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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.
Oil billionaire Happer sends Mac to a remote Scottish village to secure the property rights for an oil refinery they want to build. Mac teams up with Danny and starts the negotiations, the locals are keen to get their hands on the 'Silver Dollar' and can't believe their luck.
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.
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. Bill Forsyth. Director, Screenplay.
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
Local Hero. Here is a small film to treasure, a loving, funny, understated portrait of a small Scottish town and its encounter with a giant oil company. The town is tucked away in a sparkling little bay, and is so small that everybody is well aware of everybody else's foibles.
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Jun 6, 2023 · Set in the fictional village of Ferness, Local Hero follows US oil executive "Mac" MacIntyre (Peter Riegert), who is sent to Scotland by his eccentric billionaire boss Felix Happer (Burt...
