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Local Hero is a 1983 English-language comedy drama film directed by Bill Forsyth, who also wrote the screenplay. The production involved producers David Puttnam and Iain Smith, with Chris Menges serving as director of photography. The cast includes Peter Riegert, Burt Lancaster, Denis Lawson, and Peter Capaldi. Mark Knopfler composed the music for the movie, which was produced by Goldcrest Films, Enigma Productions, and Celandine Films.
The narrative is set in Scotland, focusing on themes of small town and village life. The film has a runtime of 111 minutes and was distributed by Netflix in video on demand format. It received various review scores, including 100%, 8.8 out of 10, and 84 out of 100. The tagline describes it as the story of an ordinary man in an extraordinary place.
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Film · TMDB
6.8An 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.
Cast
- Burt Lancaster as Felix Happer
- Peter Riegert as "Mac" MacIntyre
- Denis Lawson as Gordon Urquhart
- Fulton Mackay as Ben Knox
- Peter Capaldi as Danny Oldsen
- Jennifer Black as Stella Urquhart
Themes
- small town
- petrol
- scotland
- village life
- village
- folk music
- houston, texas
- oil
- rabbit
- millionaire
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Bill Forsyth
- Screenwriter
- Bill Forsyth
- Cast member
- Peter Capaldi
- Composer
- Mark Knopfler
- Producer
- Iain Smith
- Production company
- Goldcrest Films
- Cinematographer
- Chris Menges
- Narrative location
- Scotland
- Duration
- 108
- FilmAffinity ID
- 738815
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1983-04-29
- title
- Local Hero
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 84/100
- capital cost
- 3000000
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