Synopsis

In a pub in Kalgoorlie, the mining capital of Western Australia, Lenny, an unsuspecting tourist walks into a conversation between Amos, a gold digger, and two miners. He purchases a nugget from the digger for what he thinks is a bargain price.

What he is not aware of is the ingenious way Amos makes money - he spray-paints ordinary pieces of rocks into nuggets and engages the two larrikin miners to help him sell his 'gold'.

Director Debbie Carmody says about her film: "Based on a yarn, Done Dirt Cheap is a reflection of the type of characters you see in the Western Australian Goldfields. I wanted to give the audience an insight into a world that's not often seen within wider Australia - a Super Pit with huge machinery taking the wealth of the earth, and a man from the land getting in on the mining money-making action." ^[1]