The Nugget

For other uses, see Nugget (disambiguation).

The Nugget
Directed by	Bill Bennett
Written by	Bill Bennett
Produced by	Jennifer Cluff-Bennett Bill Bennett
Starring	Eric Bana Stephen Curry Dave O'Neil Belinda Emmett Vince Colosimo
Cinematography	Danny Ruhlmann
Edited by	Henry Dangar
Music by	Nigel Westlake
Production company	Macquarie Film Corporation
Distributed by	Roadshow
Release date	October 17, 2002 (2002-10-17)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	A$500,000 (approximate)

The Nugget is a 2002 Australian comedy film about three friends who find the world's largest nugget of gold.

Storyline

The story concerns a group of three road workers who stumble upon the world's biggest nugget of gold, and become instant millionaires — or so they think. The road workers are mates from way back, and each weekend they go out to an old goldmining site hoping to strike it rich. Each weekend they come back with nothing but a hangover. But then everything changes when they discover the world's biggest nugget — worth many millions of dollars.

Cast

• Eric Bana as Lotto
• Stephen Curry as Wookiee
• Dave O'Neil as Sue
• Belinda Emmett as Cheryl
• Peter Moon as Ratner
• Vince Colosimo as Dimitri
• Max Cullen as Wally
• Karen Pang as Moon Choo
• Sallyanne Ryan as Darlene
• Alan Brough as Jurgen
• Jeff Truman as George
• Chris Haywood as Doug
• Jean Kittson as Joyce
• Glenda Linscott as Bunny
• Jane Hall as Lucy
• Grace Tosh as Elderly Lady
• Scott McGregor as Derek McLeod

Box office

The Nugget grossed $1,920,993 at the box office in Australia.

See also

• Cinema of Australia

External links

• The Nugget at IMDb
• The Nugget at Oz Movies
• The Nugget at the National Film and Sound Archive