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Local Hero
Cast
Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Fulton Mackay, Denis Lawson View AllCrew
Bill Forsyth (Screenplay), Bill Forsyth (Director) View All
Release: Feb. 17th, 1983
Runtime: 1 hour, 51 minutes
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1
A true gem
Wow.
Halfway through Local Hero, I thought to myself, why is this movie so praised? It didn't seem like a particularly engrossing story. It was entertaining, sure. A little funny, but not side-spli...
1
A true gem
Wow.
Halfway through Local Hero, I thought to myself, why is this movie so praised? It didn't seem like a particularly engrossing story. It was entertaining, sure. A little funny, but not side-spli...
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Colorful small town characters with a far different point of view on life than 'Mac' Macintyre, the yuppie oil exec in question (Riegert - chosen for the trip only because his last name is Scottish, though this is not his ancestry).