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Film · 1983
Local Hero
1h 51mPGDirected by Bill Forsyth
- Comedy
- Drama
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.
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
Burt LancasterFelix Happer
Peter Riegert"Mac" MacIntyre
Denis LawsonGordon Urquhart
Fulton MackayBen Knox
Peter CapaldiDanny Oldsen
Jennifer BlackStella Urquhart
Jenny SeagroveMarina
Norman ChancerMoritz
Rikki FultonGeddes
Alex NortonWatt
Christopher RozyckiVictor- Gyearbuor AsanteRev Macpherson
Details
- Director
- Bill Forsyth
- Writer
- Bill Forsyth
- Music
- Mark Knopfler
- Cinematography
- Chris Menges
- Editor
- Michael Bradsell
- Producer
- David Puttnam
- Release
- February 17, 1983
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Rated
- PG
- Language
- Russian, Japanese, English
- Studio
- Enigma Productions, Goldcrest Films International, Celandine Films
- TMDB score
- 6.8 / 10 from 425 votes
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