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Local Hero is a 1983 Scottish comedy-drama film written and directed by Bill Forsyth and starring Peter Riegert, Peter Capaldi, Denis Lawson, Fulton Mackay and Burt Lancaster. Produced by David Puttnam , the film is about an American oil company representative who is sent to the fictional village of Ferness on the west coast of Scotland to purchase the town and surrounding property for his ...
Apr 29, 1983 · Local Hero: Directed by Bill Forsyth. With Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Fulton Mackay, Denis Lawson. An American oil company has plans for a new refinery and sends someone to Scotland to buy up an entire village, but things don't go as expected.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Bill Forsyth
- 1983-04-29
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- 111 min
Rated: 5/5 May 23, 2023 Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian Local Hero snares your heart because it takes on a fantasy element: something to do with Happer’s visionary obsession with the stars.
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- Comedy
- PG
A small Scottish town faces a giant oil company's offer to buy its land and beach. The film is a witty and humorous portrait of human nature, with Burt Lancaster as the eccentric billionaire and Peter Riegert as the American negotiator.
A comedy about an American oil company trying to buy a Scottish village for a refinery. The deal is complicated by the locals' secret agenda, the eccentric owner's therapy, and a mysterious hermit on the beach.
Screen legend Burt Lancaster gives an outstanding performance as an eccentric oilman who orders a young executive ("Crossing Delancey"'s Peter Riegert) to purchase...
