Cavan Kendall, Corin Redgrave, Ed Lauter
Jack McCann (Gene Hackman) is a former gold prospector who discovered a rich deposit in the Canadian wilderness. But McCann's wealth led to depression and paranoia, and he withdrew from the world to a...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 16, 2003
Stats: 33 reviews
A giddy mix of pretension, melodrama and unintentional trash, Eureka is one hell of a ride. Head-shots, a blow-torch death scene, a voodoo orgy, a rambling court scene plus much more, ensures that this film has something for everyone. Cult film fans will enjoy the oddity of it al...( read more)
Eureka (1983) was a watershed film that dealt with the theme of how to exist when one's wildest dreams are answered in mid-life. A gold prospector (Gene Hackman) strikes it rich after years of impoverished struggle, but the empire that he builds in the Bahamas turns into a purgat...( read more)
Extremely well-directed with subtle nuances in the camera-work and very top-notch performances. Based on the true-story of the unsolved murder of Sir Harry Oakes (which for me has a native Mauritian connection). You won't be disappointed !
I don't know what to make of this film. Snowy, ice, angel lady who controls the world? Occult. What is this movie? I don't know.
Wildly ambitious, hypnotic and not entirely successful. But it goes to places that no other film dares.
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