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- 1984
- R
- MGM/UA Entertainment Company
- 2 h 10 m
- 1984
- R
- MGM/UA Entertainment Company
- 2 h 10 m
Summary In 1925, Arctic prospector Jack McCann (Gene Hackman) becomes a rich man when he strikes gold, but twenty years later, he faces major personal and family problems.
Directed By: Nicolas Roeg
Written By: Marshall Houts, Paul Mayersberg, Robert W. Service
- 1984
- R
- MGM/UA Entertainment Company
- 2 h 10 m
- 1984
- R
- MGM/UA Entertainment Company
- 2 h 10 m
Eureka
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Summary In 1925, Arctic prospector Jack McCann (Gene Hackman) becomes a rich man when he strikes gold, but twenty years later, he faces major personal and family problems.
Directed By: Nicolas Roeg
Written By: Marshall Houts, Paul Mayersberg, Robert W. Service
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
63
50% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
50% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
63
50% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
50% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
It's an absorbing study of power couched in thriller format. As with any Roeg film, the stunning visuals are the real star. [20 Dec 1985, p.22]
Strong performances anchor a series of unforgettable scenes. Breathtaking and unfathomable.
If Eureka is not completely successful if, indeed, it is sometimes merely silly and often confusing, maybe that's the price we pay for Roeg's intensity. At least it is never boring.
Full of the lush, confusing images one comes to expect in a Nicolas Roeg film.
While the weight of Roeg's success is usually stylistic, this is more of a harkback to the cosmic scale of The Man Who Fell to Earth, with enormous themes streaming through a strange tale.
Eureka is vintage Roeg in its sweep, its bravado, and its explosive visual style. It's also a murky stew of half-baked story ideas, overcooked sex, and nasty violence, inhabited by characters who'd be tedious even if they didn't talk, talk, talk through one self-indulgent scene after another. [11 Sep 1985, p.23]
There are enough plots here for several movies, but not enough for this one.
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Production Company
Recorded Picture Company (RPC),
JF Productions,
Sunley Productions Ltd.,
United Artists
Release Date Oct 5, 1984
Duration 2 h 10 m
Rating R
Tagline Richer than Getty, stranger than Hughes, the bizarre tale of Jack McCann.
Awards
British Society of Cinematographers
• 1 Nomination
