Eureka | 80's Movie Guide

Taglines: Richer than Getty, stranger than Hughes, the bizarre tale of Jack McCann. Eureka movie storyline. Arctic prospector Jack McCann, after fifteen years of solitary searching, becomes one of the world's wealthiest men when he literally falls into a mountain of gold in 1925. Years later, in 1945, he lives in luxury on a Caribbean island that he owns. But his wealth brings him no peace of mind as he copes with Helen, his bored, alcoholic wife; Tracy, his dear, but headstrong, daughter who has married a dissolute, philandering social-climber; and Miami mobsters who want his island to build a casino. His life is entangled with the obsessions of those around him with greed, power, and debauchery against a background of occult symbolism. 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. Eureka (1983) Directed by: Nicolas Roeg Starring: Gene Hackman, Theresa Russell, Rutger Hauer, Jane Lapotaire, Mickey Rourke, Ed Lauter, Joe Pesci. Helena Kallianiotes Screenplay by: Paul Mayersberg Production Design by: Michael Seymour Cinematography by: Alex Thomson Film Editing by: Tony Lawson Costume Design by: Marit Allen Art Direction by: John Beard, Leslie Dilley Music by: Stanley Myers Distributed by: Metro Goldwyn Mayer, United Artists Release Date: May 1, 1983