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Local Hero (1983)
7.4
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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Denis Lawson | ... | |
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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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| John M. Jackson | ... |
Cal
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| Dan Ammerman | ... |
Donaldson
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Tam Dean Burn | ... |
Roddy
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Storyline
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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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
A kisvárosi hős See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$23,567 (USA) (21 February 1983) (1 Screen)Gross:
$5,895,761 (USA)Company Credits
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Written by Mark Knopfler
Performed by Mark Knopfler and Alan Clark See more »
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The building Happer leaves for Scotland from is the former Texas Commerce Bank Tower (JP Morgan Chase Tower as of 2006). In the background is the Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Perfoming Arts. See more »Goofs
Continuity: When Happer leaves Knox's hut, Knox says, "Goodnight." As Happer strolls the beach past the helicopter, the sun's shadow falls directly in front of him. He is immediately joined by MacIntyre and Olsen, but the shadows on their bodies indicate that shot was taken at a different time. See more »Soundtracks
"The Rocks and the Water"Written by Mark Knopfler
Performed by Mark Knopfler and Alan Clark See more »
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