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Local Hero
An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
1983 · Directed by Bill Forsyth · 111 min · Comedy · Drama · 17 frames
Tagline
A BEAUTIFUL COASTLINE... A RICH OIL MAN WANTS TO DEVELOP IT. A POOR BEACH BUM WANTS TO LIVE ON IT. AN ENTIRE TOWN WANTS TO PROFIT BY IT. AND A REAL-LIVE MERMAID WANTS TO SAVE IT... ONLY ONE OF THEM WILL GET THEIR WAY.
Crew
- Screenplay: Bill Forsyth
- Cinematography: Chris Menges
- Edited by: Michael Bradsell
- Music: Mark Knopfler
- Production design: Roger Murray-Leach
- Produced by: David Puttnam
Cast
- Burt Lancaster as Felix Happer
- Peter Riegert as "Mac" MacIntyre
- Denis Lawson as Gordon Urquhart
- Fulton Mackay as Ben Knox
- Peter Capaldi as Danny Oldsen
- Jennifer Black as Stella Urquhart
- Jenny Seagrove as Marina
- Norman Chancer as Moritz
- Rikki Fulton as Geddes
- Alex Norton as Watt
Production
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: Russian, Japanese, English
- Studios: Enigma Productions, Goldcrest Films International, Celandine Films
- Budget: $4,200,000
- Box office: $5,900,000
- Themes: small town, petrol, scotland, village life, village, folk music, houston, texas, oil, rabbit, millionaire
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