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Local Hero

"A BEAUTIFUL COASTLINE... A RICH OIL MAN WANTS TO DEVELOP IT. A POOR BEACH BUM WANTS TO LIVE ON IT. AN ENTIRE TOWN WANTS TO PROFIT BY IT. AND A REAL-LIVE MERMAID WANTS TO SAVE IT... ONLY ONE OF THEM WILL GET THEIR WAY."

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PG 1983 · 1h 51m
Drama, Comedy
Starring Burt Lancaster · Peter Riegert · Denis Lawson
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About

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.

Theatrical
Feb 17, 1983
DVD / Blu-ray
Sep 21, 1999
Box Office
$5.9M
Budget
$4.2M
Return
1.4x
Theaters
1
Director
Bill Forsyth
Writer
Bill Forsyth
Producers
David Puttnam, Iain Smith
Music
Mark Knopfler
Studio
Enigma Productions, Goldcrest Films International, Celandine Films
Keywords
scotland small town village life petrol village folk music houston, texas oil rabbit millionaire black gold seaside town aurora borealis
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Cast

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B
Burt Lancaster
Felix Happer
P
Peter Riegert
"Mac" MacIntyre
D
Denis Lawson
Gordon Urquhart
F
Fulton Mackay
Ben Knox
P
Peter Capaldi
Danny Oldsen
J
Jennifer Black
Stella Urquhart
J
Jenny Seagrove
Marina
N
Norman Chancer
Moritz
R
Rikki Fulton
Geddes
A
Alex Norton
Watt
C
Christopher Rozycki
Victor
G
Gyearbuor Asante
Rev Macpherson
J
John M. Jackson
Cal
D
Dan Ammerman
Donaldson
T
Tam Dean Burn
Roddy
J
John Gordon Sinclair
Ricky
C
Caroline Guthrie
Pauline
J
Jimmy Yuill
Iain
K
Kenny Ireland
Skipper
S
Sandra Voe
Mrs Fraser

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