Local Hero (1983)
Local Hero (1983)
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Burt Lancaster
Felix Happer
Peter Riegert
Mac
Fulton Mackay
Ben Knox
Denis Lawson
Gordon Urquhart
Norman Chancer
Moritz
Peter Capaldi
Oldsen
Rikki Fulton
Geddes
Alex Norton
Watt
Jenny Seagrove
Marina
Jennifer Black
Stella Urquhart
Christopher Rozycki
Victor
Bill Forsyth
Director
Gyearbuor Asante
Rev Macpherson
John M. Jackson
Cal
David Puttnam
Producer
Dan Ammerman
Donaldson
Mark Knopfler
Composer
Tam Dean Burn
Roddy
Chris Menges
Cinematographer
John Gordon Sinclair
Ricky
Michael Bradsell
Editor
Caroline Guthrie
Pauline
Jimmy Yuill
Iain
Roger Murray-Leach
ProductionDesigner
Karen Douglas
Mrs Wyatt
Kenny Ireland
Skipper
Sandra Voe
Mrs Fraser
Harlan Jordan
Fountain
Charles Kearney
Peter
David Mowat
Gideon
John Poland
Anderson
Ann Scott-Jones
Linda Fraser
Ian Stewart
Mr Bulloch
Jonathan Watson
Jonathan
Dave Anderson
Fraser
Ray Jeffries
Andrew
James Kennedy
Edward
Willie Joss
Sandy
Tanya Ticktin
Russian Girl
Edith Ruddick
Old Lady
Betty Macey
Switchboard Operator
Michelle McCarel
Switchboard Operator
Anne Thompson
Switchboard Operator
Brian Rowan
Ace Tone
Mark Winchester
Ace Tone
Alan Clark
Ace Tone
Alan Darby
Ace Tone
Roddy Murray
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Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 17, 1983
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 51m
Content RatingPG
Budget$4,200,000
Box Office$5,900,000
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Wiki.
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 company. For his work on the film, Forsyth won the 1984 BAFTA Award for Best Direction.
A stage musical adaptation received its world premiere in 2019. In the same year a Criterion Collection DVD/Blu-ray was released in September.
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