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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.
Released: 1983-02-17111 minDir: Bill ForsythComedy, DramaBudget: $4.2MBox office: $5.9M
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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- Duration
- 108
- FilmAffinity ID
- 738815
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- publication date
- 1983-04-29
- title
- Local Hero
- review score
- 84/100
- capital cost
- 3000000
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Categories
1983 British films1983 comedy-drama films1983 English-language films1983 films1983 independent films20th Century Fox filmsBritish comedy-drama filmsBritish independent filmsEnglish-language comedy-drama filmsEnglish-language independent filmsFilms about real estate holdoutFilms directed by Bill ForsythFilms produced by David PuttnamFilms scored by Mark KnopflerFilms set in AberdeenFilms set in Highland (council area)Films set in HoustonFilms set in ScotlandFilms set on beachesFilms shot in HoustonFilms shot in ScotlandFilms whose director won the Best Direction BAFTA AwardGoldcrest Films filmsMagical realism films