Local Hero
1983
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.
- Bill Forsyth
- 1h 51m
- February 17, 1983 · United Kingdom
Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 17, 1983
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English, Japanese, Russian
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Cast
- Burt Lancaster,Peter Riegert,Denis Lawson,Fulton Mackay,Peter Capaldi,Jennifer Black,Jenny Seagrove,Norman Chancer,Rikki Fulton,Alex Nortonand 35 more
- Director
- Bill Forsyth
- Writer
- Bill Forsyth
- Producer
- David Puttnam
- Cinematography
- Chris Menges
- Music
- Mark Knopfler
- Budget
- $4,200,000
- Revenue
- $5,900,000
- IMDb
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