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Title: Answer me this, will you? Why is gold worth 20 bucks an ounce? I don't know. Because it's scarce. A thousand men go searching for gold. After six months one of them's lucky. One out of the thousand. His find represents not only his own labor but that of 999 others to boot. That's, uh, 6,000 months, 500 years ... scrambling over mountain, going hungry and thirsty. The gold is worth what it is because of the human labor that went into finding it. - Never thought of it like that. - There's no...
Full Transcript: Answer me this, will you? Why is gold worth 20 bucks an ounce? I don't know. Because it's scarce. A thousand men go searching for gold. After six months one of them's lucky. One out of the thousand. His find represents not only his own labor but that of 999 others to boot. That's, uh, 6,000 months, 500 years ... scrambling over mountain, going hungry and thirsty. The gold is worth what it is because of the human labor that went into finding it. - Never thought of it like that. - There's no other explanation. Gold ain't good for nothing except for making jewelry and gold teeth. Gold's a devilish sort of thing. You start out, you tell yourself you'll be satisfied with 25,000 worth of it. So help me Lord and cross my heart. Fine resolution. After months of sweating, growing short on provisions and finding nothing ... you finally come down to 15,000, then 10. Finally you say, "Lord, let me just find $5,000 worth. I'll never ask for anything more the rest of my life.". Five thousand dollars is a lot of money. In this joint it seems like a lot. If you was to make a real strike, you couldn't be dragged away. Not even death would keep you from trying to add 10,000 more. Ten, you'd wanna get 25. Twenty five, you'd wanna get 50. Fifty, 100. Like roulette. One more turn, you know? Always one more. It wouldn't be that way with me. I swear, it wouldn't. I'd take only what I set out to get. Even if there was half a million dollars' worth lying around waiting to be picked up. I've dug in Alaska and Canada and Colorado. I was in the British Honduras, I made my fare back home ... and almost enough to cure me of the fever I'd caught. Dug in California and Australia. All over the world practically. Yeah. I know what gold does to men's souls. You talk as though you struck it rich sometime, pop. How about it? Then what are you doing in here, a down and outer? That's gold. That's what it makes us. Never knew a prospector yet that died rich. Make one fortune, he's sure to blow it trying to find another. I'm no exception to the rule. Ah, sure, I'm a gnawed old bone now, but don't you guys think the spirit's gone. I'm set to shoulder a pickaxe anytime anybody's willing to share expenses. I'd rather go myself. Going alone is best. But you gotta have a stomach for loneliness. Some guys go nutty with it.
From Soundboard: The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (1948)
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Answer me this, will you? Why is gold worth 20 bucks an ounce? I don't know. Because it's scarce. A thousand men go searching for gold. After six months one of them's lucky. One out of the thousand. His find represents not only his own labor but that of 999 others to boot. That's, uh, 6,000 months, 500 years ... scrambling over mountain, going hungry and thirsty. The gold is worth what it is because of the human labor that went into finding it. - Never thought of it like that. - There's no...

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Description: "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" is a classic movie released in 1948, directed by John Huston. This iconic film explores the dark side of human nature as three Americans searching for gold in the Mexican mountains find their greed and paranoia consuming them. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, and Tim Holt, this gripping tale remains an enduring masterpiece. If you're interested in immersing yourself in the sounds of this acclaimed film, you can play and download them here.

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