Local Hero
“THE STORY OF AN ORDINARY MAN IN AN EXTRAORDINARY PLACE.”
1983•PG•1h 51m•6.8•Released
ComedyDrama
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.
Director
Bill Forsyth
Writer
Bill Forsyth
Budget
$4M
Revenue
$6M
Languages
Russian, Japanese, English
Studio
Enigma Productions
Cast
Burt Lancaster
Felix Happer
Peter Riegert
"Mac" MacIntyre
Denis Lawson
Gordon Urquhart
Fulton Mackay
Ben Knox
Peter Capaldi
Danny Oldsen
Jennifer Black
Stella Urquhart
Jenny Seagrove
Marina
Norman Chancer
Moritz
Rikki Fulton
Geddes
Alex Norton
Watt
Christopher Rozycki
Victor
Gyearbuor Asante
Rev Macpherson
John M. Jackson
Cal
Dan Ammerman
Donaldson
Tam Dean Burn
Roddy
Production
Company
Enigma Productions
Company
Goldcrest
Company
Celandine Films
Producer
David Puttnam
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