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Local Hero
General Details
Director:
Bill Forsyth
Writer:
Bill Forsyth
Producer:
David Puttnam, Iain Smith
Theatrical:
1983
Rated:
PG
Studio:
Celandine Films
Genre:
Comedy
Duration:
111
IMDb:
0085859
DVD Details
Languages:
English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Subtitles:
English, French
Sound:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Aspect Ratio:
1.85:1
Picture Format:
Anamorphic Widescreen
UPC:
085391130727
Discs:
1
Region:
1
Release:
Sep 1999
Price:
$9.98
Credits
Felix Happer
Burt Lancaster
Mac
Peter Riegert
Ben
Fulton Mackay
Urquhart
Denis Lawson
Moritz
Norman Chancer
Oldsen
Peter Capaldi
Geddes
Rikki Fulton
Watt
Alex Norton
Marina
Jenny Seagrove
Stella
Jennifer Black
Victor
Christopher Rozycki
Rev Macpherson (as Christopher Asante)
Gyearbuor Asante
Cal (as John Jackson)
John M. Jackson
Donaldson
Dan Ammerman
Roddy
Tam Dean Burn
Cinematographer
Chris Menges
Editor
Michael Bradsell
Summary
Oil billionaire Happer sends Mac to a remote Scotish villiage to secure the property rights for an oil refinery they want to build. Mac teams up with Danny and starts the negotiations, the locals are keen to get their hands on the 'Silver Dollar' and can't believe their luck. However a local hermit and beach scavenger, Ben Knox, lives in a shack on the crucial beach which he also owns. Happer is more interested in the Northern Lights and Danny in a surreal girl with webbed feet, Marina. Mac is used to a Houston office with fax machines but is forced to negotiate on Bens terms.