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Local Hero

Cast

Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Fulton Mackay, Denis Lawson View All


Crew

Bill Forsyth (Screenplay), Bill Forsyth (Director) View All

Release: Feb. 17th, 1983
Runtime: 1 hour, 51 minutes
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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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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rbrayer
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).


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