Tag Archives: gold

Tarzan and the Lost City

IMDB Rating: 3.70
854 votes

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On the eve of his wedding, John Clayton, Lord of Greystoke (better known as Tarzan), receives a message from the witch doctor Mugambe that his homeland is in danger. It turns out that a treasure hunter named Ravens is searching for the lost city of Opar, and is destroying the jungle and desecrating the villagers' burial grounds in the process. Only Tarzan can stop Ravens and set things right in the African jungle, but will Jane stand for her fiance being away for so long?
Actors
Tarzan/John ClaytonCasper Van Dien
Nigel RavensSteven Waddington
MugambeWinston Ntshona
Also posted in 1998, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy | Comments (0)

Paint Your Wagon

IMDB Rating: 6.50
3660 votes

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A Michigan farmer and a prospector form a partnership in the California gold country. Their adventures include buying and sharing a wife, hijacking a stage, kidnaping six prostitutes, and turning their mining camp into a boomtown. Along the way there is plenty of drinking, gambling, and singing. They even find time to do some creative gold mining.
Actors
Ben RumsonLee Marvin
PardnerClint Eastwood
Rotten Luck WillieHarve Presnell
Also posted in 1969, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Musical, Romance, Western | Comments (0)

Heist

IMDB Rating: 6.40
12854 votes

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David Mamet takes this story of thieves along many twists and turns, some of which work and some of which don't. Gene Hackman plays the brilliant leader of a gang (Delroy Lindo, Ricky Jay & Rebecca Pigeon as Hackman's youngish wife), which pulls off complex heists for a despicable fence (Danny DeVito). After stiffing the gang on a jewelry robbery, DeVito forces the gang to go after a Swiss gold shipment and to use his nephew (Sam Rockwell) in the crime. No one trusts anyone and every step is shaded with the unexpected.
Actors
Sam Rockwell
Gene Hackman
Danny DeVito
Also posted in 2001, Action, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Jungle Book

IMDB Rating: 5.80
3242 votes

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A faithful adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's classic tale of Mowgoli the jungle boy who is raised by wolves after being lost when a tiger attacked an encampment and killed his father. Years later he finds himself re-united with his childhood love Kitty and back in the "civilization" of Colonial India which he finds far less civilized then his jungle haunts. The search for a lost treasure shows who the truly civilized members of society are.
Actors
MowgliJason Scott Lee
Captain William BooneCary Elwes
Katherine 'Kitty' BrydonLena Headey
Also posted in 1994, Adventure, Family, Romance | Comments (0)

The Italian Job

IMDB Rating: 6.90
41943 votes

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A gang of robbers, lead by career criminal Charlie Croker, create the largest traffic jam in Los Angeles history, giving them time to pull off a theft of gold bullion. They get away in their Mini Coopers, which are small enough to drive on sidewalks so they can make a clean get away before the traffic jam clears.
Actors
Charlie CrokerMark Wahlberg
Stella BridgerCharlize Theron
John BridgerDonald Sutherland
Also posted in 2003, Action, Crime, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (8)

Pale Rider

IMDB Rating: 7.00
8742 votes

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Clint Eastwood is a mysterious preacher who comes to a gold mining camp near a small town in the mountains. The miners are in grave danger as a ruthless landowner decides to take their land, with the support of the sheriff. The only one who seems brave enough to save them is this preacher who came from nowhere and nobody knows his past or his real name. Why is the sheriff afraid of him? Why is he such a good shooter? Is he really a preacher?
Actors
PreacherClint Eastwood
Hull BarretMichael Moriarty
Sarah WheelerCarrie Snodgress
Also posted in 1985, Action, High IMDB rating, Western | Comments (0)

Austin Powers in Goldmember

IMDB Rating: 6.20
44001 votes

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He's found his mojo, baby, and now Austin Powers (Mike Myers) is back again in this shagadelic comedy-adventure! The "sshhh!" hits the fan when Dr. Evil and Mini-Me escape from prison. Joining forces with the superfreaky Goldmember, they kidnap Austin's father, master spy Nigel Powers (Michael Caine), in a dastardly time-travel scheme to take over the world. Before you can say "Shake Your Booty," Austin cruises to 1975 and teams up with sexy Foxxy Cleopatra (Beyonce Knowles) to stop Dr. Evil and Goldmember from their mischievous mayhem. With Michael York, Robert Wagner, Seth Green, Mindy Sterling and Verne J. Troyer.
Actors
Austin Powers/Dr. Evil/Goldmember/Fat BastardMike Myers
Foxxy CleopatraBeyoncé Knowles
Scott EvilSeth Green
Also posted in 2002, Action, Adventure, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Music | Comments (21)

Kelly’s Heroes

IMDB Rating: 7.40
8411 votes

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During World War II, Lieutenant Kelly learns of a German bank located behind enemy lines containing 16 million dollars in gold bars. His platoon, led by Big Joe, has three days of R&R coming, so, with the aid of hustler Crapgame, anachronistic hippie Oddball, three Sherman tanks and a touch of irreverence, Kelly leads his men deep into French territory to steal the gold for themselves.
Actors
Pvt. KellyClint Eastwood
MSgt. Big JoeTelly Savalas
SSgt. CrapgameDon Rickles
Also posted in 1970, Action, Comedy, High IMDB rating, War | Comments (0)

Bandidas

IMDB Rating: 5.60
4005 votes

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In 1848, a New York bank wants to put a railroad across Mexico, so it buys up small banks around Santa Rita, Durango, and evicts farmers on the proposed rail line who owe money. The bank's henchman is the murderous Jackson. He runs afoul of two women, María, the tough but uneducated daughter of a farmer, and Sara, the European-educated daughter of the owner of one of these banks. To feed the now landless people and to seek revenge, María and Sara become bank robbers, veritable Robin Hoods. But Jackson and his hired guns are after them. What are the women's options?
Actors
MariaPenélope Cruz
SaraSalma Hayek
QuentinSteve Zahn
Also posted in 2006, Action, Comedy, Crime, Western | Comments (0)

Sahara

IMDB Rating: 6.00
15875 votes

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Searching for a treasure on the River Niger, Dirk Pitt thwarts the attempted assassination of a beautiful U.N. scientist investigating a disease that is driving thousands of North Africans to death. The suspected cause of the raging epidemic is vast, unprecedented pollution that threatens to extinguish all life in the world's seas. Racing to save the world from environmental catastrophe, Pitt and his team run a gauntlet between a billionaire French industrialist and a bloodthirsty West African tyrant. In the scorching desert, Pitt uncovers the truth behind his life-long quest - the fate of a Civil War ironclad. Now, amidst the blazing, shifting sands of the Sahara, Dirk Pitt will make a desperate stand — in a battle the world cannot afford to lose!
Actors
Steve Zahn
Penélope Cruz
Matthew McConaughey
Also posted in 2005, Action, Adventure, Comedy | Comments (4)
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