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Local Hero (1983) 7.3
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 ForsythWriter:Bill Forsyth |
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Cast
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| Burt Lancaster | ... | ||
| Peter Riegert | ... |
Mac
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| Fulton Mackay | ... |
Ben
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Norman Chancer | ... |
Moritz
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Rikki Fulton | ... |
Geddes
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| Alex Norton | ... |
Watt
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| Jenny Seagrove | ... |
Marina
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Jennifer Black | ... |
Stella
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Christopher Rozycki | ... | |
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Gyearbuor Asante | ... |
Rev Macpherson
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Cal
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Donaldson
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Tam Dean Burn | ... |
Roddy
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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. Written by Matthew Stanfield <mattst@cogs.susx.ac.uk>
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Country:
UKRelease Date:
17 February 1983 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A kisvárosi hős See more »Box Office
Gross:
SEK 3,626,858 (Sweden)Company Credits
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Ben Knox: Impossible to say. You see, there's something amazing every two or three weeks.
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The asteroid "7345 Happer" is named after actor Burt Lancaster's Happer character in this movie who is keen on astronomy. It also fulfilled Lancaster's wish to have a comet named after him. See more »Goofs
When Mac first sees the meteor shower the audio says 'Holy cow" but his mouth is saying something different. See more »Quotes
MacIntyre: What's the most amazing thing you've ever found?Ben Knox: Impossible to say. You see, there's something amazing every two or three weeks.
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A real sleeper of a movie. I rented it without knowing anything about this film beforhand and was taken prisoner from start to finish. I honestly didn't want the movie to end. Full of interesting and amusing characters, a terrific musical score, wryly satirical without being demeaning of anyone; it invites you into a totally believable world where you begin to care about the fate of everyone and there are no false notes in the script, direction or performances.
If anyone ever doubted the importance of a screenplay in the success of a movie or thought that a big budget, lots of pyrotechnics and loads of special effects could cover up a movie's shortcomings - see this film. It should be required at all film schools as an example of what can be accomplished on a little budget but with good ideas and lots of talent. A perfect 10 - times 2!