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.
- Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 4 wins & 6 nominations total
- Rev Macpherson
- (as Christopher Asante)
- Cal
- (as John Jackson)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAfter 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.
- GoofsMarina 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: [desperate to make the deal] Look, how much do you want?
Ben: [fills his hands with sand] Would you pay me a pound for every grain of sand in my hand?
[drops some sand]
Ben: Ah, well, that saves you some. Well, would you do it?
Mac: No. Of course not.
Ben: Ah, well that's a pity. You missed out on a good bargain, for I can only hold about ten thousand grains of sand in my hands. Did you think it would be more?
- Alternate versionsCBS edited 14 minutes from this film for its 1987 network television premiere.
- SoundtracksLocal Hero
by Mark Knopfler (of Dire Straits)
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.
- budgiefisher
- Dec 8, 2004
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Місцевий герой
- Filming locations
- Pennan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK(Ferness - includes red phone box)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- £3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $5,895,761
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $23,567
- Feb 21, 1983
- Gross worldwide
- $5,975,220
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