Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'Local Hero' right now, here are some finer points about the Enigma Productions, Goldcrest, Celandine Films drama flick. Local Hero starring Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Fulton Mackay has a PG rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 51 min. The release date of the movie is February 17th, 1983. The movie received a user score of 68/100 on TMDb, which comes from reviews from 372 real users.
Need a quick rundown of the movie? Here's the plot: "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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'Local Hero' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on February 17th, 1983
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting
September 21st, 1999
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