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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.
Apr 29, 1983 · Edit page. 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.
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.
May 17, 2023 · Scotland. Comedy. Peter Capaldi. reviews. Reuse this content. Bill Forsyth’s happy-sad tale about a fishing village under threat from US oil money is as wonderful as ever, with standout turns from...
Rated: 4.5/5 • Feb 28, 2023. Up-and-coming Houston oil executive "Mac" MacIntyre (Peter Riegert) gets more than he bargained for when a seemingly simple business trip to Scotland changes his ...
Local Hero. Summaries. 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. Oil billionaire Happer sends Mac to a remote Scottish village to secure the property rights for an oil refinery they want to build.
Sep 24, 2019 · Sep 24, 2019. B ill Forsyth is Scotland’s most famous filmmaker, and Local Hero (1983) is his most famous film—for many, the true subject of Local Hero ’s title is the Glasgow-born writer-director himself.
