Local Hero (1983)
Local Hero (1983)


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Cast & Crew.

Burt Lancaster
Felix Happer

Peter Riegert
Mac

Denis Lawson
Urquhart

Fulton Mackay
Ben

Peter Capaldi
Oldsen

Jennifer Black
Stella

Jenny Seagrove
Marina

Norman Chancer
Moritz

Rikki Fulton
Geddes

Alex Norton
Watt

Christopher Rozycki
Victor

Gyearbuor Asante
Rev Macpherson

John M. Jackson
Cal

Dan Ammerman
Donaldson

Tam Dean Burn
Roddy

John Gordon Sinclair
Ricky

Caroline Guthrie
Pauline

Jimmy Yuill
Iain

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
Ace Tone

Dale Winchester
Ace Tone

Luke Coulter
Baby

Buddy Quaid
Crabbe

Chris Menges
Director of Photography

Mark Knopfler
Original Music Composer

Michael Bradsell
Editor

Bill Forsyth
Director / Screenplay

David Puttnam
Producer

Adrienne Atkinson
Art Direction

Frank Walsh
Art Direction

Iain Smith
Associate Producer

Roger Murray-Leach
Production Design

Ian Watson
Art Direction

Michael Coulter
Camera Operator

Arthur Wicks
Property Master

Jonathan Benson
First Assistant Director

Mike Tucker
Boom Operator

Jim Howe
First Assistant Editor
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Details.
Release DateFebruary 17, 1983
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 51m
Content RatingPG
Budget$4,200,000
Box Office$5,900,000
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Local Hero is a 1983 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Bill Forsyth and produced by David Puttnam. It stars Peter Riegert, Burt Lancaster, Denis Lawson, Peter Capaldi, and Fulton Mackay. Riegert plays 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. The musical score was composed by Mark Knopfler.
The film premiered on February 17, 1983. It received critical acclaim, and holds a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. At the 37th British Academy Film Awards, the film was nominated for seven BAFTA Awards and won Best Direction for Forsyth. In 1999, the British Film Institute ranked the film as one of the Top 100 British films of the 20th century.
A stage musical adaptation of the same name, written by Forsyth and Knopfler, premiered in 2019.
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