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Local Hero
1983
A Texas oil company attempts to buy out a Scottish fishing village for a refinery, and the result is utter confusion. To make matters more complicated, one of the town's least prominent citizens owns a strategic piece of property which he refuses to sell. A warm, acclaimed comedy, starring Burt Lancaster and PEter Riegert, from .. Read more
| Starring | Fulton Mackay, Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson |
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| Director | Bill Forsyth |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Local Hero
A Texas oil company attempts to buy out a Scottish fishing village for a refinery, and the result is utter confusion. To make matters more complicated, one of the town's least prominent citizens owns a strategic piece of property which he refuses to sell. A warm, acclaimed comedy, starring Burt Lancaster and PEter Riegert, from writer-director Bill Forsyth (GREGORY'S GIRL).
| Starring | Fulton Mackay, Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Fulton MacKay, Jenny Seagrove |
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| Director | Bill Forsyth |
| Studio | FILM 4 |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 47 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | Production year: 1983 To Rent: DVD: 12 May 2007 |
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Reminiscent of various Ealing comedies, especially Whisky Galore and The Maggie, this ambitious comedy is really not funny enough for its great length.
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- Halliwell's Film Guide
- 02 Mar 2006 at 15:41
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Fantastic feel good film
A fantastic feel good film that is as comforting as it is funny. The typical "outraged natives" plot which usually transpires when an "evil"... read more »
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- 23 Jan 2004 at 11:09
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Webbed feet, oil and grains of sand
One of my all time favourite films. Please release this in Blue Ray! Great musical score, particularly Victor's song 'Born to be a rolling stone' ... read more »
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So glad this is rated so high!
Witty, unexpected, and affectionate. My favourite film. Gets better every time I watch it - and I normally hate repeats.
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- 22 Apr 2012 at 02:04
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great 80's film
What a lovely reminder that money isn't everything! After seeing the recent doc about Donald Trump this was really uplifting.
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Local Hero takes location plaudits
- 29 Sep 2005
A film that was set in Pennan, Aberdeenshire, has come top of a poll to find the best use of a film location in Britain. Local Hero, made in 1983, was a Bafta-winning comedy directed by Bill Forsyth that starred Burt Lancaster, Denis Lawson, Peter Capaldi and Jenny Seagrove. The poll of 2,000 film critics and journalists was carried out for the Film Distributors' Association. Lord Puttnam, who produced Local Hero, said: "I am delighted but not all that surprised that Local Hero has proved... Read more
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A Texas oil company attempts to buy out a Scottish fishing village for a refinery, and the result is utter confusion. To make matters more complicated, one of the town's least prominent citizens owns a strategic piece of property which he refuses to sell. A warm, acclaimed comedy, starring Burt ...
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