Eureka (1983 film)
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| Directed by | Nicolas Roeg |
| Produced by | Jeremy Thomas |
| Written by | Paul Mayersberg |
| Based on | Who Killed Sir Harry Oakes? by Marshall Houts |
| Starring |
Gene Hackman Theresa Russell Rutger Hauer Mickey Rourke Joe Pesci |
| Music by | Stanley Myers |
| Cinematography | Alex Thomson |
| Studio | Recorded Picture Company |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release dates | 1983 |
| Language | English |
Eureka is a 1983 film, directed by Nicolas Roeg. It is the story of a Klondike prospector, Jack McCann (played by 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
The film's title was used by musician Jim O'Rourke for his album Eureka. 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.
References
- ↑
- ↑ Sight and Sounds Greatest Films Poll 2012, Mark Cousins
- ↑ Twitter @markcousinsfilm
External links
- Eureka at the Internet Movie Database
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