Eureka (1983)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Nicolas Roeg

Writers:

Marshall Houts (book)
Paul Mayersberg (writer)

Release Date:

May 1983 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Arctic prospector Jack McCann, after fifteen years of solitary searching, becomes one of the world's...

Plot Keywords:

Island | Mobster | Gold | Casino | Mountain

Awards:

1 nomination

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
Helena Kallianiotes	...	Frieda
Cavan Kendall	...	Pierre de Valois
Corin Redgrave	...	Worsley
Joe Spinell	...	Pete
Frank Pesce	...	Stefano
Michael Scott Addis	...	Joe
Norman Beaton	...	Byron Judson
Emrys James	...	Judge
James Faulkner	...	Roger
Ann Thornton	...	Jane
Emma Relph	...	Mary
John Vine	...	Julian
Tim Van Rellim	...	Police Chief
Ellis Dale	...	Jury Foreman
Lloyd Berry	...	Olaf
Tom Heaton	...	Man Blowing off Head
Timothy Scott	...	Webb
Geri Dewson	...	Whore
Annie Kidder	...	Rita
Ian Tracey	...	Joey
Brad Sakiyama	...	Phil
Sandra Friesen	...	Mother
Raimund Stamm	...	Patron
Suzette Collins	...	Esther
Tommy Lane	...	Miami Chauffeur

Directed by
Nicolas Roeg

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Marshall Houts		book "Who Killed Sir Harry Oakes?"
Paul Mayersberg		writer

Produced by
Jeremy Thomas	....	producer
Tim Van Rellim	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Stanley Myers

Cinematography by
Alex Thomson

Film Editing by
Tony Lawson

Production Design by
Michael Seymour

Art Direction by
John Beard
Leslie Dilley		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Michael Seirton

Costume Design by
Marit Allen

Makeup Department
Christine Beveridge	....	makeup artist
Susan Boyd	....	hair stylist
Martin Samuel	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Bob Gray	....	unit production manager
Ted Lloyd	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Terry Madden	....	second assistant director (as Terence Madden)
Anthony Waye	....	first assistant director
David W. Rose	....	second assistant director: additional photography (uncredited)

Art Department
Jack Carter	....	construction manager
Peter Childs	....	assistant art director
Peter Childs	....	chief draughtsman
Derek Creedon	....	stand-by prop
Bob Hedges	....	property master
John Lanzer	....	property buyer
James H. Chow	....	property master (uncredited)

Sound Department
Alan Bell	....	dubbing editor
Tony Bell	....	boom operator (as Antony Bell)
Gerry Humphreys	....	dubbing mixer
Paul Le Mare	....	sound mixer
Robin O'Donoghue	....	assistant dubbing mixer
John Richards	....	sound recording engineer

Special Effects by
Jamie Brown	....	special effects makeup
Peter Hutchinson	....	special effects supervisor
J.B. Jones	....	special effects supervisor
James L. Roberts	....	special effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Del Baker	....	stunts
Artie Malesci	....	stunts
John-Clay Scott	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Jack Conroy	....	gaffer
John Golding	....	camera operator
Chris Helcermanas-Benge	....	still photographer (uncredited)
Peter Versey	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Jimmy Worley	....	electrician (uncredited)

Animation Department
Kevin Kutchaver	....	animator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Trish Robinson	....	casting: Canada
Mary Selway	....	casting: UK
Margery Simkin	....	casting: USA
Dee Miller	....	location casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nic Ede	....	wardrobe supervisor (as Nicolas Ede)
Catherine Halloran	....	wardrobe mistress

Editorial Department
David Spiers	....	first assistant film editor

Music Department
Hans Zimmer	....	composer: additional music
Stanley Myers	....	conductor (uncredited)

Other crew
Matthew Binns	....	location manager
Sevilla Delofski	....	assistant to producer
Kay Fenton	....	continuity
Susan Kane	....	production assistant
Dennis Lasker	....	assistant to executive producer
François Rabbath	....	double bass solos
Alex Richards	....	production accountant
Julia Robinson	....	production assistant
Christine Wilson	....	continuity
David Cherrill	....	location manager (uncredited)
John Wardlow	....	location manager: Canada (uncredited)

Production Companies

• JF Productions
• Recorded Picture Company (RPC)
• Sunley Productions Ltd.

Distributors

• MGM/UA Classics (1984) (USA) (theatrical)
• Divisa Home Video (2009) (Spain) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) (1986) (UK) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Joe Dunton & Company  camera equipment provided by
• Lee Lighting  grip and lighting equipment

Runtime:

130 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:R | Norway:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Finland:K-18

Filming Locations:

Florida, USA

Company:

JF Productions

Trivia:

The film is based on speculation about the real-life murder of gold prospector and philanthropist Sir Harry Oakes, found decapitated in his mansion in the Bahamas in 1943. The case is still unsolved, with theories ranging from his son-in-law, his business partner, and organized crime figures interested in building casinos on Oakes' private island.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Jack is run off his motorbike by Charles and Jack gets into Charles's car, a person in a yellow raincoat is reflected in the window of the car.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Watching the Alien (2003) (V)

always described as flawed

Roeg draws on Who Killed Sir Harry Oakes, as well as Skakespeares tempest and some Robert Service to create this tale of a man who "once had the world, now i just have the everything". a film of thems and more subplots than plot-and many themes. hackmann is a perfect Roeg actor-like Sutherland, Fox and Bowie, but some other performances are not as comfortable, or not as well written -particularly the women. A film that is worth repeated viewing