16,471 those are my guys. 408 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:20,479 How much do we need? 409 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:24,309 Seven. Seven-fifty to start. 410 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:26,829 Okay. 411 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:30,360 How much do we need? 412 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:32,550 It isn't just a lease. 413 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:34,352 We're in lndonesia. 414 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:38,672 That means getting a permit and lining pockets. 415 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:40,597 Equipment. You don't just do this 416 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:42,200 with a couple of shovels and a pickax. 417 00:21:42,360 --> 00:21:43,918 I'll get the money. 418 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:45,758 Whatever it takes. 419 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:53,200 (bird cawing) 420 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:58,269 - What's that? - It's a contract. 421 00:21:58,400 --> 00:21:59,879 Read it. 422 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:01,956 Sign it. 423 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:10,877 ♪ 424 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:18,956 Keep it. 425 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:23,199 KENNY : I could feel it in my bones. 426 00:22:23,360 --> 00:22:26,079 I was selling something that I believed in. 427 00:22:29,360 --> 00:22:30,634 20-K minimum buy-in, right, 428 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:32,616 and the shares are fucking flying off the shelf. 429 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:33,880 I mean, no risk, no gain, right? 430 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:36,428 No, 'cause it's coming in right now. 431 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:38,278 No, Acosta. Michael Acosta. 432 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:39,616 It's the largest copper strike in history, 433 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:41,073 and that's the guy that we got. 434 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:42,976 Kay, get those shoes shined for dancing, baby. 435 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:44,216 MIKE : We don't even have the exploration permits. 436 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:46,595 What are they selling? 437 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:48,239 What are we selling? 438 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:51,997 Mikey, we're selling the story. 439 00:22:52,120 --> 00:22:54,918 And right now, the story is you. 440 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,280 Speaking of which, what the fuck are you doing right now? 441 00:22:57,360 --> 00:22:59,920 I'm down in Kupang City looking at coring equipment. 442 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:02,918 Acosta's in Kupang City looking at coring equipment. 443 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:04,598 He's in Kupang City as we speak. 444 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:06,551 It-it's a fucking... 445 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:08,416 Kupang City. We're getting the coring equipment... 446 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:10,112 You're magic, Mike. You're fucking magic. 447 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:12,157 ♪ 448 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:22,715 You there, Mike? 449 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,236 Two hundred and sixty-seven thousand 450 00:23:26,360 --> 00:23:28,396 four hundred and thirty-four... 451 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:30,272 dollars. 452 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:32,834 That's not exactly the number I had in mind, Wells. 453 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:35,155 KENNY : Well, look, I may be able to borrow a little bit 454 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:37,077 against it, but, you know... 455 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:38,918 No, you know what? Truth, Mike? 456 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:40,314 Th-that's it for now. 457 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:43,233 Th-that's it. Can you make it work? Hmm? 458 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:46,154 I can make anything work. 459 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:49,033 You work out of a bar, Wells? 460 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:52,515 Keeping a lid on expenses, Mike. 461 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:54,790 Making the dollar holler. 462 00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:58,478 - We're in! - (cheering) 463 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:00,272 ♪ 464 00:24:21,360 --> 00:24:24,318 (shouts in local language) 465 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:29,236 ♪ 466 00:24:45,120 --> 00:24:47,031 ♪ 467 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:57,949 KENNY : Record player. That's classy. 468 00:24:58,080 --> 00:24:59,672 Am I paying for that, Mikey? 469 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:01,518 Six-man crews, 470 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:04,791 12-hour shifts around the clock. 471 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:07,559 Tomorrow we'll start looking at our core samples. 472 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:09,159 Then we'll send the most promising 473 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:11,748 down river to the assay lab. 474 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:13,552 The mother lode, Mike. 475 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:16,996 You're out there, baby. 476 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:19,913 ("This Must Be the Place" by Kishi Bashi plays) 477 00:25:58,840 --> 00:25:59,989 (sizzling) 478 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,436 The man that invented the hamburger was smart, Mike. 479 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:06,074 The man who invented the cheeseburger, 480 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:07,838 now, that's the genius. 481 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,719 Don't ask where the meat came from. Hmm? 482 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:14,919 MIKE : Have you ever read Christopher Columbus' journals? 483 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:16,837 KENNY : Of course not. 484 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:19,599 MIKE : In his petition to the queen of Spain, 485 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:21,478 he promised the conversion 486 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:26,395 to her holy faith of a great number of peoples. 487 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:31,429 And he went on and mentioned God 26 times. 488 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:35,030 Gold, on the other hand, 489 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:39,199 he mentioned 114 times. 490 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:40,833 KENNY : Smart dago. 491 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:43,030 MIKE : I've been wanting to ask you something, Wells. 492 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:44,679 KENNY : Fire away, Mike. 493 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:47,109 What's the meaning of the tattoo on your arm? 494 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:48,878 Oh, it's a bird. 495 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:54,194 It's from a poem I read when I was a kid. 496 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:56,470 Bird with no feet... (whistles) 497 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:58,431 sleeps in the wind. 498 00:26:58,560 --> 00:26:59,879 (Mike chuckles) 499 00:27:02,120 --> 00:27:04,076 ♪ 500 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:14,158 MAN : Assay! 501 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:16,350 Assay! Assay! 502 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:29,359 (speaking local language) 503 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:37,718 Mike, Mike! 504 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:40,872 Hey. These things, they look worse every time we get one. 505 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:42,736 Do you remember what I told you about patience? 506 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:44,696 Yeah, you-you remember what I told you about money? 507 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:45,869 - Yeah. - Huh? 508 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:47,816 - You said that it wasn't a problem. - Well, it... 509 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:49,398 it's a fucking problem now! 510 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:03,758 ♪ 511 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:12,036 (thunder rumbling) 512 00:28:37,360 --> 00:28:38,429 Hey! 513 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:42,280 Hey! 514 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:43,674 Hey... 515 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:44,676 Hey, wait! 516 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:45,800 Stay! Stay! Stay! Stay! 517 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:46,920 (speaks local language) 518 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:50,440 Hey! 519 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:51,833 Stay... 520 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:55,717 Hey! Stay. 521 00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:57,114 Stay! 522 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:07,551 On top of everything else, 523 00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:10,996 I... I got a bad case of malaria, 524 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:13,554 which kills like something like a million people a year, 525 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:15,079 something like that. 526 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:18,272 Suddenly, I was on the list. 527 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:29,788 Maybe... maybe we were pushing them too hard. 528 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,912 Maybe we should just take it easy, you know? 529 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:34,513 Cut them in. 530 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:36,995 You know, give them some ownership. 531 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:41,477 Maybe they'll come back, you know? 532 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:43,591 Let them know that they got something at the end, 533 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:45,432 you know, when it all works out. 534 00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:48,672 (mutters) 535 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:51,109 Give them a piece of the pie, you know? 536 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:52,309 Get up. 537 00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:54,670 Come on, get up. 538 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:00,719 I'm freezing, Mike. 539 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:07,398 (Kenny breathing heavily) 540 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:16,710 Don't let me die and have nothing, okay? 541 00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:21,118 Get some rest now. 542 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:41,036 (Kenny coughing) 543 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:52,790 (Mike speaking local language) 544 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:18,035 (speaking local language) 545 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:33,395 (birds calling, animals hooting) 546 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:56,592 I'm pulling the plug. 547 00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:01,318 No. 548 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:04,278 No, no, no, no, no. 549 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,271 Don't pull the plug, Mike. 550 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:10,075 No, no. You can't do that, Mikey. 551 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:13,192 Let's get you out of here, Wells. 552 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:15,072 What's the plan, Mikey? 553 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:16,992 Hmm? 554 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:20,755 Now, I know you got a plan, Mike, hmm? 555 00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:23,269 I know you got a plan. 556 00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:27,232 What's the plan, hmm? 557 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:30,480 What's the plan? 558 00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:36,194 They need clean water. 559 00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:37,719 If we get filter systems up here, 560 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:39,956 I think they might come back. 561 00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:42,469 (laughing) 562 00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:59,788 I got about $1,800 on this Visa right there. 563 00:32:59,920 --> 00:33:02,912 Close to 500 on this Diner's Club. 564 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:11,515 Use it all, hmm? 565 00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:13,949 Use it all, Mikey. 566 00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:16,514 (laughs, coughing) 567 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:19,399 (clears his throat) 568 00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:21,556 ♪ 569 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:49,954 KENNY : Damned if he didn't go 570 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:51,593 to every single place 571 00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:54,075 that every one of our workers lived. 572 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:56,395 Streams that had no name. 573 00:33:56,520 --> 00:33:59,432 All feeding the great Kensana River. 574 00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:03,150 Whoa! 575 00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:04,713 (chanting) 576 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:07,752 (indistinct chatter, cheering) 577 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:12,076 (engine revving) 578 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:14,834 KENNY : But you know what? 579 00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:16,632 The workers came back. 580 00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:22,678 I spent the next few weeks in a malarial haze. 581 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:24,870 Should've been dead. 582 00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:28,396 But Mike kept it all going. 583 00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:32,040 (coughing) 584 00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:39,996 ♪ 585 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:56,275 (gasping) 586 00:35:02,720 --> 00:35:04,392 (panting) 587 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:09,436 What day is it? 588 00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:12,399 MIKE : No idea. 589 00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:19,516 - Month? - August. 590 00:35:21,720 --> 00:35:23,472 You been sitting there this whole time? 591 00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:25,596 Let's not get carried away. 592 00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:32,672 What'd the report say? What's the news? 593 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:37,757 We pulled 17 more cores. 594 00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:41,636 What? 595 00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:44,479 - No good? - No good. 596 00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:45,953 Mm. 597 00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:49,638 More in the vicinity of great. 598 00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:54,396 Fuck you, Mike. Don't mess with me, man. 599 00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:59,434 Eighth of an ounce per ton. 600 00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:13,837 Eighth... eighth of an ounce per what? 601 00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:16,030 Eighth of an ounce per ton. 602 00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:22,751 What... what are you... what are you saying, Mike? 603 00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:25,235 We got a strike in. 604 00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:27,953 We got a gold mine? 605 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:29,394 (chuckles) 606 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:31,715 - We got a gold mine? - We got a gold mine. 607 00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:34,791 (laughing) 608 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:36,552 ♪ 609 00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:39,433 We got a gold mine, Mike! We got a gold mine, Mike! 610 00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:41,869 - We got a gold mine. - We got a goddamn gold mine! 611 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,195 We got a gold mine! 612 00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:46,993 We got a goddamn gold mine! 613 00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:48,519 We got a goddamn... 614 00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:50,079 BOTH: Gold mine! 615 00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:51,679 We got a gold mine! 616 00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:53,016 - (laughing) - I knew it, I knew it, 617 00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:55,634 I knew it, I knew it, I knew it. 618 00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:57,113 (both screaming) 619 00:36:57,240 --> 00:37:00,630 We got a goddamn gold mine! 620 00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:02,239 Fuck you, mosquitoes! 621 00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:03,918 - (cork pops) - (cheering) 622 00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:06,031 KENNY : That moment... 623 00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:09,556 there's no way I could possibly describe the feeling. 624 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:11,557 It's amazing how a little gold dust 625 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:13,830 can just change everything. 626 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:17,470 Now, for better or worse, the ride had begun, 627 00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:19,556 and what a goddamn ride. 628 00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:21,989 (laughter) 629 00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:23,235 Okay, okay. 630 00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:24,509 Oh, thank God. 631 00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:26,312 (laughter, excited chatter) 632 00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:28,749 - To the best goddamn team in the business. - Fucking-A. 633 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:30,040 You're a stand-up guy, Kenny. 634 00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:32,674 - Sharing the wealth. - Crazy, huh? 635 00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:33,800 To the mother lode. 636 00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:35,592 OTHERS : The mother lode. 637 00:37:35,720 --> 00:37:38,473 ("Spill the Wine" by the lsley Brothers plays) 638 00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:47,758 All right, baby. Do me a favor. 639 00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:49,313 Close your eyes, will ya? 640 00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:51,431 - All right. - Cover them with your hands. 641 00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:52,675 (Kay laughing) 642 00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:54,472 - KENNY : Keep 'em closed. - Okay. 643 00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:58,949 - I got you. I got you. I got you. - Oh. Okay. 644 00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:05,716 One, two, three. 645 00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:08,711 ♪ 646 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:12,752 It's gonna be our place. 647 00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:15,553 Away from it all, above it all, just like we always wanted. 648 00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:17,033 You like it? 649 00:38:17,160 --> 00:38:18,718 - Huh? - Yes, of... Yes. 650 00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:22,753 Okay, look... the house... right here, all right? 651 00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:25,519 The kitchen, facing there. The great room over here. 652 00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:27,471 - Two fireplaces. - No... 653 00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:28,669 Can we afford this? 654 00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:30,677 Almost, baby. Almost. We're almost there. 655 00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:32,880 All right, look at this. Couple bedrooms on that end. 656 00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:34,632 - Couple bedrooms on that end. - Okay. 657 00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:36,671 Look at this playground for the kids, huh? 658 00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:38,028 How many kids you want to have? 659 00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:43,832 (Kay laughing) 660 00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:45,359 KAY: Kitchen has to stay over here. 661 00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:46,959 We gotta put it over here 662 00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:48,400 - to get the morning light. - Yes! 663 00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:49,896 And a second kitchen over on this side. 664 00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:52,036 - A third one across the creek. - (Kay laughing) 665 00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:54,037 A fourth one up there with the elk. 666 00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:56,549 ♪ 667 00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:00,669 (crickets chirping) 668 00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:14,516 - Kenny, Kenny. - Mm? 669 00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:15,914 This is Walt Kealer. 670 00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:17,832 - He publishes Gold Digger magazine. - Mm. 671 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:19,991 WALT : We reach half a million subscribers, 672 00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:21,519 and they'd all love to know 673 00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:23,400 what you got cooking over there in lndonesia. 674 00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:25,391 If you have a minute, I'll buy you a drink. 675 00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:29,311 He's all yours, Walt. 676 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:35,320 Hell, I read Gold Digger magazine. 677 00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:37,317 Come on over. 678 00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:39,456 They say you bring this in, you'll get the Golden Pickaxe. 679 00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:41,296 - (quietly): Aw, shut up. - What do you say about that? 680 00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:44,517 (laughs): I'd say you probably just jinxed it. 681 00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:47,677 - How many ounces you guessing? - Hmm. 682 00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:50,633 Millions, Walt. Absolutely millions. 683 00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:51,954 Placer mining? 684 00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:54,594 No. Hard rock. This is varsity ball. 685 00:39:54,720 --> 00:39:56,199 How's the infrastructure? 686 00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:57,912 KENNY : Building it from the ground up. 687 00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:03,033 Any message you'd like to give 688 00:40:03,160 --> 00:40:05,390 to the readers of Gold Digger magazine? 689 00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:14,158 The last card you turn over is the only one that matters. 690 00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:17,078 - Kenny, it's good to see you. - Good morning, Beverly. 691 00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:19,111 Clive, how are you? 692 00:40:19,240 --> 00:40:21,595 - There he is. - Good to see you, sir. 693 00:40:21,720 --> 00:40:23,676 - It's good to see you, son. - Mm-hmm. 694 00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:26,519 CLIVE : You know, your father and I, 695 00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:28,790 we started together in this business. 696 00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:31,434 Hell, I mean, he put me in the business. 697 00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:33,198 I don't have to tell you that. 698 00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:36,676 He always spoke very highly of you, Clive. 699 00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:38,631 He's one of the best men I ever knew. 700 00:40:39,720 --> 00:40:40,914 - Yeah. - Now! 701 00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:43,116 You have gone from four to 23 cents 702 00:40:43,240 --> 00:40:45,356 on your first assay results. 703 00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:48,438 And you pulled in two more to confirm those findings? 704 00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:50,437 Three more. 705 00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:51,675 - Three more? - Mm-hmm. 706 00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:53,068 Well, that's fantastic. 707 00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:56,112 Well, I would like to underwrite 708 00:40:56,240 --> 00:40:59,437 a private placement of Washoe stock. 709 00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:01,079 And I believe that we can raise 710 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:03,316 anywhere between $8 million and $10 million. 711 00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:04,708 Well, capital is definitely 712 00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:06,558 at the top of our agenda right now. 713 00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:08,079 Well, yes, it is. 714 00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:10,794 And a lot of people are going to want to make this deal, 715 00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:12,273 but history is on our side. 716 00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:13,674 Mm-hmm. 717 00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:15,416 But I just wish you'd brought this to me sooner. 718 00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:18,000 - I could have helped you from the get-go. - Hey. 719 00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:21,715 - Well, here we are. - Here we are. 720 00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:23,239 Lloyd... 721 00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:25,590 top that off for me, will you? 722 00:41:25,720 --> 00:41:29,918 Straight black with a spicer chaser. 723 00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:47,919 (exhales) 724 00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:50,190 (Kenny speaks indistinctly) 725 00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:52,316 Mr. Wells, uh, coffee. 726 00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:53,759 There we are, Lloyd. Thank you. 727 00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:55,996 Stanton, Mr. Wells has agreed 728 00:41:56,120 --> 00:41:59,829 to give us his business on one condition. 729 00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:04,189 Lloyd, I want you 730 00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:06,390 to personally handle my account. 731 00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:08,158 - (sighs heavily) - I-I need you to be 732 00:42:08,280 --> 00:42:09,793 available to me 24/7, 733 00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:14,317 365, as you will be riding shotgun in my jockstrap. 734 00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:17,159 Absolutely. Yes. Thank you. 735 00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:18,536 Well, let's quit standing around here 736 00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:19,993 and go make some goddamn money, huh? 737 00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:21,314 That sounds good to me. 738 00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:23,874 ♪ 739 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:25,672 MIKE : Kenny? Kenny? 740 00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:27,597 Kenny, did you read the last report? 741 00:42:29,840 --> 00:42:31,353 Kenny, did you read the last report? 742 00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:32,799 KENNY : Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 743 00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:35,753 No, I'm looking at them right now. Holy shit! 744 00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:38,474 Holy shit is right, my friend. 745 00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:41,239 (both laughing) 746 00:42:43,720 --> 00:42:45,358 KENNY : No, it's unbelievable. 747 00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:47,874 Holy shit. 748 00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:49,917 Bobby, I can hear your wife 749 00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:51,268 smiling from here. 750 00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:52,879 Right back where you belong, Kenny. 751 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:55,389 Yeah, there's a lot of ghosts in this building, boys. 752 00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:57,750 - (elevator bell dings) - Oh, nice work, Todd! 753 00:42:57,880 --> 00:42:59,791 Whoo-hoo-hoo! 754 00:42:59,920 --> 00:43:02,434 ♪ 755 00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:22,475 ♪ 756 00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:24,839 KENNY : All right, men. 757 00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:27,110 Now, this stock is going to start cooking. 758 00:43:27,240 --> 00:43:28,798 Make sure you put a little bit away. 759 00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:31,480 Sell some. Just the long way. Just in case. 760 00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:32,874 - Especially you. - What? 761 00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:34,200 - Put a little bit away. - I... 762 00:43:34,240 --> 00:43:35,416 For the first time in your life, 763 00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:36,953 think rainy day, Bobby, okay? 764 00:43:37,080 --> 00:43:38,399 - Of-of course. Of course. - Hey. 765 00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:39,919 - What? - Okay? 766 00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:42,315 - Okay. - Okay. 767 00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:44,237 ♪ 768 00:43:53,480 --> 00:43:56,358 Oh, we're going to be so fucking rich. 769 00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:02,717 ♪ 770 00:44:10,440 --> 00:44:13,238 At least look like you're working, man. 771 00:44:18,680 --> 00:44:21,513 - (knocking on door) - MAN : Yeah? 772 00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:27,479 What do you got? 773 00:44:27,640 --> 00:44:29,392 Wildcatters, basically. 774 00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:31,994 This Mike Acosta has had some success. Copper. 775 00:44:32,120 --> 00:44:34,395 Got taken over by Freeport Mac. 776 00:44:34,520 --> 00:44:37,353 - It's all in there. - Yeah. I've heard of Acosta. 777 00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:41,955 - I like this. - LLOYD : But I think we start 778 00:44:42,080 --> 00:44:44,355 with the good news, which is that we are, uh, 779 00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:47,916 50% allocated and, uh, we want to set aside, uh, 780 00:44:48,080 --> 00:44:49,832 30 of the remaining 50 for you boys... 781 00:44:49,960 --> 00:44:52,235 There's more food here. Don't drink through lunch. 782 00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:53,560 - All right? - (other laughing) 783 00:44:53,640 --> 00:44:55,596 Or just eat something as well. (laughs) 784 00:44:55,720 --> 00:44:57,438 - (phone ringing) - Hey, Kay! - Phone! 785 00:44:57,560 --> 00:45:00,677 - What? - Phone, please. 786 00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:02,800 - That one. Thank you. - You want me to answer it? 787 00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:06,672 Hello. 788 00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:09,473 Uh, Washoe Mining. How may I direct your call? 789 00:45:09,640 --> 00:45:11,949 - Hi. Uh, Kenneth Wells, please. - Please hold. 790 00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:14,036 Kenny, you got a call! 791 00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:18,392 - Thank you, dear. - Love you, baby. 792 00:45:18,520 --> 00:45:19,396 All right. 793 00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:20,635 Kenny Wells. 794 00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:24,469 This is Brian Woolf at Brown, Thomas in New York. 795 00:45:24,600 --> 00:45:26,636 I'm with the minerals and oil group. 796 00:45:26,760 --> 00:45:28,193 No shit. 797 00:45:29,920 --> 00:45:31,399 (snapping fingers) 798 00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:33,988 Uh-huh. 799 00:45:35,080 --> 00:45:36,559 Uh-huh. 800 00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:39,513 Well, that sounds outstanding, Brian. 801 00:45:39,640 --> 00:45:41,073 And let me tell you something. 802 00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:42,792 I'm looking forward to it. 803 00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:44,959 All right. 804 00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:55,870 - ♪ - They're fucking flying me out. 805 00:45:56,000 --> 00:45:57,416 - They're fucking flying me out. - (laughter) 806 00:45:57,440 --> 00:45:58,270 (Kay squeals) 807 00:45:58,440 --> 00:45:59,919 Come on! 808 00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:02,793 ♪ 809 00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:04,831 KENNY : Yeah, the way I see it, 810 00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:08,555 what banks do... who knows? 811 00:46:08,680 --> 00:46:11,956 But what made this country is not tight asses in suits... 812 00:46:12,120 --> 00:46:13,576 no offense... taking the easy way down, 813 00:46:13,600 --> 00:46:15,636 but guys like me and Mike who jump. 814 00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:17,113 What we have 815 00:46:17,240 --> 00:46:19,515 is a private placement in play here. 816 00:46:19,640 --> 00:46:22,473 Already over 50% subscribed. 817 00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:24,636 Now, if the numbers keep coming in good, 818 00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:27,473 which... they're fucking going to, 819 00:46:27,600 --> 00:46:30,160 the sky is the limit on this thing. 820 00:46:30,280 --> 00:46:31,776 You don't have to sell us. We've done the math. 821 00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:32,994 We believe you're sitting on 822 00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:34,792 the largest gold find of the decade. 823 00:46:36,080 --> 00:46:38,275 May I speak plainly, Mr. Wells? 824 00:46:38,440 --> 00:46:40,749 Of course, Brian. That's the only way to speak. 825 00:46:40,880 --> 00:46:43,155 Our clients are going to want to see a serious plan 826 00:46:43,320 --> 00:46:46,630 to turn lab results in a volatile region 827 00:46:46,760 --> 00:46:49,194 into an investment we can all stake our reputations on. 828 00:46:49,320 --> 00:46:50,196 It's not going to be a problem. 829 00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:51,560 No, it's not a problem, per se, 830 00:46:51,640 --> 00:46:54,108 but the fact remains that neither of you have taken 831 00:46:54,240 --> 00:46:55,960 a find of this magnitude through production. 832 00:46:56,040 --> 00:46:58,156 KENNY (chuckles): Wait just a minute there, Brian. 833 00:46:58,280 --> 00:47:00,794 We-we found it, we can dig it up. 834 00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:02,376 - It's not that complicated. - Actually, 835 00:47:02,400 --> 00:47:04,376 historically, we found it could be quite complicated, 836 00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:06,118 and we'd like the opportunity 837 00:47:06,240 --> 00:47:09,277 to help you formulate how you present the operation side. 838 00:47:12,040 --> 00:47:13,792 Wh-what-what exactly does that mean? 839 00:47:13,920 --> 00:47:15,433 I'd like you both to consider 840 00:47:15,600 --> 00:47:17,079 bringing on a strategic partner. 841 00:47:17,200 --> 00:47:19,668 Oh. 842 00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:20,835 (glass clanks) 843 00:47:20,960 --> 00:47:22,552 All right. (clears throat) 844 00:47:22,680 --> 00:47:25,399 Have any of you ever 845 00:47:25,520 --> 00:47:27,715 set one of your... your handmade loafers 846 00:47:27,840 --> 00:47:30,912 down in the hole in the side of a mountain? 847 00:47:31,040 --> 00:47:32,758 - No. - No. We have. 848 00:47:32,880 --> 00:47:34,313 Washoe has history. 849 00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:36,715 We've done a fairly thorough analysis of Washoe, 850 00:47:36,840 --> 00:47:39,832 Mr. Wells, and we feel like you need strategic help. 851 00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:43,117 No. No way. No. This is a new day, all right? 852 00:47:43,240 --> 00:47:45,390 And Indonesia is goddamn different. 853 00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:47,715 We can help you get off the side of that mountain. 854 00:47:47,880 --> 00:47:48,915 I don't need any help 855 00:47:49,040 --> 00:47:51,031 getting off the side of the goddamn mountain. 856 00:47:51,160 --> 00:47:52,832 I can land this plane. 857 00:47:52,960 --> 00:47:54,029 I can! 858 00:47:55,320 --> 00:47:57,754 Wells came and found me. 859 00:47:57,880 --> 00:47:59,632 I was at a low point, I have to admit. 860 00:47:59,760 --> 00:48:03,389 It happens in this business, ups and downs. 861 00:48:03,520 --> 00:48:06,637 But he backed me with his last cent, 862 00:48:06,760 --> 00:48:09,035 and more than that, he risked his life, 863 00:48:09,160 --> 00:48:10,878 almost lost it, actually. 864 00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:13,719 It was touch and go there for a bit. 865 00:48:13,840 --> 00:48:16,638 And now we have the bull by its horns. 866 00:48:16,760 --> 00:48:18,955 KENNY : And, boys, they're big fucking horns. 867 00:48:19,120 --> 00:48:20,519 MIKE : I've worked with the best, 868 00:48:20,640 --> 00:48:23,996 and I can tell you Kenny Wells is up there with them. 869 00:48:24,120 --> 00:48:27,112 BRIAN : We're not by any stretch of the imagination 870 00:48:27,240 --> 00:48:29,515 suggesting at this moment that anybody take a backseat. 871 00:48:29,640 --> 00:48:31,915 - Just be open to strategic alliances. - No fucking... 872 00:48:32,040 --> 00:48:33,234 way! 873 00:48:33,360 --> 00:48:36,955 (muffled shouting) 874 00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:38,760 It's a dime out of every one of my dollars, 875 00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:39,676 not your dollars! 876 00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:41,153 I said no a second ago. 877 00:48:41,280 --> 00:48:42,680 You want to invest? We got the gold. 878 00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:44,216 - We can talk about it. - (Mike sighs) 879 00:48:44,240 --> 00:48:45,958 Don't need a fucking partner. I know that. 880 00:48:46,080 --> 00:48:48,435 You know, there's something about... 881 00:48:48,560 --> 00:48:50,949 finding gold... 882 00:48:51,080 --> 00:48:53,389 that is so difficult to put into words. 883 00:48:56,160 --> 00:48:57,718 It's real difficult. 884 00:48:59,680 --> 00:49:02,114 Taste of it on your tongue. 885 00:49:02,240 --> 00:49:04,708 The feel of it between your fingers, 886 00:49:04,840 --> 00:49:07,070 it's... it's electric. 887 00:49:09,120 --> 00:49:11,315 It's like a drug, 888 00:49:11,440 --> 00:49:13,749 'cause it hooks you. 889 00:49:13,880 --> 00:49:17,031 And it's precisely what you're missing here in the city. 890 00:49:17,160 --> 00:49:19,480 It's what makes it so hard for us to have this conversation 891 00:49:19,520 --> 00:49:22,114 because you have never felt it. 892 00:49:23,600 --> 00:49:26,797 So I have a proposal for you. 893 00:49:26,920 --> 00:49:28,831 Put together your institutional players, 894 00:49:28,960 --> 00:49:32,316 the guys who rep the big money. 895 00:49:32,440 --> 00:49:35,477 Whoever needs to kick the tires on this thing. 896 00:49:35,600 --> 00:49:38,797 I will take them on a little trip up the river. 897 00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:43,632 So... it was Acosta 898 00:49:43,760 --> 00:49:46,115 who proposed the-the junket in Kensana? 899 00:49:46,240 --> 00:49:48,800 Or did you cook that up together? 900 00:49:48,960 --> 00:49:51,474 KENNY : Oh, Jennings, you're... you're not getting it. 901 00:49:51,600 --> 00:49:55,434 Look, we-we didn't feel like we had to cook up anything. 902 00:49:55,560 --> 00:49:57,835 I mean, I had people coming at me from all sides. 903 00:49:57,960 --> 00:49:59,757 My-my neighbor, Hart Hubbard, 904 00:49:59,880 --> 00:50:01,757 he's a lawn care professional. 905 00:50:01,880 --> 00:50:03,996 Usually only worried about Kay's mulberry tree 906 00:50:04,120 --> 00:50:05,519 leaning over the back of his fence, 907 00:50:05,640 --> 00:50:07,870 but now he's dropping mining terms. 908 00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:10,798 "Hey, Kenny, how's the grade purity over there at Kensana? 909 00:50:10,920 --> 00:50:13,593 I hear it's great. How about the core frequency?" 910 00:50:13,720 --> 00:50:16,154 Hart fucking Hubbard. He mows grass for a living. 911 00:50:16,320 --> 00:50:18,656 - We interviewed Mr. Hubbard. - What I'm saying is we didn't 912 00:50:18,680 --> 00:50:20,080 think we needed to cook up anything. 913 00:50:20,120 --> 00:50:21,314 Everybody wanted in. 914 00:50:21,440 --> 00:50:24,273 So it was Acosta who proposed the banker junket? 915 00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:32,518 Yes. 916 00:50:34,920 --> 00:50:36,717 It was a genius move. 917 00:50:36,840 --> 00:50:39,308 KENNY : Now, you get outside, 918 00:50:39,440 --> 00:50:42,512 stick close to me and hang on to your wallets. 919 00:50:42,680 --> 00:50:44,432 (horns honking) 920 00:50:44,600 --> 00:50:46,795 (speaks indistinctly) 921 00:50:46,920 --> 00:50:48,831 Come on, come on. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. 922 00:50:48,960 --> 00:50:50,656 Back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back. 923 00:50:50,680 --> 00:50:52,398 There he is. 924 00:50:52,520 --> 00:50:55,751 Gentlemen, Mike Acosta. 925 00:50:55,880 --> 00:50:57,359 Glen. 926 00:50:57,480 --> 00:50:58,799 Acosta. 927 00:50:58,920 --> 00:50:59,920 - Bobby. - Acosta. 928 00:51:00,040 --> 00:51:01,359 Jeff Jackson. 929 00:51:01,480 --> 00:51:03,596 If any one of you wants to turn back, 930 00:51:03,720 --> 00:51:05,073 this is your chance. 931 00:51:06,200 --> 00:51:07,474 What's that? 932 00:51:07,600 --> 00:51:09,318 (laughing) 933 00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:11,510 He's just messing with you. Welcome to Indo, boys. 934 00:51:12,760 --> 00:51:13,988 MIKE : When we got the hit, 935 00:51:14,120 --> 00:51:16,111 we stepped out in a radiating pattern 936 00:51:16,240 --> 00:51:19,232 and we kept going until we had the definitive picture. 937 00:51:19,360 --> 00:51:21,874 We're mapping the underlying geology. 938 00:51:22,000 --> 00:51:25,549 The cores are cut into sections, and then crushed. 939 00:51:25,680 --> 00:51:26,874 (metallic clang) 940 00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:29,673 They are then bagged and sealed. 941 00:51:29,800 --> 00:51:33,679 This cage is guarded 24/7. 942 00:51:33,800 --> 00:51:36,837 Under guard, the samples are sent down river 943 00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:39,315 to independent labs in Kalimantan. 944 00:51:39,440 --> 00:51:41,556 If a seal is broken or damaged in any way, 945 00:51:41,680 --> 00:51:44,752 the lab, by law, has to discard the entire sample. 946 00:51:44,880 --> 00:51:46,711 Every safeguard has been put in place 947 00:51:46,840 --> 00:51:48,796 to assure the security of the process. 948 00:51:48,920 --> 00:51:52,674 Diamond-tipped saw blades, rock crushers. 949 00:51:52,800 --> 00:51:55,268 Core samples being ripped from the guts of the Earth. 950 00:51:55,400 --> 00:51:57,277 It all sounds great, but... 951 00:51:59,440 --> 00:52:01,670 ...you boys want to see some gold. 952 00:52:07,040 --> 00:52:09,554 No one's going to believe this shit. 953 00:52:09,680 --> 00:52:11,272 So, what do you think? 954 00:52:13,200 --> 00:52:14,952 Not sure. What about you? 955 00:52:15,080 --> 00:52:16,696 Acosta seems to know what he's talking about, 956 00:52:16,720 --> 00:52:18,676 but, uh, I don't know. 957 00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:22,789 Hey. Hey. 958 00:52:22,920 --> 00:52:24,069 Come here, come here. 959 00:52:24,240 --> 00:52:25,753 I think I... I think I got something. 960 00:52:40,320 --> 00:52:41,435 See this? 961 00:52:42,480 --> 00:52:43,674 Few more like this, 962 00:52:43,800 --> 00:52:45,995 you can pave Wall Street. 963 00:52:47,280 --> 00:52:49,794 (laughing) 964 00:52:49,920 --> 00:52:51,576 KENNY : When Jackson pulled that nugget out, 965 00:52:51,600 --> 00:52:52,919 we had 'em. 966 00:52:53,040 --> 00:52:54,996 BRIAN : Brown, Thomas is proud 967 00:52:55,120 --> 00:52:58,430 to announce the public offering of 27 million shares 968 00:52:58,560 --> 00:53:00,790 of class A common stock 969 00:53:00,920 --> 00:53:03,673 and the initial listing of Washoe Mining 970 00:53:03,800 --> 00:53:05,916 on the New York Stock Exchange! 971 00:53:06,040 --> 00:53:08,918 (cheering) 972 00:53:09,080 --> 00:53:12,277 We're all going to make a lot of fucking money! 973 00:53:12,400 --> 00:53:15,437 ("Rip It Up" by Orange Juice plays) 974 00:53:17,880 --> 00:53:19,720 DOORMAN : Welcome to the Waldorf Astoria, ma'am. 975 00:53:21,560 --> 00:53:23,755 We'll get your bags right upstairs. 976 00:53:44,120 --> 00:53:45,951 Kenny? 977 00:53:46,080 --> 00:53:47,593 Are you here? 978 00:53:51,000 --> 00:53:52,399 Baby? 979 00:53:52,520 --> 00:53:54,238 Where are you? 980 00:53:58,600 --> 00:53:59,600 KENNY : Ah. 981 00:54:00,920 --> 00:54:01,955 KAY: Oh, my goodness. 982 00:54:02,080 --> 00:54:03,195 KENNY : You surprised? 983 00:54:03,320 --> 00:54:04,753 Yeah. 984 00:54:06,520 --> 00:54:08,192 It's your favorite flower, right? 985 00:54:10,880 --> 00:54:11,880 Babe. 986 00:54:13,280 --> 00:54:15,669 You look beautiful, Kay. 987 00:54:15,800 --> 00:54:17,711 Come here. 988 00:54:17,840 --> 00:54:20,513 I have missed you so much. 989 00:54:20,640 --> 00:54:23,108 You have no idea. 990 00:54:25,840 --> 00:54:27,637 (moaning) 991 00:54:30,000 --> 00:54:32,150 Are these the softest sheets you've ever felt? 992 00:54:32,280 --> 00:54:34,316 - Yeah, you know, I think they are. - Yeah. 993 00:54:34,440 --> 00:54:37,238 - You want to get under 'em? - Yeah. 994 00:54:53,120 --> 00:54:54,599 KENNY : Oh, hello, men. 995 00:54:54,720 --> 00:54:55,920 Everyone, meet the lovely Kay. 996 00:54:55,960 --> 00:54:57,216 - Brian. - Hi. - Nice to meet you. 997 00:54:57,240 --> 00:54:58,593 - Hollis. Kay. - Hi. 998 00:54:58,720 --> 00:54:59,920 - Pleasure. - Nice to meet you. 999 00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:01,319 - Stanton, you know. - Hey. 1000 00:55:01,480 --> 00:55:04,199 The only man in this business that sweats as much as I do. 1001 00:55:04,360 --> 00:55:06,316 All right, let's do this, huh? 1002 00:55:06,440 --> 00:55:08,158 Ah, there he is. 1003 00:55:08,320 --> 00:55:09,878 Mike Acosta, the one and only. 1004 00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:12,195 Mike, meet Kay. 1005 00:55:12,320 --> 00:55:14,629 Two of my favorite people in the world. 1006 00:55:14,760 --> 00:55:17,399 You know this one stole my watch to go meet you. 1007 00:55:17,520 --> 00:55:18,776 - You stole her watch? - Oh, no, no, no. - No... 1008 00:55:18,800 --> 00:55:20,016 - I'm just teasing. - She's just teasing. 1009 00:55:20,040 --> 00:55:21,256 - No, you're not. - No, she's not. 1010 00:55:21,280 --> 00:55:22,429 - No, I'm not. - (laughing) 1011 00:55:22,560 --> 00:55:24,551 I didn't know what time it... I got to go. 1012 00:55:24,680 --> 00:55:26,830 It's so good to meet you, Mike. 1013 00:55:26,960 --> 00:55:28,896 - You must be very proud. - Never doubted for a second. 1014 00:55:28,920 --> 00:55:32,037 - (crowd cheering) - (whooping) 1015 00:55:33,040 --> 00:55:35,235 Here we go! Five! 1016 00:55:35,360 --> 00:55:37,271 Four! Three! 1017 00:55:37,400 --> 00:55:39,914 Two! One! 1018 00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:43,992 - Yeah... baby! - (cheering, whooping) 1019 00:55:44,120 --> 00:55:46,111 I'm ringing the bell, baby! 1020 00:55:46,240 --> 00:55:47,639 - ♪ - (cheering) 1021 00:55:50,920 --> 00:55:53,275 (cheering) 1022 00:55:57,880 --> 00:56:00,678 REPORTER : In the story we've been following very closely, 1023 00:56:00,800 --> 00:56:01,915 Washoe Mining 1024 00:56:02,040 --> 00:56:03,598 may be the stock of the year. 1025 00:56:03,720 --> 00:56:04,914 REPORTER 2: On their first day 1026 00:56:05,040 --> 00:56:07,918 on the New York Stock Exchange, Washoe Mining 1027 00:56:08,040 --> 00:56:10,793 turned into a rocket ship today. 1028 00:56:10,920 --> 00:56:12,831 ♪ 1029 00:56:16,120 --> 00:56:18,918 - Hi. Great to meet you. - Kenny. Mike. Come. 1030 00:56:23,720 --> 00:56:25,472 Oh. 1031 00:56:25,600 --> 00:56:26,874 No, I'm okay. Thank you. 1032 00:56:27,000 --> 00:56:29,309 This and the money are in the genes. 1033 00:56:31,480 --> 00:56:33,835 (low, indistinct conversations) 1034 00:56:39,040 --> 00:56:40,720 How are you? Kenny Wells. Good to meet you. 1035 00:56:51,240 --> 00:56:52,753 (laughter) 1036 00:56:54,920 --> 00:56:56,956 True fucking story. 1037 00:56:58,400 --> 00:57:00,391 Who at this table wants to know the secret 1038 00:57:00,560 --> 00:57:02,312 to winning bets at pro football? 1039 00:57:02,480 --> 00:57:04,216 - BOBBY : What's that? - Take the east coast team 1040 00:57:04,240 --> 00:57:05,673 every fucking time. You know why? 1041 00:57:05,800 --> 00:57:09,395 The west coast team... to them, they're playing after midnight. 1042 00:57:20,760 --> 00:57:22,398 (sighs) 1043 00:57:22,520 --> 00:57:25,239 (low, indistinct conversations) 1044 00:57:29,080 --> 00:57:30,911 - Rachel Hill. - Mm. 1045 00:57:31,040 --> 00:57:32,678 - Giants fan. - Kenny Wells, Rachel. 1046 00:57:32,840 --> 00:57:34,120 So, what do you do, Rachel Hill? 1047 00:57:34,160 --> 00:57:35,798 - Investor relations. - Mm. 1048 00:57:35,920 --> 00:57:37,478 Brown, Thomas. On the team. 1049 00:57:37,640 --> 00:57:39,915 Cheers to that. You got to be the best-looking one 1050 00:57:40,040 --> 00:57:41,951 on the team, I'll tell you that. 1051 00:57:44,480 --> 00:57:45,720 BRIAN : It's like a drunk raccoon 1052 00:57:45,760 --> 00:57:47,273 got a hold of the Hope diamond. 1053 00:57:47,440 --> 00:57:49,032 You don't want to get too close, 1054 00:57:49,160 --> 00:57:50,656 but you're not going to let it get away either. 1055 00:57:50,680 --> 00:57:51,908 (laughs) 1056 00:57:52,040 --> 00:57:53,917 - It's your raccoon. - Mm. 1057 00:57:54,040 --> 00:57:56,349 You let it run a multi-billion-dollar company? 1058 00:57:56,480 --> 00:57:57,680 What, and lose you as a client 1059 00:57:57,720 --> 00:57:59,358 and half the rest of my business? 1060 00:57:59,480 --> 00:58:00,799 There's risks and there's risks. 1061 00:58:00,920 --> 00:58:03,115 Still, it was a good fucking day. 1062 00:58:03,240 --> 00:58:05,595 Now, who wants to buy me a drink? 1063 00:58:05,720 --> 00:58:07,312 Three double shots of Jack. 1064 00:58:07,440 --> 00:58:10,398 So tell me, to go out into the wilderness 1065 00:58:10,520 --> 00:58:12,795 with your bare hands 1066 00:58:12,920 --> 00:58:16,356 and discover something that everybody wants... 1067 00:58:18,440 --> 00:58:20,396 ...how does that feel? 1068 00:58:20,520 --> 00:58:22,829 I, uh... propose a toast. 1069 00:58:22,960 --> 00:58:24,837 Hear, hear. 1070 00:58:24,960 --> 00:58:28,270 To a small creature, often misunderstood. 1071 00:58:28,440 --> 00:58:30,795 (glasses clink) 1072 00:58:33,320 --> 00:58:34,958 To the raccoon. 1073 00:58:47,000 --> 00:58:48,991 Well, fuck me. 1074 00:58:49,120 --> 00:58:51,998 ("Blue Monday" by New Order plays) 1075 00:58:54,480 --> 00:58:55,993 (quietly): River of gold. 1076 00:58:56,120 --> 00:58:57,473 ♪ 1077 00:58:57,600 --> 00:58:59,511 The thing is, if you don't watch it, 1078 00:58:59,680 --> 00:59:01,159 gold will grow on you. 1079 00:59:01,280 --> 00:59:03,077 (laughing) 1080 00:59:04,240 --> 00:59:06,151 - I can see that now. - Mm. 1081 00:59:08,080 --> 00:59:09,496 - I don't want to talk about it. - What did... 1082 00:59:09,520 --> 00:59:10,839 I wasn't doing anything. 1083 00:59:10,960 --> 00:59:12,951 I said I don't want to talk about it! 1084 00:59:13,080 --> 00:59:14,991 Well, what the fuck should I have done, huh? 1085 00:59:15,120 --> 00:59:16,616 Just bend her over the table right there 1086 00:59:16,640 --> 00:59:17,976 and fucking banged her in front of everybody? 1087 00:59:18,000 --> 00:59:19,480 You are too drunk to get it up anyway. 1088 00:59:19,600 --> 00:59:21,670 I'll take that challenge, baby. 1089 00:59:21,800 --> 00:59:25,793 I don't care about you flirting with Miss Pneumatic 1988. 1090 00:59:25,920 --> 00:59:27,840 You think I haven't seen that shit before, Kenny? 1091 00:59:27,880 --> 00:59:29,359 She had tiny little fucking titties. 1092 00:59:29,480 --> 00:59:30,754 You don't think they were real? 1093 00:59:30,920 --> 00:59:34,071 No, none of this is real. None of it. 1094 00:59:34,200 --> 00:59:35,349 KENNY : Why are you fucking... 1095 00:59:35,480 --> 00:59:37,072 We made it! 1096 00:59:37,200 --> 00:59:40,078 - Shit. - Baby, what the fuck?! 1097 00:59:45,440 --> 00:59:47,556 You know what your problem is, Kay? 1098 00:59:49,200 --> 00:59:52,033 - No. Why don't you tell me. - You've got no vision. 1099 00:59:52,160 --> 00:59:53,832 Right? Fucking vision. 1100 00:59:53,960 --> 00:59:56,176 Your vision starts right here, and it goes to right here. 1101 00:59:56,200 --> 00:59:57,696 Right here is the fucking kitchen sink, 1102 00:59:57,720 --> 00:59:59,551 and right here's the goddamn parking lot 1103 00:59:59,680 --> 01:00:01,955 at the furniture store. 1104 01:00:02,080 --> 01:00:04,548 - Come on. - You mean an actual job 1105 01:00:04,680 --> 01:00:06,680 that would support a person in the place they live? 1106 01:00:06,800 --> 01:00:08,153 You mean that vision? 1107 01:00:10,320 --> 01:00:11,548 You know what? Fuck you. 1108 01:00:11,680 --> 01:00:13,955 - Ah, Kay, fuck me. - Fuck you. 1109 01:00:14,080 --> 01:00:15,376 Fuck you. Fuck... Wh-wh-what, what? 1110 01:00:15,400 --> 01:00:18,198 Don't you see what's happening here? 1111 01:00:18,320 --> 01:00:19,400 Oh, great. Go... Yeah, yeah. 1112 01:00:19,480 --> 01:00:21,516 Pack your shit, run back to your shitty life, huh? 1113 01:00:21,640 --> 01:00:24,108 - You know what? I like my shitty life. - Christ. 1114 01:00:24,240 --> 01:00:26,356 - It's mine. - Fucking giving this up. 1115 01:00:26,480 --> 01:00:28,994 You always wanted a broken bird, didn't you? 1116 01:00:29,120 --> 01:00:30,553 Said the right things, but in here, 1117 01:00:30,680 --> 01:00:32,830 you never fucking believed in me, did you? 1118 01:00:35,240 --> 01:00:38,630 You never believed in me, did you, Kay? 1119 01:00:38,760 --> 01:00:41,433 Hmm? You like me losing, don't you? 1120 01:00:41,560 --> 01:00:43,536 - How can you even say that? - It makes you feel comfortable, 1121 01:00:43,560 --> 01:00:45,176 doesn't it? Does it feel comfortable, Kay? 1122 01:00:45,200 --> 01:00:48,749 These people are using you. 1123 01:00:48,880 --> 01:00:51,474 - They don't care about you. - I don't fucking... 1124 01:00:51,600 --> 01:00:53,560 (crying): And they certainly don't believe in you. 1125 01:00:53,680 --> 01:00:55,955 - Yeah, but, Kay, I found gold. - (crying): Goddamn... 1126 01:00:56,080 --> 01:00:57,229 Now we're winning, babe. 1127 01:00:57,360 --> 01:00:59,316 Would you just let me have the win? 1128 01:01:01,160 --> 01:01:03,469 We're winning! 1129 01:01:04,720 --> 01:01:06,517 (glass breaking) 1130 01:01:07,880 --> 01:01:11,555 It ever occur to you that I know what I'm doing? 1131 01:01:11,680 --> 01:01:12,829 I hope you do. 1132 01:01:12,960 --> 01:01:14,439 Huh? 1133 01:01:14,560 --> 01:01:15,560 I do. 1134 01:01:17,920 --> 01:01:21,913 - I love what's in there... - Mm. 1135 01:01:22,040 --> 01:01:23,837 more than you'll ever know. 1136 01:01:25,960 --> 01:01:28,349 These guys are going to tear you up. 1137 01:01:29,920 --> 01:01:31,319 Mm. 1138 01:01:31,440 --> 01:01:34,273 Don't ask me to watch what happens next. 1139 01:01:34,400 --> 01:01:36,550 I know what I'm doing, Kay. 1140 01:01:36,680 --> 01:01:38,511 I know what I'm fucking doing. 1141 01:01:38,640 --> 01:01:39,709 (door slam shut) 1142 01:01:43,440 --> 01:01:45,670 JENNINGS: What'd you do next, Wells? 1143 01:01:49,520 --> 01:01:51,909 What did I do? 1144 01:01:54,880 --> 01:01:56,279 I rode it. 1145 01:01:56,440 --> 01:01:58,795 ♪ 1146 01:01:58,920 --> 01:02:01,514 I rode it, Jennings. 1147 01:02:01,640 --> 01:02:03,995 ♪ 1148 01:02:10,640 --> 01:02:12,278 (chatter, laughter) 1149 01:02:19,800 --> 01:02:21,376 BARTENDER : Another double. Seagram's on the rocks. 1150 01:02:21,400 --> 01:02:23,152 Yes, sir. 1151 01:02:23,280 --> 01:02:24,480 RACHEL: And I'll have the same. 1152 01:02:25,960 --> 01:02:28,713 Oh, goddamn. You don't have to impress me. 1153 01:02:28,840 --> 01:02:31,718 Reminds me of my childhood. 1154 01:02:31,840 --> 01:02:33,751 So how is everything 1155 01:02:33,880 --> 01:02:37,316 in the very enchanted world of Kenny Wells? 1156 01:02:37,480 --> 01:02:39,755 I feel like a million bucks, 1157 01:02:39,880 --> 01:02:42,235 only a few hundred times better. 1158 01:02:42,400 --> 01:02:44,709 That must be a very nice feeling. 1159 01:02:44,840 --> 01:02:46,990 Yeah. It looks like there's a... 1160 01:02:47,120 --> 01:02:50,271 a few other people around here with a similar feeling. 1161 01:02:50,400 --> 01:02:52,311 Mm, maybe. 1162 01:02:52,440 --> 01:02:55,398 Maybe not. 1163 01:02:55,520 --> 01:02:57,476 (crickets chirping, water splashing) 1164 01:02:59,800 --> 01:03:03,349 KENNY : How does someone like yourself end up, uh, here? 1165 01:03:03,480 --> 01:03:05,277 I know Tom. 1166 01:03:05,400 --> 01:03:06,628 Tom is a friend. 1167 01:03:06,800 --> 01:03:08,791 - Oh, I bet he is. - (laughs) Now, now. 1168 01:03:08,920 --> 01:03:11,718 I stay with his cousin, Timmy, down the lane. 1169 01:03:13,600 --> 01:03:15,113 Timmy's really quite a character, 1170 01:03:15,240 --> 01:03:16,753 if you get to know him. 1171 01:03:16,880 --> 01:03:18,393 I don't know Timmy. 1172 01:03:20,840 --> 01:03:23,229 I don't really feel like talking. 1173 01:03:23,400 --> 01:03:26,119 Let's just feel things. 1174 01:03:31,520 --> 01:03:33,351 MAN : Wells. 1175 01:03:34,920 --> 01:03:37,559 - Kenny Wells? - KENNY : Uh-huh. 1176 01:03:37,680 --> 01:03:39,193 Mark Hancock. 1177 01:03:39,320 --> 01:03:42,392 Seems I've caught you at a bit of a disadvantage, Mr. Wells. 1178 01:03:44,560 --> 01:03:45,879 Depends on how you look at it. 1179 01:03:46,000 --> 01:03:47,991 Kenny goddamn Wells, Mark. 1180 01:03:48,120 --> 01:03:50,190 This is Rachel. 1181 01:03:50,320 --> 01:03:51,336 Oh, I know the lovely Rachel. 1182 01:03:51,360 --> 01:03:53,157 KENNY : You know, this son of a bitch here, 1183 01:03:53,280 --> 01:03:56,317 he controls more gold than anybody on the goddamn planet. 1184 01:03:56,440 --> 01:03:59,750 With the possible exception now of Mr. Wells. 1185 01:04:05,640 --> 01:04:07,358 This is how it happens, huh? 1186 01:04:08,840 --> 01:04:10,956 This is how it happens. 1187 01:04:11,080 --> 01:04:13,514 Goddamn. 1188 01:04:13,640 --> 01:04:16,393 ("Temptation" by New Order plays) 1189 01:04:28,800 --> 01:04:30,279 MARK : What can I tell you? 1190 01:04:30,400 --> 01:04:32,096 - Kenny, it's a generous offer. - It's a fucking joke! 1191 01:04:32,120 --> 01:04:33,235 Let's-let's take this... 1192 01:04:33,360 --> 01:04:35,920 This isn't a deal, Brian. This is a goddamn rape. 1193 01:04:36,040 --> 01:04:38,270 - Listen... listen to me. - No, no, this is mine! 1194 01:04:38,400 --> 01:04:40,391 It's mine! I-I found it! 1195 01:04:40,560 --> 01:04:42,471 Me and Mike. We were the ones up to our ass 1196 01:04:42,600 --> 01:04:45,319 in the mud and the shit and the malaria. 1197 01:04:45,480 --> 01:04:47,869 And this little prick offers a minority partnership? 1198 01:04:48,000 --> 01:04:49,736 Kenny, let's keep some perspective here, okay? 1199 01:04:49,760 --> 01:04:51,671 Whenever anybody offers this amount of money, 1200 01:04:51,800 --> 01:04:52,915 it's a good day. 1201 01:04:53,040 --> 01:04:54,393 You may say yes, you may say no, 1202 01:04:54,520 --> 01:04:56,256 but it's not like anybody's trying to offend you. 1203 01:04:56,280 --> 01:04:57,800 Well, mission goddamn not accomplished. 1204 01:04:57,840 --> 01:04:59,680 Hancock and Newport Holdings have the expertise 1205 01:04:59,800 --> 01:05:01,518 and the experience to bring this home. 1206 01:05:01,640 --> 01:05:03,416 - This was always there as a contingency. - No, no. 1207 01:05:03,440 --> 01:05:05,351 - You know that. - No, no, no. 1208 01:05:05,480 --> 01:05:07,675 This is when Washoe Mining becomes a player, 1209 01:05:07,840 --> 01:05:09,319 right here, right fucking now. 1210 01:05:09,440 --> 01:05:11,874 Not Mark fucking Hancock and Newport Holdings. 1211 01:05:13,360 --> 01:05:15,510 I don't even see our name on here, Brian. 1212 01:05:15,680 --> 01:05:17,159 You took our fucking name... 1213 01:05:17,280 --> 01:05:19,635 you took my name off it. 1214 01:05:19,760 --> 01:05:22,194 But if we take a step back here, 1215 01:05:22,320 --> 01:05:24,038 wouldn't it not be terrible 1216 01:05:24,160 --> 01:05:25,991 to sit back and enjoy your success? 1217 01:05:26,120 --> 01:05:27,712 "Wouldn't it not be terrible"? 1218 01:05:27,840 --> 01:05:30,115 What the fuck kind of way of talking is that, Brian? 1219 01:05:30,240 --> 01:05:31,673 W-W-Wouldn't it not be terrible 1220 01:05:31,800 --> 01:05:33,016 if I bend over and grab my ankles 1221 01:05:33,040 --> 01:05:35,076 so you could fuck me up the ass? 1222 01:05:35,240 --> 01:05:37,390 You think you can buy me out and take my name? 1223 01:05:37,520 --> 01:05:39,556 Or just throw Kenny Wells to the fucking cornfield? 1224 01:05:39,680 --> 01:05:41,636 Fuck you, Brian. 1225 01:05:41,760 --> 01:05:44,274 If we hit pause for a second 1226 01:05:44,400 --> 01:05:47,790 and consider, without emotion, 1227 01:05:47,960 --> 01:05:49,439 I think you'll realize 1228 01:05:49,560 --> 01:05:52,313 that this is one of those very rare moments 1229 01:05:52,440 --> 01:05:55,796 where, with a stroke of a pen, no one in your family... 1230 01:05:55,920 --> 01:05:57,956 I'm talking your children's grandchildren... 1231 01:05:58,080 --> 01:06:01,356 will ever have to worry about money again. 1232 01:06:25,560 --> 01:06:28,154 You see these hands, Brian? 1233 01:06:28,280 --> 01:06:31,272 These are my father's hands. 1234 01:06:31,400 --> 01:06:33,356 I have scratched and clawed through the hot earth 1235 01:06:33,480 --> 01:06:34,799 with these hands, 1236 01:06:34,920 --> 01:06:38,469 and I will bury you with these hands. 1237 01:06:40,360 --> 01:06:44,990 Now, you go tell that silky sable, Mark Hancock... 1238 01:06:45,120 --> 01:06:47,759 he works for Kenny Wells. 1239 01:06:48,880 --> 01:06:51,633 My fucking day. 1240 01:06:51,760 --> 01:06:53,398 My day! 1241 01:06:57,760 --> 01:06:59,876 (sighs) 1242 01:07:02,000 --> 01:07:04,719 You know, I almost respect this guy. 1243 01:07:05,800 --> 01:07:07,016 JENNINGS: That was a pretty foolish 1244 01:07:07,040 --> 01:07:08,519 business decision, wasn't it? 1245 01:07:08,640 --> 01:07:11,473 You're a foot away from living in your car. 1246 01:07:11,600 --> 01:07:15,036 You turned down $300 million? 1247 01:07:15,160 --> 01:07:16,639 Over naming rights? 1248 01:07:20,280 --> 01:07:21,838 Yeah, I did. 1249 01:07:23,840 --> 01:07:28,470 Because Kensana would become a Newport Mine, right? 1250 01:07:28,600 --> 01:07:30,875 And Mark fucking Hancock's Midas touch continues. 1251 01:07:31,000 --> 01:07:32,319 Me, Kenny Wells, 1252 01:07:32,480 --> 01:07:34,152 the-the lucky bastard who fell down drunk 1253 01:07:34,320 --> 01:07:36,629 and woke up in a pile of cash. No. 1254 01:07:39,880 --> 01:07:42,075 It was my dream. 1255 01:07:44,440 --> 01:07:46,317 I dreamed it. 1256 01:07:49,280 --> 01:07:52,795 You sell your dream... 1257 01:07:52,960 --> 01:07:55,110 what do you have left? 1258 01:08:10,480 --> 01:08:12,436 ♪ 1259 01:08:31,640 --> 01:08:33,471 (speaking local language) 1260 01:08:38,120 --> 01:08:39,792 Good morning, Stacy. How are you today? 1261 01:08:39,920 --> 01:08:41,273 - Good. - How's Ronnie? Good? 1262 01:08:41,400 --> 01:08:42,958 - Thank you. - Okay. Mm. - Kenny. 1263 01:08:43,080 --> 01:08:44,200 Mike's on the line. Come on. 1264 01:08:44,320 --> 01:08:45,976 - Mike, hang on. Kenny... Kenny's here. - Come on! 1265 01:08:46,000 --> 01:08:48,309 - It's Mike. It's a fucking shit-storm. - Mm. 1266 01:08:48,440 --> 01:08:49,919 Mikey, what's up? 1267 01:08:50,040 --> 01:08:51,075 They're locking us out. 1268 01:08:51,200 --> 01:08:52,576 - They're what? - They're locking us out! 1269 01:08:52,600 --> 01:08:53,635 The military's here. 1270 01:08:53,760 --> 01:08:54,920 They're taking over the mine. 1271 01:08:55,000 --> 01:08:57,195 What happened at your meeting with Hancock? 1272 01:08:57,360 --> 01:08:58,873 What happened at the meeting, Kenny?! 1273 01:08:59,000 --> 01:09:02,675 Listen, Mike, they-they were trying to push us out. 1274 01:09:02,800 --> 01:09:04,756 Push us out? Wha-What do you mean, push us out? 1275 01:09:04,880 --> 01:09:06,996 They took... they took our names off it, Mike. 1276 01:09:07,160 --> 01:09:09,435 Mine and yours. They took our fucking names off. 1277 01:09:09,560 --> 01:09:10,993 Aw, you fucking moron! 1278 01:09:11,120 --> 01:09:13,839 They can't... can't just revoke the-the permit, all right? 1279 01:09:14,000 --> 01:09:14,830 They can't just steal it away. 1280 01:09:15,000 --> 01:09:16,176 Kenny, what? What the fuck is going on? 1281 01:09:16,200 --> 01:09:17,656 MIKE : Of course they can revoke the permit! 1282 01:09:17,680 --> 01:09:19,477 Suharto can do whatever the fuck he wants! 1283 01:09:19,600 --> 01:09:21,272 Hey! Hey! 1284 01:09:21,400 --> 01:09:22,469 ♪ 1285 01:09:22,600 --> 01:09:24,670 - Mike! - Kenny, what's going on? 1286 01:09:24,800 --> 01:09:26,518 - What the fuck is going on? - Shh! 1287 01:09:26,680 --> 01:09:28,193 (speaking local language) 1288 01:09:29,800 --> 01:09:31,791 - Mike. Mike. - MIKE : Kenny, we lost the site. 1289 01:09:31,920 --> 01:09:33,194 I told you, man. 1290 01:09:33,320 --> 01:09:35,436 You knew exactly who we were dealing with. 1291 01:09:35,560 --> 01:09:37,676 These people are killers. 1292 01:09:37,800 --> 01:09:39,916 Hancock first among them. 1293 01:09:40,040 --> 01:09:42,315 I told you, Kenny. 1294 01:09:42,440 --> 01:09:45,671 - Now it's gone. - Uh... 1295 01:09:48,320 --> 01:09:50,117 (takes deep breath) 1296 01:09:54,840 --> 01:09:57,070 KENNY : So it turns out that in addition 1297 01:09:57,200 --> 01:09:59,270 to having, um, longstanding ties 1298 01:09:59,400 --> 01:10:00,833 with Suharto... 1299 01:10:00,960 --> 01:10:03,554 Newport Holdings actually had on its board 1300 01:10:03,680 --> 01:10:06,558 a certain ex-president of the United States. 1301 01:10:06,720 --> 01:10:08,870 Who was also... (chuckles softly) 1302 01:10:09,000 --> 01:10:11,434 in one of Suharto's weddings... 1303 01:10:11,600 --> 01:10:13,033 as a groomsman. 1304 01:10:13,160 --> 01:10:15,071 So you see, that whole time they're telling me 1305 01:10:15,200 --> 01:10:16,952 how rich my grandkids are gonna be, 1306 01:10:17,080 --> 01:10:18,399 they got a backup plan. 1307 01:10:18,520 --> 01:10:20,795 They're gonna pick my pocket and steal it all away. 1308 01:10:23,640 --> 01:10:25,631 ♪ 1309 01:10:37,080 --> 01:10:39,469 TV NEWSMAN : Washoe stock was off nearly 50 points 1310 01:10:39,600 --> 01:10:41,238 at the opening bell this morning 1311 01:10:41,360 --> 01:10:43,954 on news of the Suharto government's revocation 1312 01:10:44,080 --> 01:10:46,548 of Washoe's exploration rights. 1313 01:10:46,720 --> 01:10:49,553 President and CEO, Kenny Wells, has not... 1314 01:10:49,720 --> 01:10:52,154 KENNY : All fucking con men. They stole it's what they did. 1315 01:10:52,280 --> 01:10:53,679 They goddamn stole it. 1316 01:10:56,720 --> 01:10:57,994 Mm. 1317 01:11:00,280 --> 01:11:01,793 (Kenny coughs) 1318 01:11:01,920 --> 01:11:04,036 You're gonna need to go home, Kenny. 1319 01:11:04,160 --> 01:11:06,151 Just pour me a goddamn drink, Roy. 1320 01:11:06,320 --> 01:11:08,276 Go home, Kenny. 1321 01:11:10,760 --> 01:11:12,273 (pounds bartop) 1322 01:11:17,320 --> 01:11:18,469 KAY: This is us. 1323 01:11:18,600 --> 01:11:19,953 We can't get to the phone... 1324 01:11:21,360 --> 01:11:24,113 (vehicles passing by) 1325 01:11:24,240 --> 01:11:25,798 Wrong number. 1326 01:11:30,320 --> 01:11:32,276 (phone ringing) 1327 01:11:34,040 --> 01:11:35,234 KAY: This is us. 1328 01:11:35,360 --> 01:11:37,191 We can't get to the phone right now. 1329 01:11:37,320 --> 01:11:38,719 You know what to do. 1330 01:11:38,840 --> 01:11:40,353 (beep) 1331 01:11:40,520 --> 01:11:42,238 KENNY : Hey, hey, Kay. 1332 01:11:43,360 --> 01:11:44,759 It's me. Uh... 1333 01:11:46,440 --> 01:11:48,749 I-I-I-I guess you're not home, 1334 01:11:48,880 --> 01:11:50,029 you know, right now. 1335 01:11:50,200 --> 01:11:53,829 I was... and I was just calling... 1336 01:11:53,960 --> 01:11:56,872 Honey, I really... I want to hear your voice. 1337 01:11:57,040 --> 01:11:58,678 (Kenny exhales) 1338 01:12:00,360 --> 01:12:03,113 I s... I-I screwed up, Kay. 1339 01:12:05,760 --> 01:12:08,638 (sighs) I want... I wanted to build something. 1340 01:12:10,000 --> 01:12:12,434 Something real that would last... 1341 01:12:12,560 --> 01:12:15,233 last for you and me and... 1342 01:12:15,360 --> 01:12:17,590 (exhales): for Dad. 1343 01:12:21,000 --> 01:12:22,274 (sighs) 1344 01:12:27,320 --> 01:12:29,151 (crying): That's all I wanted to do. 1345 01:12:29,320 --> 01:12:30,799 (Kay sighs) 1346 01:12:30,920 --> 01:12:32,876 But you were right, you know? 1347 01:12:33,000 --> 01:12:34,877 - (soft, wry chuckle) - You were right. 1348 01:12:35,000 --> 01:12:37,673 Again. 1349 01:12:40,240 --> 01:12:42,196 I love you, Kay. 1350 01:12:44,000 --> 01:12:46,639 Mm, I'm gonna... I'm gonna stop now. 1351 01:12:46,760 --> 01:12:48,637 I'm-I'm not gonna call... 1352 01:12:48,800 --> 01:12:51,155 I'm not gonna call you anymore. 1353 01:12:53,080 --> 01:12:54,638 ♪ 1354 01:12:54,760 --> 01:12:56,079 WOMAN : Oh, my God, is that him? 1355 01:12:56,200 --> 01:12:58,191 MAN : Yeah, that's Acosta. 1356 01:12:58,320 --> 01:13:00,959 WOMAN : He looks different in person. 1357 01:13:01,080 --> 01:13:03,640 Isn't he supposed to be in lndonesia? 1358 01:13:06,480 --> 01:13:08,232 Where is he? 1359 01:13:08,400 --> 01:13:10,709 - (soft snoring) - (beeping over phone) 1360 01:13:17,200 --> 01:13:19,760 MIKE : Here you are. 1361 01:13:19,880 --> 01:13:21,279 Get up! 1362 01:13:22,680 --> 01:13:24,416 You don't own my fucking company just 'cause you... 1363 01:13:24,440 --> 01:13:26,136 - Quit fucking kicking me. - (Mike speaking Spanish) 1364 01:13:26,160 --> 01:13:29,197 I didn't know who it was till I heard the cocky fucking talk. 1365 01:13:29,320 --> 01:13:31,072 - Ah? (grunts) - Fucking moron. 1366 01:13:31,200 --> 01:13:32,997 MIKE : Oh, yeah? You're gonna fight? 1367 01:13:33,120 --> 01:13:34,872 Yeah? Yeah? Yeah? Yeah, you want to fight? 1368 01:13:35,000 --> 01:13:36,399 Yeah, you want to fight now? 1369 01:13:36,520 --> 01:13:38,158 After losing my fucking company? 1370 01:13:38,280 --> 01:13:40,430 You want to fight now? Yeah, you want to fight? 1371 01:13:40,600 --> 01:13:43,160 Yeah? Yeah? (continues indistinctly) 1372 01:13:45,960 --> 01:13:47,837 (groans) 1373 01:13:50,640 --> 01:13:52,790 (Kenny sighs) 1374 01:13:52,920 --> 01:13:55,388 (groans) 1375 01:13:55,520 --> 01:13:57,909 You know what they say? 1376 01:13:59,000 --> 01:14:01,275 That you're a drunk. 1377 01:14:01,400 --> 01:14:03,516 A clown. 1378 01:14:03,640 --> 01:14:05,870 Out of your league. 1379 01:14:07,880 --> 01:14:10,519 Yeah, well, fuck them. 1380 01:14:10,640 --> 01:14:12,073 Yeah, fuck them. 1381 01:14:12,200 --> 01:14:13,553 You know what? Fuck you, too. 1382 01:14:13,680 --> 01:14:15,955 You think I want to hear from the fucking golden boy 1383 01:14:16,080 --> 01:14:17,559 standing there in his golden glow 1384 01:14:17,720 --> 01:14:20,314 telling me how messed up everything is? Huh? 1385 01:14:20,440 --> 01:14:22,078 No, go fucking back to your perch 1386 01:14:22,200 --> 01:14:24,111 at the Jakarta Palace, huh? 1387 01:14:24,240 --> 01:14:25,958 Huh? You can use that instinct of yours 1388 01:14:26,080 --> 01:14:27,991 to find some new strike with some new people. 1389 01:14:28,120 --> 01:14:30,475 Is that what you think? 1390 01:14:30,600 --> 01:14:34,036 I know you, man. You're Mike fucking Acosta. 1391 01:14:34,160 --> 01:14:35,593 (sighs) 1392 01:14:35,720 --> 01:14:37,551 Prick. 1393 01:14:41,040 --> 01:14:42,393 Okay. 1394 01:14:44,240 --> 01:14:46,549 Let me tell you what really happened. 1395 01:14:48,920 --> 01:14:51,593 We're in North Sulawesi. 1396 01:14:51,720 --> 01:14:54,075 Monsoon season. 1397 01:14:54,200 --> 01:14:56,077 It's 1980. 1398 01:14:56,200 --> 01:14:57,349 Yeah. 1399 01:14:57,480 --> 01:15:00,199 The famous copper strike. 1400 01:15:01,480 --> 01:15:03,675 Only we was looking for bauxite. 1401 01:15:07,680 --> 01:15:11,036 On my way to... where I'm planning to drill, 1402 01:15:11,160 --> 01:15:13,116 I get us stuck. 1403 01:15:14,800 --> 01:15:17,109 Five feet of mud. 1404 01:15:17,280 --> 01:15:19,999 We're just sitting in the rain day after day, 1405 01:15:20,160 --> 01:15:22,116 watching the metal rust. 1406 01:15:26,840 --> 01:15:28,432 What'd you do? 1407 01:15:28,560 --> 01:15:30,437 Under the theory that it's better 1408 01:15:30,560 --> 01:15:32,630 to do something than nothing, I... 1409 01:15:32,760 --> 01:15:35,672 reported... this was the spot. 1410 01:15:38,360 --> 01:15:40,510 Nowhere became somewhere. 1411 01:15:44,160 --> 01:15:46,276 The place you got stuck. 1412 01:15:49,800 --> 01:15:51,756 I got lucky. 1413 01:15:55,360 --> 01:15:56,679 (chuckles) 1414 01:15:56,800 --> 01:15:59,030 I fucking love that. 1415 01:16:02,240 --> 01:16:06,711 You went looking for bauxite, and you found copper. 1416 01:16:08,200 --> 01:16:12,478 I went looking for gold and... 1417 01:16:12,600 --> 01:16:14,670 found a friend. 1418 01:16:17,920 --> 01:16:19,797 That is the single hokiest thing 1419 01:16:19,920 --> 01:16:22,309 I've ever heard in my life. 1420 01:16:25,520 --> 01:16:27,431 So, you got a plan? 1421 01:16:27,600 --> 01:16:29,318 Don't you? 1422 01:16:29,440 --> 01:16:31,556 ♪ 1423 01:16:39,960 --> 01:16:41,837 KENNY : So, get this. 1424 01:16:41,960 --> 01:16:45,236 Turns out Suharto had a son, 1425 01:16:45,360 --> 01:16:47,476 his youngest, Darmadi, 1426 01:16:47,600 --> 01:16:49,352 AKA Danny. 1427 01:16:49,480 --> 01:16:52,517 Bit of a screw-up, real problem for the old man. 1428 01:16:52,640 --> 01:16:55,871 Mm, safe to say we understood each other. 1429 01:16:56,000 --> 01:16:59,629 So, Suharto had been trying to get Danny set up for years, 1430 01:16:59,800 --> 01:17:02,314 all right, but everything Danny touched turned to shit. 1431 01:17:02,440 --> 01:17:05,193 Now, I figure if we can bring Danny on board 1432 01:17:05,320 --> 01:17:07,311 as a partner, maybe he could get Daddy 1433 01:17:07,440 --> 01:17:10,034 to change his mind and swing things back our way. 1434 01:17:10,160 --> 01:17:12,720 Now, it was a Hail Mary from our own one-yard line, 1435 01:17:12,840 --> 01:17:14,558 but it was all we had. 1436 01:17:14,680 --> 01:17:16,113 But it also didn't hurt 1437 01:17:16,240 --> 01:17:17,992 that Danny had been regularly ignored 1438 01:17:18,120 --> 01:17:20,634 by a certain ex-president of the United States 1439 01:17:20,760 --> 01:17:23,035 who was a groomsman at his father's third wedding 1440 01:17:23,200 --> 01:17:27,239 and also happened to sit on the board at Newport Holdings. 1441 01:17:27,360 --> 01:17:29,920 So, this guy goes to a Cadillac dealership. 1442 01:17:30,080 --> 01:17:31,656 Right? Dealer comes out and he says, "Sir, 1443 01:17:31,680 --> 01:17:33,216 are you thinking about buying a Cadillac?" 1444 01:17:33,240 --> 01:17:35,231 He says, "No. I'm definitely buying a Cadillac. 1445 01:17:35,360 --> 01:17:37,316 "What I'm thinking about... 1446 01:17:37,440 --> 01:17:39,237 is pussy." 1447 01:17:41,400 --> 01:17:43,356 (Kenny laughing) 1448 01:17:45,160 --> 01:17:47,310 (laughing): Pussy. 1449 01:17:47,440 --> 01:17:48,839 (chuckles) 1450 01:17:50,080 --> 01:17:52,435 Mm. Oh, shit. 1451 01:17:56,680 --> 01:17:59,638 Cadillac is... 1452 01:17:59,760 --> 01:18:01,910 pussy magnet. (laughing) 1453 01:18:02,040 --> 01:18:03,837 You like Cadillacs. 1454 01:18:03,960 --> 01:18:05,188 Yeah! 1455 01:18:05,320 --> 01:18:08,312 ("Hey" by Pixies plays) 1456 01:18:10,080 --> 01:18:12,230 KENNY : Hey! Heads up, right there. Oh! 1457 01:18:12,360 --> 01:18:14,078 (exhales): Ah... 1458 01:18:14,200 --> 01:18:16,191 I gotta ride shotgun. 1459 01:18:16,320 --> 01:18:18,550 - ♪ - Ha-ha! 1460 01:18:25,280 --> 01:18:26,952 DANNY: President Gerald Ford, 1461 01:18:27,080 --> 01:18:29,674 - a tall man. - Mm-hmm. 1462 01:18:29,800 --> 01:18:31,836 George H.W. Bush... 1463 01:18:31,960 --> 01:18:34,428 a very tall man. 1464 01:18:34,600 --> 01:18:35,874 Mm-hmm. 1465 01:18:36,000 --> 01:18:38,036 Mark Hancock... 1466 01:18:38,160 --> 01:18:39,593 also tall man. 1467 01:18:39,720 --> 01:18:41,472 My father... 1468 01:18:41,600 --> 01:18:43,318 small man. 1469 01:18:43,440 --> 01:18:45,556 Small in stature. 1470 01:18:45,680 --> 01:18:49,275 But... he loves his family. 1471 01:18:51,160 --> 01:18:52,639 Mine, too. 1472 01:18:52,760 --> 01:18:54,637 Yeah. 1473 01:18:54,760 --> 01:18:58,514 Died in the driveway bringing in the groceries for my mother. 1474 01:18:58,640 --> 01:19:00,073 His heart. 1475 01:19:00,200 --> 01:19:01,519 (Kenny sniffs) 1476 01:19:01,640 --> 01:19:04,200 Fuck, well, it makes sense, huh? 1477 01:19:04,320 --> 01:19:05,799 To father of Wells. 1478 01:19:05,920 --> 01:19:07,148 (glasses clink) 1479 01:19:07,280 --> 01:19:09,077 85/15 split, 1480 01:19:09,200 --> 01:19:11,031 if you have the balls. 1481 01:19:11,160 --> 01:19:12,878 50/50, and I might consider it. 1482 01:19:13,000 --> 01:19:14,718 That's a fucking deal. 1483 01:19:14,840 --> 01:19:16,717 That's a deal if you have the balls. 1484 01:19:16,840 --> 01:19:19,070 No balls, no deal. 1485 01:19:20,160 --> 01:19:21,513 Kenny... 1486 01:19:23,720 --> 01:19:25,438 ...do you have balls? 1487 01:19:25,560 --> 01:19:27,551 - You asking me if I got fucking balls? - Yeah. 1488 01:19:27,680 --> 01:19:29,033 Fuck, he has balls. 1489 01:19:29,200 --> 01:19:31,156 - Go in there? - Mm-hmm. 1490 01:19:31,280 --> 01:19:35,398 - (laughs): Fucking 85/15 fucking split? - Mm-hmm. 1491 01:19:35,520 --> 01:19:37,476 No balls... 1492 01:19:37,600 --> 01:19:39,192 no deal. 1493 01:19:40,720 --> 01:19:42,153 Open it. 1494 01:19:43,240 --> 01:19:44,468 (Danny laughing) 1495 01:20:11,120 --> 01:20:13,429 (growling) 1496 01:20:13,560 --> 01:20:15,516 (growling stops) 1497 01:20:28,480 --> 01:20:30,914 (low growling) 1498 01:20:39,840 --> 01:20:41,717 (low growling) 1499 01:20:44,080 --> 01:20:45,718 (fierce growl) 1500 01:20:48,800 --> 01:20:50,597 (growling) 1501 01:20:53,360 --> 01:20:55,351 (low growling) 1502 01:21:07,560 --> 01:21:08,993 (huffing) 1503 01:21:10,480 --> 01:21:11,959 (low growl) 1504 01:21:24,480 --> 01:21:27,278 (nervous chuckling): I'm touching a tiger. 1505 01:21:27,440 --> 01:21:30,637 I'll pull my cock out, we go 60/40. 1506 01:21:30,760 --> 01:21:32,830 (chuckling): Ah, fuck you. 1507 01:21:35,560 --> 01:21:38,677 KENNY : Mike, I'm touching a tiger right between the eyes. 1508 01:21:45,520 --> 01:21:46,873 Hollis, what's going on? 1509 01:21:50,680 --> 01:21:52,671 You haven't heard? 1510 01:21:52,840 --> 01:21:54,831 Wells cut a deal. 1511 01:21:54,960 --> 01:21:56,552 A deal? What are you talking about? 1512 01:21:56,720 --> 01:21:57,914 Who cut a deal with him? 1513 01:21:58,040 --> 01:22:00,998 Suharto. The lndonesian government. 1514 01:22:01,120 --> 01:22:04,590 - What? - Washoe retains 15% of the find. 1515 01:22:04,720 --> 01:22:07,598 The other 85 goes to a company of Suharto's choosing, 1516 01:22:07,720 --> 01:22:10,951 which just so happens to be owned by his son. 1517 01:22:11,080 --> 01:22:13,719 - Wells cut us off at the knees. - What about Hancock? 1518 01:22:13,840 --> 01:22:16,070 He's out. Can't compete at that number. 1519 01:22:16,240 --> 01:22:17,559 Deal's done, Brian. 1520 01:22:17,680 --> 01:22:19,989 Wells and Acosta are now the only outside partners 1521 01:22:20,160 --> 01:22:22,230 in the biggest gold strike in history. 1522 01:22:22,360 --> 01:22:24,112 We represent exactly none of it. 1523 01:22:24,240 --> 01:22:26,708 - 15% is a terrible deal. - Is it? 1524 01:22:26,840 --> 01:22:29,798 What's 15% of $30 billion? 1525 01:22:31,160 --> 01:22:32,309 I can explain. You met him. 1526 01:22:32,440 --> 01:22:33,873 You'll be fine, Brian. 1527 01:22:34,000 --> 01:22:35,558 You'll land on your feet. 1528 01:22:38,400 --> 01:22:40,311 (people cheering) 1529 01:22:40,440 --> 01:22:42,795 (lively chatter, whooping) 1530 01:22:44,520 --> 01:22:46,829 I was afraid you'd come home with a bone in your nose 1531 01:22:46,960 --> 01:22:48,880 - or some such shit. - (laughs) How are we doing? 1532 01:22:48,960 --> 01:22:50,552 - Good, man. - Hey, where's Kay? 1533 01:22:50,680 --> 01:22:52,557 - You didn't hear? - Hear what? 1534 01:22:52,680 --> 01:22:53,829 She quit. 1535 01:22:53,960 --> 01:22:55,951 She got a promotion out at the store. 1536 01:22:56,080 --> 01:22:59,152 - Assistant manager. - BURNS : Hey, Roy, turn that up. 1537 01:22:59,280 --> 01:23:01,430 MAN : Kenny Wells, right there! It's on the news, man! 1538 01:23:01,560 --> 01:23:03,312 NEWSWOMAN : ...massive gold strike, 1539 01:23:03,440 --> 01:23:05,749 fending off a takeover by Newport Holdings. 1540 01:23:05,880 --> 01:23:08,440 Washoe shares are soaring... 1541 01:23:08,560 --> 01:23:10,152 - Oh, yeah! - (cheering, whooping) 1542 01:23:10,280 --> 01:23:13,033 Soaring! Soaring! 1543 01:23:13,160 --> 01:23:16,311 CLIVE : Kenny! Can I see you a minute? 1544 01:23:18,320 --> 01:23:20,311 What you got, Clive? 1545 01:23:20,440 --> 01:23:23,000 I just got a call. 1546 01:23:23,120 --> 01:23:25,076 The National Association of Prospectors 1547 01:23:25,200 --> 01:23:28,909 is gonna honor you with the Golden Pickaxe. 1548 01:23:32,000 --> 01:23:34,594 - You shittin' me? - No, I'm not. 1549 01:23:34,720 --> 01:23:37,757 You are now the best miner in the world. 1550 01:23:37,880 --> 01:23:40,952 And I'm sure somewhere your daddy is smiling. 1551 01:23:42,960 --> 01:23:45,793 Well, goddamn, if he's not, I can smile for the both of us. 1552 01:23:45,920 --> 01:23:47,319 Ah... 1553 01:23:49,160 --> 01:23:51,037 (chuckles) Where are you going? 1554 01:23:51,160 --> 01:23:52,798 Got to find someone. 1555 01:23:52,960 --> 01:23:55,713 ("Atmosphere" by Joy Division plays) 1556 01:24:46,120 --> 01:24:48,270 ♪ 1557 01:25:01,520 --> 01:25:05,115 ♪ 1558 01:25:07,280 --> 01:25:08,633 (knocking) 1559 01:25:08,760 --> 01:25:10,159 Yeah? 1560 01:25:12,000 --> 01:25:14,434 Mike. I didn't think you could make it. 1561 01:25:18,040 --> 01:25:19,678 (quietly): Okay. 1562 01:25:19,840 --> 01:25:23,276 (chuckles) A thousand monkeys, thousand horses... 1563 01:25:23,400 --> 01:25:24,958 uh... 1564 01:25:25,080 --> 01:25:26,991 and across and around... 1565 01:25:36,520 --> 01:25:38,033 (takes deep breath) 1566 01:25:38,160 --> 01:25:40,435 (exhales) 1567 01:25:40,560 --> 01:25:42,516 I'm nervous. 1568 01:25:43,760 --> 01:25:45,716 You're gonna be okay. 1569 01:26:02,320 --> 01:26:04,276 (sighs) 1570 01:26:08,520 --> 01:26:10,636 "Every last one of us 1571 01:26:10,760 --> 01:26:14,389 "who calls the great state of Nevada home... 1572 01:26:14,560 --> 01:26:16,869 "arrived here... 1573 01:26:17,000 --> 01:26:19,036 "with a dream. 1574 01:26:21,520 --> 01:26:25,274 "It was my great granddad who came out here on a wagon. 1575 01:26:26,560 --> 01:26:29,518 "He had a horse and he had two mules... 1576 01:26:29,640 --> 01:26:31,278 "when they finally stopped moving 1577 01:26:31,400 --> 01:26:33,197 "and said... 1578 01:26:35,560 --> 01:26:37,437 'This is the place."' 1579 01:26:42,160 --> 01:26:43,878 Too much? 1580 01:26:45,080 --> 01:26:47,116 (chuckles softly) That's good. 1581 01:26:49,840 --> 01:26:52,149 - Yeah. - (cheering, applause) 1582 01:26:52,280 --> 01:26:54,589 MAN : ...our own Kenny Wells! 1583 01:26:56,200 --> 01:26:57,679 Get up here, Kenny! 1584 01:26:57,800 --> 01:26:59,711 - ♪ - (whistling) 1585 01:27:04,040 --> 01:27:05,837 (cheering) 1586 01:27:22,120 --> 01:27:24,429 Thank you. Um... 1587 01:27:28,720 --> 01:27:31,553 My great granddad... 1588 01:27:31,720 --> 01:27:33,517 was one of us. 1589 01:27:33,680 --> 01:27:36,558 He came out here in a wagon with two horses and a mule, 1590 01:27:36,680 --> 01:27:38,989 and, you know, he crossed six states 1591 01:27:39,120 --> 01:27:41,156 before he slowed down, and it was... 1592 01:27:41,280 --> 01:27:42,508 it was when he got here 1593 01:27:42,640 --> 01:27:46,792 that he finally pulled those reins back and said... 1594 01:27:46,920 --> 01:27:50,230 - "This is the place." - (murmuring, chuckling) 1595 01:27:50,360 --> 01:27:52,920 (camera shutter clicking) 1596 01:27:55,240 --> 01:27:57,071 What is a prospector? 1597 01:27:57,200 --> 01:27:59,395 (murmuring, chuckling) 1598 01:27:59,520 --> 01:28:00,714 No, no, I'm... 1599 01:28:00,840 --> 01:28:02,432 Seriously, what... 1600 01:28:04,080 --> 01:28:06,036 What is a prospector? 1601 01:28:09,320 --> 01:28:12,551 It's someone who believes... 1602 01:28:12,720 --> 01:28:16,156 it's out there. 1603 01:28:16,280 --> 01:28:18,510 Who wakes up every morning, 1604 01:28:18,640 --> 01:28:21,518 again and again, again and again... 1605 01:28:24,040 --> 01:28:26,315 ...believing it's out there. 1606 01:28:27,800 --> 01:28:30,439 - And then it's not. - (laughter) 1607 01:28:30,560 --> 01:28:33,518 - Right? It's not. - Mm-hmm. - Mm-hmm. 1608 01:28:34,800 --> 01:28:37,394 And he's standing on the edge of the desert, 1609 01:28:37,520 --> 01:28:38,999 staring a... 1610 01:28:39,120 --> 01:28:42,317 new day's sunrise right in the eye, and... 1611 01:28:42,440 --> 01:28:44,795 and he hears that little voice, 1612 01:28:44,960 --> 01:28:47,315 a little voice that says... 1613 01:28:49,440 --> 01:28:51,556 "Go ahead. 1614 01:28:51,720 --> 01:28:53,915 Keep walking." 1615 01:28:55,200 --> 01:28:56,713 And the sun gets higher and higher, 1616 01:28:56,840 --> 01:28:58,831 and it's shining down on him, and he's really hot, 1617 01:28:58,960 --> 01:28:59,960 and he doesn't have 1618 01:29:00,040 --> 01:29:01,268 any water to drink, 1619 01:29:01,400 --> 01:29:03,868 and everybody that came with him wants to turn back, 1620 01:29:04,000 --> 01:29:05,718 and eventually, they do turn back, 1621 01:29:05,840 --> 01:29:07,717 and there he is. 1622 01:29:07,840 --> 01:29:09,990 And he's all alone. 1623 01:29:10,120 --> 01:29:12,554 ♪ 1624 01:29:20,440 --> 01:29:22,635 With the belief... 1625 01:29:27,680 --> 01:29:30,148 ...that it's out there, man. 1626 01:29:30,280 --> 01:29:32,271 (hoarsely): It's out there. 1627 01:29:38,400 --> 01:29:40,277 That's a prospector. 1628 01:29:40,400 --> 01:29:43,039 - (man whoops) - (applause) 1629 01:29:43,160 --> 01:29:44,991 That's a prospector. 1630 01:29:45,120 --> 01:29:47,350 - ♪ - (shutters clicking) 1631 01:29:47,480 --> 01:29:49,516 (cheering) 1632 01:29:54,760 --> 01:29:58,309 Really great speech, son. Just great. Great. 1633 01:29:58,440 --> 01:30:00,749 ("1880 or So" by Television plays) 1634 01:30:00,880 --> 01:30:02,791 (cheering, whistling) 1635 01:30:12,160 --> 01:30:13,673 (cheering) 1636 01:30:13,840 --> 01:30:16,035 - To your daddy. - OTHERS : To Mr. Wells! 1637 01:30:17,520 --> 01:30:19,875 ♪ 1638 01:30:27,040 --> 01:30:29,474 (phone ringing) 1639 01:30:34,680 --> 01:30:36,636 - (ringing continues) - (soft snoring) 1640 01:30:36,760 --> 01:30:38,398 (Kenny groaning) 1641 01:30:40,240 --> 01:30:42,629 - (ringing continues) - (groaning) 1642 01:30:43,840 --> 01:30:45,956 (clacking, thumping) 1643 01:30:46,080 --> 01:30:47,593 Mm. 1644 01:30:49,280 --> 01:30:51,475 (low whirring) 1645 01:30:51,600 --> 01:30:52,874 Yeah? 1646 01:30:53,000 --> 01:30:55,878 (coughing) 1647 01:30:56,000 --> 01:30:58,673 - (whirring stops) - (coughs) What? 1648 01:30:58,800 --> 01:31:00,119 Say-say again? 1649 01:31:00,240 --> 01:31:01,753 No, I-I don't understand. 1650 01:31:01,880 --> 01:31:03,836 Wait-wait. (mumbles) 1651 01:31:15,040 --> 01:31:16,996 (muffled chatter) 1652 01:31:19,880 --> 01:31:20,976 WOMAN : Kenny, what's going on? 1653 01:31:21,000 --> 01:31:23,753 - (lively chatter) - Kenny... what happened? 1654 01:31:23,880 --> 01:31:24,949 I don't know. 1655 01:31:25,120 --> 01:31:27,156 I'm going to find out. 1656 01:31:27,280 --> 01:31:29,032 (angry shouting) 1657 01:31:29,160 --> 01:31:31,276 I don't know any more than... 1658 01:31:31,400 --> 01:31:34,790 (many speaking at once) 1659 01:31:34,920 --> 01:31:36,433 (angry chatter continues) 1660 01:31:36,560 --> 01:31:39,233 You're not gonna get away with this! 1661 01:31:39,360 --> 01:31:40,429 (crowd shouting) 1662 01:31:40,560 --> 01:31:42,152 Back the fuck off! 1663 01:31:42,280 --> 01:31:45,750 WOMAN : Kenny, please fix this! 1664 01:31:45,880 --> 01:31:48,348 What happened, huh? What happened? 1665 01:31:48,520 --> 01:31:49,999 The independent assayer. 1666 01:31:50,120 --> 01:31:52,031 They couldn't reproduce Mike's findings. 1667 01:31:52,160 --> 01:31:54,355 (phones ringing) 1668 01:31:54,480 --> 01:31:56,516 CONNIE : There's no gold. 1669 01:31:56,640 --> 01:31:59,029 Kenny, there's no goddamn gold. There never was. 1670 01:32:03,400 --> 01:32:04,674 That's not possible. 1671 01:32:06,120 --> 01:32:07,816 MAN : The image on the left is the type of gold 1672 01:32:07,840 --> 01:32:10,593 found in the Washoe samples. This is river gold. 1673 01:32:10,720 --> 01:32:12,392 Notice how the edges are rounded, 1674 01:32:12,520 --> 01:32:14,954 worn smooth by the erosion of water. 1675 01:32:15,080 --> 01:32:17,116 What we should have found is flake gold, 1676 01:32:17,240 --> 01:32:18,753 the sample on the right, 1677 01:32:18,880 --> 01:32:22,839 pulled directly from the rock, rough-edged and angular. 1678 01:32:22,960 --> 01:32:25,155 That's a pretty darn big detail to overlook, 1679 01:32:25,280 --> 01:32:26,838 (chuckles): wouldn't you say? 1680 01:32:26,960 --> 01:32:29,838 It's a big detail, but... you have to understand, 1681 01:32:29,960 --> 01:32:32,918 everything else about the Washoe samples was right. 1682 01:32:33,040 --> 01:32:35,110 But the gold was wrong. 1683 01:32:35,240 --> 01:32:38,152 MAN : It's called salting... it literally means when someone 1684 01:32:38,320 --> 01:32:40,959 sprinkles gold dust into a rock sample, 1685 01:32:41,080 --> 01:32:43,833 like you... salt your steak. 1686 01:32:43,960 --> 01:32:46,872 It is the oldest trick in the book. 1687 01:32:47,000 --> 01:32:48,718 WOMAN : Oldest trick in the book? 1688 01:32:48,840 --> 01:32:50,796 And yet major mining corporations, 1689 01:32:50,960 --> 01:32:52,598 investment banks, the auditors, 1690 01:32:52,720 --> 01:32:54,073 everyone was fooled. 1691 01:32:54,200 --> 01:32:56,395 We weren't fooled. 1692 01:32:56,520 --> 01:32:58,397 We just didn't look. 1693 01:32:58,520 --> 01:33:00,112 By all appearances, 1694 01:33:00,240 --> 01:33:01,753 Washoe's security protocol 1695 01:33:01,880 --> 01:33:03,233 were ironclad. 1696 01:33:03,360 --> 01:33:05,316 But... when the person 1697 01:33:05,440 --> 01:33:08,034 administering the security is fraudulent, 1698 01:33:08,160 --> 01:33:10,833 the whole system goes down. 1699 01:33:16,360 --> 01:33:18,237 KENNY : Right. Did he say... 1700 01:33:18,400 --> 01:33:20,436 wh-wh-where-where he was going? 1701 01:33:20,560 --> 01:33:22,118 Did he mention Jakarta? 1702 01:33:23,200 --> 01:33:24,200 I'll call you back. 1703 01:33:27,160 --> 01:33:30,118 The New York Stock Exchange just suspended trading. 1704 01:33:30,240 --> 01:33:32,993 They've taken Washoe off the board. 1705 01:33:36,000 --> 01:33:38,070 (exhales) 1706 01:33:46,240 --> 01:33:48,231 You sold some, right? 1707 01:33:48,360 --> 01:33:49,588 Yeah. 1708 01:33:49,720 --> 01:33:52,075 Of course. 1709 01:33:52,200 --> 01:33:53,713 (whispers): Bobby. 1710 01:33:53,840 --> 01:33:55,876 I thought... 1711 01:33:56,000 --> 01:33:58,912 I thought it was just gonna keep going up. (chuckles) 1712 01:33:59,040 --> 01:34:01,508 Damn it, Bobby, I told you from the beginning 1713 01:34:01,640 --> 01:34:04,313 just put some away, save a little bit just in case. 1714 01:34:04,440 --> 01:34:06,317 How many times did I tell you that? 1715 01:34:06,440 --> 01:34:07,759 Kenny, did you know? 1716 01:34:07,880 --> 01:34:09,598 Did you know, Kenny? 1717 01:34:09,720 --> 01:34:11,551 Did I know? 1718 01:34:13,520 --> 01:34:15,272 I can't believe you would ask me that. 1719 01:34:15,400 --> 01:34:17,118 I'm asking you that. Did you know? 1720 01:34:17,240 --> 01:34:18,958 No, I goddamn didn't know, Bobby. 1721 01:34:20,480 --> 01:34:22,277 - (exhales) - CONNIE : Kenny. 1722 01:34:22,400 --> 01:34:25,710 (phones ringing in distance) 1723 01:34:25,840 --> 01:34:26,840 - Kenny. - What? 1724 01:34:26,960 --> 01:34:28,056 I don't even know how to tell you this. 1725 01:34:28,080 --> 01:34:29,080 Just look. 1726 01:34:31,000 --> 01:34:32,353 (Connie sighs) 1727 01:34:33,680 --> 01:34:35,398 Acosta was dumping stock. 1728 01:34:35,560 --> 01:34:37,073 - Mm. - Shell companies. 1729 01:34:37,200 --> 01:34:39,475 Banks in the Philippines, the fucking Azores. 1730 01:34:39,600 --> 01:34:40,600 Gibraltar. 1731 01:34:40,720 --> 01:34:42,756 Multiple layers, all offshore. 1732 01:34:44,880 --> 01:34:46,438 How much? 1733 01:34:46,560 --> 01:34:49,677 - $164 million. - (Kenny shudders) 1734 01:34:50,960 --> 01:34:53,474 - (turns page) - STANTON : Okay, uh... 1735 01:34:53,600 --> 01:34:55,397 what are we gonna do? 1736 01:34:56,680 --> 01:34:58,989 (glass shatters) 1737 01:34:59,120 --> 01:35:00,872 (groans) 1738 01:35:01,000 --> 01:35:03,560 I don't fucking believe this. Hmm? 1739 01:35:04,600 --> 01:35:07,876 MAN (in distance): This is the FBI! 1740 01:35:08,000 --> 01:35:10,309 Step away from your desks! 1741 01:35:10,440 --> 01:35:13,352 Take two big steps away from your desks! 1742 01:35:13,480 --> 01:35:15,436 Do not touch anything! 1743 01:35:20,720 --> 01:35:22,711 ♪ 1744 01:35:31,160 --> 01:35:34,436 ROGER MUDD : How much money was lost in the fraud, 1745 01:35:34,560 --> 01:35:36,391 - that we know of? - Oh, billions. 1746 01:35:36,520 --> 01:35:37,873 Large institutional investors 1747 01:35:38,040 --> 01:35:39,917 - lost billions of dollars. - So one 1748 01:35:40,040 --> 01:35:41,519 or maybe both of them, 1749 01:35:41,640 --> 01:35:45,952 two outsiders, took everybody on Wall Street for a ride? 1750 01:35:46,080 --> 01:35:47,496 MARK : Yeah, it really looks like they did. 1751 01:35:47,520 --> 01:35:49,750 - Yeah. - And Acosta has vanished? 1752 01:35:49,880 --> 01:35:52,474 With hundreds of millions of dollars. 1753 01:35:52,640 --> 01:35:55,996 Kenny Wells has always maintained his innocence, 1754 01:35:56,120 --> 01:35:58,759 that he was duped along with everyone else. 1755 01:35:58,880 --> 01:36:01,599 Given that, what do you make of this? 1756 01:36:03,080 --> 01:36:07,835 Kenny Wells, a fool or a mastermind? 1757 01:36:09,720 --> 01:36:12,075 MARK : It's a very good question, Roger. 1758 01:36:29,400 --> 01:36:32,233 (camera shutter clicking) 1759 01:36:32,360 --> 01:36:33,759 Um... 1760 01:36:36,120 --> 01:36:40,398 Mike-Mike Acosta was my friend and, uh, my partner. 1761 01:36:40,560 --> 01:36:41,879 Um... 1762 01:36:43,160 --> 01:36:45,993 ...and he-he betrayed me. 1763 01:36:46,120 --> 01:36:49,669 I-I know as CEO of Washoe Mining 1764 01:36:49,800 --> 01:36:51,916 it's my responsibility to know 1765 01:36:52,040 --> 01:36:54,918 everything that's going on, and I... I didn't. 1766 01:36:56,200 --> 01:36:58,395 It's not an excuse. 1767 01:36:58,520 --> 01:37:00,397 All right? I sincerely apologize 1768 01:37:00,520 --> 01:37:04,149 to everybody and anybody that lost on their investments. 1769 01:37:07,360 --> 01:37:09,920 (chuckles): Come on, Mike. 1770 01:37:10,040 --> 01:37:12,031 Mikey, come on in, man. 1771 01:37:12,160 --> 01:37:14,879 All right? 1772 01:37:15,000 --> 01:37:16,638 What happened, huh? 1773 01:37:16,760 --> 01:37:18,876 (people shouting) 1774 01:37:19,000 --> 01:37:21,116 ♪ 1775 01:37:33,920 --> 01:37:36,115 - Howard. - WOMAN : I saw you on TV. 1776 01:37:36,240 --> 01:37:39,152 - Hey, man, can I talk to you for a minute, please? - No. 1777 01:37:39,280 --> 01:37:41,157 Look, I just want to know where my money went. 1778 01:37:41,280 --> 01:37:43,336 - Come on! - Don't know anything about it, okay? - Mr. Wells, 1779 01:37:43,360 --> 01:37:46,193 Mr. Wells, exactly when will you be departing? 1780 01:37:46,320 --> 01:37:49,153 Uh, later. A few days or so. I'll let you know. 1781 01:37:49,280 --> 01:37:52,033 - We just need to talk about your bill, sir. - I'll be down. 1782 01:37:52,160 --> 01:37:53,513 We'll settle it up. 1783 01:37:53,640 --> 01:37:55,915 ("Gold" by Iggy Pop plays) 1784 01:38:25,240 --> 01:38:27,196 ♪ 1785 01:38:56,720 --> 01:38:58,631 (exhales) 1786 01:38:58,760 --> 01:39:00,830 KENNY : Do I need a lawyer? 1787 01:39:00,960 --> 01:39:03,394 JENNINGS: Do you need a lawyer? 1788 01:39:06,760 --> 01:39:08,671 Right answer. 1789 01:39:12,920 --> 01:39:14,273 (Kenny sniffs) 1790 01:39:20,720 --> 01:39:22,676 How'd you meet Michael Acosta? 1791 01:39:26,000 --> 01:39:29,231 The, uh, first time or the second time? 1792 01:39:29,400 --> 01:39:31,755 How'd you meet him, Wells? 1793 01:39:33,720 --> 01:39:36,632 It was April... of '88. 1794 01:39:36,760 --> 01:39:38,398 (sighs) 1795 01:39:38,520 --> 01:39:40,715 Yeah, I was on the balls of my ass. 1796 01:39:40,840 --> 01:39:43,513 Scrambling. (chuckles) 1797 01:39:43,640 --> 01:39:46,791 Not exactly uncharted waters for me, but... 1798 01:39:46,920 --> 01:39:49,275 I was in deep. 1799 01:39:51,640 --> 01:39:53,278 ♪ 1800 01:39:53,400 --> 01:39:55,550 (siren wailing in distance) 1801 01:39:57,360 --> 01:39:58,998 JENNINGS: I think it's pretty unlikely 1802 01:39:59,120 --> 01:40:01,111 we'll ever see your partner again. 1803 01:40:03,680 --> 01:40:06,148 - What are you talking about? - A lot of very powerful people 1804 01:40:06,280 --> 01:40:08,191 are very angry at Michael Acosta. 1805 01:40:12,200 --> 01:40:13,679 Well, what happened? 1806 01:40:13,800 --> 01:40:14,869 What happened? 1807 01:40:15,000 --> 01:40:17,673 $17 billion of value disappeared overnight. 1808 01:40:17,800 --> 01:40:19,080 Mike Acosta waves good-bye to you 1809 01:40:19,240 --> 01:40:21,320 in the ballroom downstairs and goes back to lndonesia 1810 01:40:21,440 --> 01:40:23,829 on a jet chartered with Washoe funds. 1811 01:40:23,960 --> 01:40:26,713 And then he does a disappearing act. 1812 01:40:26,840 --> 01:40:28,876 But this you know. 1813 01:40:29,040 --> 01:40:32,396 First, he's locked out of the assay lab in Kalimantan 1814 01:40:32,520 --> 01:40:34,909 by the minister of the interior. 1815 01:40:35,040 --> 01:40:36,837 - So he goes back to Jakarta... - Mr. Acosta, 1816 01:40:36,960 --> 01:40:38,359 please walk with with me. 1817 01:40:38,480 --> 01:40:40,357 JENNINGS:... where he's immediately detained 1818 01:40:40,480 --> 01:40:42,436 by the Indonesian military. 1819 01:40:44,080 --> 01:40:45,433 And they hold him 1820 01:40:45,600 --> 01:40:47,670 while they try to reproduce for themselves 1821 01:40:47,800 --> 01:40:50,109 the lab results claimed by Washoe. 1822 01:40:51,760 --> 01:40:54,593 Which, of course, they are unable to do. 1823 01:40:54,720 --> 01:40:57,359 Now, at this point, 1824 01:40:57,480 --> 01:41:00,472 either he's being transferred to an actual prison, or... 1825 01:41:00,600 --> 01:41:02,397 he's bribed one of the officers. 1826 01:41:02,520 --> 01:41:03,555 Either way, 1827 01:41:03,680 --> 01:41:05,272 he's on a military helicopter. 1828 01:41:07,080 --> 01:41:10,152 They fly north, loosely tracking the Kensana River. 1829 01:41:12,320 --> 01:41:15,039 ♪ 1830 01:41:37,800 --> 01:41:40,314 ♪ 1831 01:41:57,680 --> 01:42:01,798 A thousand feet up, over the Kensana... 1832 01:42:01,920 --> 01:42:04,480 Mike Acosta takes a header. 1833 01:42:15,040 --> 01:42:17,793 No way. 1834 01:42:17,920 --> 01:42:20,593 No fucking way. 1835 01:42:20,720 --> 01:42:22,517 He either faked it, 1836 01:42:22,640 --> 01:42:24,790 or he paid to have this-this bullshit story 1837 01:42:24,920 --> 01:42:26,433 you're telling put out. 1838 01:42:26,560 --> 01:42:30,792 $164 million goes a long way in lndonesia. 1839 01:42:30,920 --> 01:42:33,434 They found a body. 1840 01:42:41,720 --> 01:42:44,518 ♪ 1841 01:42:45,560 --> 01:42:47,152 (snorting) 1842 01:42:48,840 --> 01:42:51,229 JENNINGS: Hands and face were eaten away, 1843 01:42:51,360 --> 01:42:54,272 probably by wild pigs. 1844 01:42:54,400 --> 01:42:56,960 KENNY : Sure this is him? 1845 01:42:57,080 --> 01:42:59,389 I'm not sure of anything... 1846 01:42:59,520 --> 01:43:04,196 except Mike Acosta traded water filters for river gold. 1847 01:43:04,360 --> 01:43:05,918 But now the Indonesian government 1848 01:43:06,040 --> 01:43:07,314 have gone unusually quiet 1849 01:43:07,440 --> 01:43:09,078 on the subject. 1850 01:43:09,240 --> 01:43:10,832 There was an autopsy 1851 01:43:10,960 --> 01:43:12,951 corroborating the identity of the body. 1852 01:43:14,280 --> 01:43:16,840 They then sealed the report... 1853 01:43:18,560 --> 01:43:20,596 ...cremated the remains. 1854 01:43:20,720 --> 01:43:25,157 Interestingly, Danny Suharto, your friend... 1855 01:43:25,280 --> 01:43:28,158 dumped a lot of stock as well. 1856 01:43:28,280 --> 01:43:31,113 So the Suhartos are even richer now. 1857 01:43:31,240 --> 01:43:34,550 Mike Acosta is ostensibly dead and buried, and... 1858 01:43:34,680 --> 01:43:36,989 $164 million is still missing. 1859 01:43:37,120 --> 01:43:40,476 And the only question... 1860 01:43:40,600 --> 01:43:42,795 I'm left with is... 1861 01:43:42,920 --> 01:43:45,434 whether or not you were in on it. 1862 01:43:47,560 --> 01:43:49,790 (softly): I... 1863 01:43:49,920 --> 01:43:53,230 - I can't believe it. - Can't believe what? 1864 01:43:53,360 --> 01:43:56,909 No, look, th-this business... 1865 01:43:57,080 --> 01:43:59,640 had written Mike off years ago, all right? 1866 01:43:59,760 --> 01:44:01,159 They called his theories crap. 1867 01:44:01,280 --> 01:44:03,191 But... 1868 01:44:03,320 --> 01:44:05,151 there's no way. 1869 01:44:05,280 --> 01:44:07,191 He wouldn't, he fucking couldn't 1870 01:44:07,320 --> 01:44:09,436 let this be the last word on him. 1871 01:44:09,560 --> 01:44:13,155 - No fucking way. - You talking about Acosta or yourself? 1872 01:44:13,280 --> 01:44:16,238 (deep, trembling breath) 1873 01:44:21,560 --> 01:44:22,879 (pants) 1874 01:44:23,000 --> 01:44:26,515 All right, look. We-we-we were running out of money, right? 1875 01:44:26,640 --> 01:44:29,154 And I was practically dying from malaria. 1876 01:44:29,320 --> 01:44:31,959 I gave Mike the last dollar to my name. 1877 01:44:32,080 --> 01:44:34,753 And I made him promise me something, I said, "Mike... 1878 01:44:34,880 --> 01:44:38,316 don't let me die out here for nothing." 1879 01:44:43,320 --> 01:44:46,312 A few weeks later, I came to, and... 1880 01:44:46,440 --> 01:44:48,396 Mike was there. 1881 01:44:50,160 --> 01:44:51,878 (chuckles) 1882 01:44:52,000 --> 01:44:54,070 He said, "We got... 1883 01:44:54,200 --> 01:44:56,350 "we got a strike, Kenny. 1884 01:44:57,640 --> 01:44:59,995 We got a goddamn gold mine." 1885 01:45:04,520 --> 01:45:09,435 And th-there's no way that he set out to swindle anyone. 1886 01:45:09,560 --> 01:45:12,199 He just needed to buy a little more time. 1887 01:45:17,320 --> 01:45:19,356 And he didn't want to let me down. 1888 01:45:19,480 --> 01:45:23,314 - MAN : You're fuckin' lyin'. - Levine, sit down! 1889 01:45:23,440 --> 01:45:25,192 You want to talk about the truth? 1890 01:45:25,320 --> 01:45:26,878 All right, let's talk about the truth. 1891 01:45:27,000 --> 01:45:29,150 The only truth here is, when everybody's getting rich, 1892 01:45:29,280 --> 01:45:32,078 nobody gives a shit about the truth. 1893 01:45:32,200 --> 01:45:35,272 Come the fuck on. All anyone had to do was look, 1894 01:45:35,400 --> 01:45:37,118 open their eyes. 1895 01:45:37,240 --> 01:45:40,312 Man, the-the gold was wrong, the find was too good. 1896 01:45:40,440 --> 01:45:43,000 There were red flags everywhere. 1897 01:45:43,120 --> 01:45:44,758 Why did no one look? 1898 01:45:44,880 --> 01:45:46,836 'Cause no one wanted to fucking know. 1899 01:45:46,960 --> 01:45:48,837 We all wanted to believe. 1900 01:45:48,960 --> 01:45:50,871 Me, you, fucking everybody. Why? 1901 01:45:52,360 --> 01:45:55,636 Because we were all making so much fucking money, man. 1902 01:45:55,760 --> 01:45:57,990 That's the truth. 1903 01:45:58,160 --> 01:46:00,833 That's been going on for fucking centuries! 1904 01:46:02,520 --> 01:46:05,671 (laughing): Oh, fuck... 1905 01:46:08,720 --> 01:46:11,280 Were you aware Mike Acosta was salting 1906 01:46:11,400 --> 01:46:13,789 - the Washoe core samples? - No. 1907 01:46:13,920 --> 01:46:15,353 You had no knowledge 1908 01:46:15,480 --> 01:46:18,313 Mike Acosta was perpetrating a fraud? 1909 01:46:18,440 --> 01:46:20,795 - No. - You were not in collusion 1910 01:46:20,920 --> 01:46:23,798 with Mike Acosta on the Kensana gold strike? 1911 01:46:23,920 --> 01:46:27,833 No, man, I fucking thought I won the lottery. 1912 01:46:27,960 --> 01:46:31,350 Did you profit from the Kensana fraud? 1913 01:46:33,680 --> 01:46:36,114 - No. - Did anyone close to you profit? 1914 01:46:37,840 --> 01:46:40,400 My friends lost money. 1915 01:46:40,520 --> 01:46:42,397 My neighbors lost money. 1916 01:46:42,520 --> 01:46:44,556 Me... 1917 01:46:44,680 --> 01:46:47,240 I lost everything. 1918 01:46:47,360 --> 01:46:49,999 (Kenny takes swig) 1919 01:46:50,120 --> 01:46:52,588 You know what the truth of it is? 1920 01:46:54,040 --> 01:46:56,190 I never really cared about money. 1921 01:46:57,280 --> 01:46:59,794 I cared about gold. 1922 01:46:59,920 --> 01:47:02,115 And it's different, Jennings. 1923 01:47:02,240 --> 01:47:04,276 It's fucking different. 1924 01:47:07,080 --> 01:47:09,878 (glass clinks, liquid pours) 1925 01:47:10,000 --> 01:47:11,718 (sets bottle down) 1926 01:47:19,680 --> 01:47:21,830 (exhales) 1927 01:47:23,320 --> 01:47:26,676 Interview terminated with Kenny Wells... 1928 01:47:26,800 --> 01:47:29,712 6:45 a.m., 1929 01:47:29,880 --> 01:47:33,395 October 17, 1988. 1930 01:47:33,520 --> 01:47:34,794 Interview conducted by myself, 1931 01:47:34,920 --> 01:47:37,115 Paul K. Jennings, special agent. 1932 01:47:37,240 --> 01:47:40,391 Also present, agents Levine and Banks, 1933 01:47:40,520 --> 01:47:42,397 Federal Bureau of lnvestigation, 1934 01:47:42,520 --> 01:47:44,317 district of Nevada, Reno. 1935 01:47:46,120 --> 01:47:49,237 ♪ 1936 01:47:56,600 --> 01:47:58,716 Mr. Kenny Wells... 1937 01:47:58,840 --> 01:48:01,513 (bell tolling in distance) 1938 01:48:01,640 --> 01:48:03,915 ...you are free to go. 1939 01:48:05,600 --> 01:48:08,478 (whispers): Well, lookee there. 1940 01:48:08,600 --> 01:48:10,830 Somebody believes me. 1941 01:48:12,640 --> 01:48:14,949 I wouldn't go overboard. 1942 01:48:15,080 --> 01:48:18,550 In fact, I wouldn't leave the state, 1943 01:48:18,720 --> 01:48:21,314 or start buying new stuff or chartering 1944 01:48:21,440 --> 01:48:23,016 - any more jets. - I gotta sneak by the guy 1945 01:48:23,040 --> 01:48:24,896 at the front desk 'cause I can't pay the hotel bill. 1946 01:48:24,920 --> 01:48:27,798 I can't be a party to that information. 1947 01:48:28,880 --> 01:48:31,155 BANKS: Good luck, Mr. Wells. 1948 01:48:31,280 --> 01:48:34,238 LEVINE: We'll be keeping an eye on you. 1949 01:48:35,920 --> 01:48:37,512 (door opens) 1950 01:48:39,760 --> 01:48:42,069 What are you gonna do now, Wells? 1951 01:48:44,160 --> 01:48:46,151 ♪ 1952 01:48:49,080 --> 01:48:51,913 (birds chirping) 1953 01:48:56,600 --> 01:48:58,556 ♪ 1954 01:49:04,560 --> 01:49:06,949 (vehicles rumbling by in distance) 1955 01:49:11,680 --> 01:49:13,033 (groans) 1956 01:49:16,200 --> 01:49:18,589 (birds screeching) 1957 01:49:35,560 --> 01:49:37,516 ♪ 1958 01:49:53,520 --> 01:49:54,919 (dog barking in distance) 1959 01:49:55,040 --> 01:49:56,837 (bird squawking) 1960 01:50:03,320 --> 01:50:04,833 Hey, Kenny. 1961 01:50:04,960 --> 01:50:06,480 I-I'm still worried about that mulberry 1962 01:50:06,560 --> 01:50:08,949 - over the back fence. - Yeah. I know, Hart. 1963 01:50:09,120 --> 01:50:10,792 It's good to see you. 1964 01:50:10,920 --> 01:50:12,797 Good to see you, too, Kenny. 1965 01:50:24,040 --> 01:50:25,996 (rings doorbell) 1966 01:50:43,480 --> 01:50:45,550 Can I come in? 1967 01:50:56,200 --> 01:50:58,156 (door squeaks) 1968 01:51:05,800 --> 01:51:07,756 ♪ 1969 01:51:21,520 --> 01:51:24,034 - You want coffee? - Yeah, sure. 1970 01:51:29,920 --> 01:51:32,195 This place looks great. 1971 01:51:35,800 --> 01:51:37,995 So do you, Kay. 1972 01:51:38,120 --> 01:51:40,076 ♪ 1973 01:51:42,680 --> 01:51:44,318 I made curtains. 1974 01:51:44,440 --> 01:51:47,034 - (coffee pouring) - From that fabric. 1975 01:51:47,160 --> 01:51:48,479 Hmm. 1976 01:51:51,720 --> 01:51:54,314 Some stuff came for you, some mail. 1977 01:52:06,800 --> 01:52:09,678 (faucet running) 1978 01:52:31,080 --> 01:52:32,399 ♪ 1979 01:52:43,400 --> 01:52:44,799 KAY: What? 1980 01:52:44,920 --> 01:52:47,514 What is it? 1981 01:52:53,400 --> 01:52:55,709 ^.^.^.^.subtitles by.^.^.^.^ ® Sud_Arun collections ® 1982 01:53:21,200 --> 01:53:23,634 ♪ 1983 01:53:53,720 --> 01:53:55,676 ♪ 1984 01:54:24,000 --> 01:54:25,956 ♪ 1985 01:54:56,000 --> 01:54:57,956 ♪ 1986 01:55:28,040 --> 01:55:29,996 ♪ 1987 01:55:49,960 --> 01:55:51,916 ♪ 1988 01:56:21,960 --> 01:56:23,916 ♪ 1989 01:56:54,000 --> 01:56:55,956 ♪ 1990 01:57:26,040 --> 01:57:27,996 ♪ 1991 01:57:58,080 --> 01:58:00,036 ♪ 1992 01:58:30,120 --> 01:58:32,076 ♪ 1993 01:59:02,120 --> 01:59:04,076 ♪ 1994 01:59:34,160 --> 01:59:36,116 ♪ 1995 02:00:06,840 --> 02:00:08,796 (music ends) ^.^.^.^.subtitles by.^.^.^.^ ® Sud_Arun collections ®