Local Hero

Name: Local Hero
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1983-02-17
Duration: 1 h 51 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Fulton Mackay, Peter Capaldi

A BEAUTIFUL COASTLINE... A RICH OIL MAN WANTS TO DEVELOP IT. A POOR BEACH BUM WANTS TO LIVE ON IT. AN ENTIRE TOWN WANTS TO PROFIT BY IT. AND A REAL-LIVE MERMAID WANTS TO SAVE IT... ONLY ONE OF THEM WILL GET THEIR WAY.

Local Hero (1983)

Timing: 1:51 (111 min)

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Video for the film Local Hero — Local Hero - Trailer

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Release date

1983-02-17

Country

United Kingdom

Production

Film4 Productions, Goldcrest, Celandine Films, Enigma Productions

Genre

Comedy, Drama

Budget

$4 200 000

Box office

$5 900 000

Website

Director

Bill Forsyth

Actors

Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Fulton Mackay, Peter Capaldi, Jennifer Black, Jenny Seagrove, Norman Chancer, Rikki Fulton, Alex Norton
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Scenario

Producer

David Puttnam

Camera operator

Chris Menges

Composer

Mark Knopfler

Artist

Roger Murray-Leach

Audition

Susie Figgis

Editing

Michael Bradsell
Whole Team (31)

Short description

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.

What's left behind the scenes

The village shown in the film was not located near the beach, so the silhouette of the church was cut out of cardboard and placed at the end of the beach.