Eureka (1983 film)

Eureka
British quad poster
Directed by	Nicolas Roeg
Written by	Paul Mayersberg
Based on	Who Killed Sir Harry Oakes? by Marshall Houts
Produced by	Jeremy Thomas
Starring	Gene Hackman Rutger Hauer Theresa Russell Mickey Rourke Joe Pesci
Cinematography	Alex Thomson
Edited by	Tony Lawson
Music by	Stanley Myers
Production companies	Recorded Picture Company JF Productions Sunley Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release dates	May 5, 1983 (1983-05-05) (London)[1] October 5, 1984 (1984-10-05) (U.S.)
Running time	130 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom[2] United States[2]
Language	English
Budget	$11 million[3]
Box office	$123,572[4]

Eureka is a 1983 psychological drama film directed by Nicolas Roeg, and starring Gene Hackman, Rutger Hauer, Theresa Russell, Mickey Rourke, and Joe Pesci. It follows the life of a Klondike prospector who becomes one of the world's wealthiest men after striking gold in 1925, but, 20 years on, fears that he is being preyed upon by his daughter and her social-climbing husband, as well as a mobster attempting to usurp the Caribbean island he owns. The screenplay is loosely based on the unsolved murder of Sir Harry Oakes in the Bahamas in 1943.^[5]

Eureka was filmed in 1982 in England, the United States, Canada, and Jamaica, on a budget of $11 million. It received a theatrical release in England in May 1983, though its distributor, United Artists, temporarily shelved the film from release in the United States, as they were unsure how to properly market it to the public. Furthermore, it was granted an X rating in the United States for its graphic depictions of violence. It was eventually given a limited release in Los Angeles in the fall of 1984. The film was a box-office bomb, and received mixed reviews from critics.