Review: Local Hero (1983)

Director: Bill Forsyth

Cast: Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Fulton Mackay, Peter Capaldi,

Burt Lancaster

Peter Riegert

Denis Lawson

Fulton Mackay

Peter Capaldi

Plot: 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.

Bill Forsyth’s <i>Local Hero</i> (1983): Criterion Blu-ray review

Bill Forsyth’s Local Hero (1983): Criterion Blu-ray review

Following the surprise international success of Gregory’s Girl (1980), writer-director Bill Forsyth was given greater resources by producer David Puttnam and made what on the surface was a whimsical comedy reminiscent of Ealing Studios in […]

Review: Local Hero (1983)

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