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- Release date: February 17, 1983 (USA)
- Director: Bill Forsyth
- Screenwriter: Bill Forsyth
- Producer: David Puttnam
- Music by: Mark Knopfler
- Cinematography: Chris Menges
- Distributor: Warner Bros. (USA) and 20th Century Fox (UK)
- MPAA rating: PG Yahoo! Movies: Local Hero
- Run time: 111 minutes
- 1983 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Screenplay
- 1984 National Society of Film Critics Awards - Best Screenplay
- 1984 BAFTA Awards - Best Director
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The 1983 Scottish comedy-drama film Local Hero was directed and written by Bill Forsyth. The film is about a young American oil executive assigned to purchase a small Scottish fishing village for his company.
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Cast
- Burt Lancaster: Felix Happer
- Peter Riegert: Mac
- Fulton Mackay: Ben Knox
- Denis Lawson: Gordon Urguhart
- Norman Chancer: Moritz
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Local Hero on Amazon
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Local Hero - $9.98
An american oil company sends a man to scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things dont go as expected. Studio: Warner Home Video Release...Amazon
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Local Hero [VHS] - $19.98
When Mac MacIntyre (played with deadpan perfection by Peter Riegert) is sent by his star-gazing, slightly insane Knox Oil and Gas boss (Burt Lancaster) to Scotland's West Coast to ...Amazon
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Local Hero [Region 2] - $30.33
When Mac MacIntyre (played with deadpan perfection by Peter Riegert) is sent by his star-gazing, slightly insane Knox Oil and Gas boss (Burt Lancaster) to Scotland's West Coast to ...Amazon
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Local Hero [Region 2] - $45.62
When Mac MacIntyre (played with deadpan perfection by Peter Riegert) is sent by his star-gazing, slightly insane Knox Oil and Gas boss (Burt Lancaster) to Scotland's West Coast to ...Amazon
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Local Hero (1983 Film) - $9.98
This soundtrack (along with Ry Cooder's for Paris, Texas and Ennio Morricone's for Once Upon a Time in America, to name two other examples) is the kind of music tha...Amazon
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Local Hero Questions
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Does America Still Have Heros? 1 Answeryes because when other countries develop like that then that time america more progress.thats why america still heros. read more -
Do you like Lost more than Heroes? 4 AnswersI lost interest in Heroes at near the middle of the season. The writing just wasn't keeping me interested. I gave the show another chance and like it again. M... read more -
are there any cheats for guitar hero 5? 1 AnswerI count 11 cheats for Guitar Hero 5 for the XBOX 360. read more -
What is the hardest song in Guitar Hero World Tour? 1 AnswerI did some research and of the 86 songs that are available it sounds like the two that are the hardest are: Van Halen-Hot For Teacher, and Joe Satriani-Satch Bo... read more
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On Twitter Powered by Twitter
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Ich sage Gute Nacht mit einem tolle Gitarrensolo von Mark Knopfler - Local Hero Wild Theme ♫ http://blip.fm/~i6uuo
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Local News: Local Hero Laid to Rest http://bit.ly/7TjTRw
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Only a local hero - Times Online http://tinyurl.com/yks4evm
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Unexpected turn of events... we can't find a copy of DJ Hero for the Capy Xmas Party. Local game store says it's selling out.
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RT @RadioWoodstock Local Woodstock hero Levon Helm will be on "Spectacle with... " Elvis Costello's Sundance... http://bit.ly/7WEB3V
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