Eureka (1984)
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Cast
as Jack McCann
as Tracy
as Claude Maillot
as Helen McCann
as Perkins
as Aurelio
as Mayakofsky
as Frieda
as Worsley
as Roger
as Webb
as Pierre de Valois
as Pete
as Stefano
as Byron Judson
as Judge
as Jane
as Mary
as Julian
as Police Chief
as Jury Foreman
as Olaf
as Man Blowing off Head
as Whore
as Rita
as Man Blowing off Head
as Joey
as Phil
as Mother
as Patron
as Esther
as Miami Chauffeur
Critic Reviews for Eureka
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... the director's strivings for tricky effects seem to have left him little attention to spare for developing his characters or drawing passable performances from his actors...
More a curio than a straightforward classic, Nicolas Roeg's Eureka is beyond weird.
A typically oddball effort from Nicolas Roeg...
...for all its moments of brilliance that rival anything Roeg ever did, Eureka fails. The film stumbles under one of the weakest scripts he ever dealt with.
Eccentric even by Roeg standards, this goes overboard with the histrionics, and even the slight supernatural tinge that defines Roeg's films is clumsily handled here. Yet there are some thought-provoking ideas and exchanges, and the acting is impeccable.
In its own convoluted way, tells us that money can't buy us happiness.
Audience Reviews for Eureka
[font=Century Gothic]In "Eureka" Jack McCann(Gene Hackman) is the ultimate self-made man, having discovered a mother lode of gold, about twenty years before. Now, he is one of the wealthiest men in the world, owning his very own island in the Caribbean. His personal life is not on the same exalted level, however. His wife, Helen(Jane Lapotaire), is an alcoholic. His daughter, Tracy(Theresa Russell), is married to a French emigre, Claude(Rutger Hauer), who Jack severely disapproves of. To add to his troubles, a group of mobsters from Miami are trying to muscle in to build a casino on his land...[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]Even for director Nicolas Roeg, "Eureka" is an odd movie. The movie throws in too many ideas to properly consider and there is simply too much going on here for it to be considered anything of a success. To start, themes including greed, spirituality and family mix uneasily together while the mobsters sublot needlessly complicates matters. A much simpler approach might have worked as the setting and characters are not without interest. [/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]Adding to the strangeness, are Mickey Rourke and Joe Pesci giving the most restrained performances of their careers. Gene Hackman is fine as always.[/font]
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