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Local Hero - Kylän sankari

Original title: Local Hero
  • 1983
  • S
  • 1h 51m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
27K
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POPULARITY
2,130
2,143
Burt Lancaster and Peter Riegert in Local Hero - Kylän sankari (1983)
An American oil company has plans for a new refinery and sends someone to Scotland to buy up an entire village, but things don't go as expected.
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An American oil company has plans for a new refinery and sends someone to Scotland to buy up an entire village, but things don't go as expected.An American oil company has plans for a new refinery and sends someone to Scotland to buy up an entire village, but things don't go as expected.An American oil company has plans for a new refinery and sends someone to Scotland to buy up an entire village, but things don't go as expected.

  • Director
    • Bill Forsyth
  • Writer
    • Bill Forsyth
  • Stars
    • Burt Lancaster
    • Peter Riegert
    • Fulton Mackay
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    27K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,130
    2,143
    • Director
      • Bill Forsyth
    • Writer
      • Bill Forsyth
    • Stars
      • Burt Lancaster
      • Peter Riegert
      • Fulton Mackay
    • 274User reviews
    • 55Critic reviews
    • 84Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 BAFTA Award
      • 4 wins & 6 nominations total

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    Peter Capaldi in Local Hero - Kylän sankari (1983)
    Peter Capaldi and Jenny Seagrove in Local Hero - Kylän sankari (1983)
    Peter Capaldi and Peter Riegert in Local Hero - Kylän sankari (1983)
    Burt Lancaster and Peter Riegert in Local Hero - Kylän sankari (1983)
    Peter Riegert in Local Hero - Kylän sankari (1983)
    Burt Lancaster and Peter Riegert in Local Hero - Kylän sankari (1983)
    Burt Lancaster in Local Hero - Kylän sankari (1983)
    Peter Riegert in Local Hero - Kylän sankari (1983)
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    Peter Capaldi and Peter Riegert in Local Hero - Kylän sankari (1983)
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    Cast

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    Burt Lancaster
    Burt Lancaster
    • Felix Happer
    Peter Riegert
    Peter Riegert
    • Mac
    Fulton Mackay
    Fulton Mackay
    • Ben Knox
    Denis Lawson
    Denis Lawson
    • Gordon Urquhart
    Norman Chancer
    • Moritz
    Peter Capaldi
    Peter Capaldi
    • Oldsen
    Rikki Fulton
    • Geddes
    Alex Norton
    Alex Norton
    • Watt
    Jenny Seagrove
    Jenny Seagrove
    • Marina
    Jennifer Black
    • Stella Urquhart
    • Director
      • Bill Forsyth
    • Writer
      • Bill Forsyth
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      After the movie came out, many people went in search of the village with the red phone booth. It can be found in the village of Pennan on the Moray Coast, Scotland.
    • Goofs
      Marina and Danny are looking at what Marina says are grey seals but which are Californian fur seals, which aren't native to Scotland.
    • Quotes

      Mac: Whose baby?

    • Alternate versions
      CBS edited 14 minutes from this film for its 1987 network television premiere.
    • Connections
      Featured in Century of Cinema: A Personal History of British Cinema by Stephen Frears (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      Local Hero
      by Mark Knopfler (of Dire Straits)

    User reviews274

    Review
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    Featured review
    8/10
    Minor Classic
    In this cynical age of image counting for all and increasingly small minded audiences being baffled by anything approaching subtlety, this film represents a much needed haven for the more cerebral viewer. It's pitch perfect lampooning of the massive gulf between supposedly similar cultures is a joy to behold over and over.

    That fact that not much really happens is, in fact the whole point. It is a modern comedy of manners, the humour being in how characters react to alien situations.

    It is exactly the kind of film Ealing studios would have produced had they survived into the 80's, and as such is to be praised for trying to show how simply taking an off centre look at real life can inform and entertain more eloquently than those who shout their satire from the rooftops.
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    • budgiefisher
    • Dec 9, 2004

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 24, 1984 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • Russian
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Local hero - byns hjälte
    • Filming locations
      • Pennan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK(Ferness - includes red phone box)
    • Production companies
      • Enigma Productions
      • Goldcrest Films International
      • Celandine Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • £3,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $5,895,761
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $23,567
      • Feb 21, 1983
    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,974,312
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 51 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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