Eureka (1983 film)
Eureka | |
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Directed by | Nicolas Roeg |
Written by | Paul Mayersberg |
Produced by | Jeremy Thomas |
Starring | Gene Hackman Theresa Russell Rutger Hauer Mickey Rourke Joe Pesci |
Cinematography | Alex Thomson |
Music by | Stanley Myers |
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Distributed by | MGM/UA Entertainment Company |
Release dates | May 1983 (UK) October 5, 1984 (USA) |
Running time | 130 minutes |
Language | English |
Box office | $123,572 |
Eureka is a 1983 British-American drama film directed by Nicolas Roeg. It is the story of a Klondike prospector, Jack McCann (Gene Hackman) who strikes it rich, yet ends up fearing that his daughter Tracy (Theresa Russell) and his son-in-law (Rutger Hauer) are scheming to take his wealth and his soul; moreover, greedy investors (Joe Pesci and Mickey Rourke) are also hunting McCann's fortune.
Eureka is loosely based on the true murder of Sir Harry Oakes in the Bahamas in 1943.[1]
Cast
- Gene Hackman... Jack McCann
- Theresa Russell... Tracy McCann Maillot Van Horn
- Rutger Hauer... Claude Maillot Van Horn
- Jane Lapotaire... Helen McCann
- Mickey Rourke... Aurelio D'Amato
- Ed Lauter... Charles Perkins
- Joe Pesci... Mayakofsky
- Joe Spinell... Pete
- James Faulkner... Roger
- Corin Redgrave... Worsley
- Helena Kallianiotes... Frieda
Legacy
Film critic and film maker, Mark Cousins put Eureka in his top ten favourite films in the Sight and Sound Greatest Films poll 2012[2] and has called the film a 'masterpiece'.[3] Danny Boyle classified this film as underrated.
The film's title was used by musician Jim O'Rourke for his album Eureka.
DVD
Eureka was released to DVD by MGM Home Entertainment on September 16th, 2003 as a Region 1 widescreen DVD, as well as a 2016 Blu-Ray release (under license from MGM) by Twilight Time.
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ Sight and Sounds Greatest Films Poll 2012, Mark Cousins
- ^ Twitter @markcousinsfilm
External links
- Eureka at IMDb
- Eureka at Rotten Tomatoes
- Eureka at Box Office Mojo