Local Hero

Local Hero Movie (1983)

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.

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.
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Unknown
This movie is the only movie I own that I watch monthly. It became my favorite movie a dozen years ago and I am on my fifth copy because I wear them out so much. This movie is about a man who discovers that there is more to life than money. That some of the best things in life are simple. Or are natural and need to be left alone. That sometimes what we are looking for is right before our eyes if only we are willing to open our eyes to the wonder of life and stop making life such a complicated journey. It is also a movie that shows that American ways are not always the best ways and that what one man in Texas does can or could effect the lives of many people on the coast of Scotland. That the saying like think global, act local should be adhered to more. And it is or was a film ahead of its time, in discussing big corporations, oil and the environment.
Juneau
A gem of a film, with a real message behind it - like comfort food for the soul
felixis99
love the brogue
and when the underdog wins, it's great
felixis99
Oh Yes!! This is a FABULOUS film!! The scenery is beautiful, the story wonderful!! I first saw it many many years ago, and I'm thinking of having it as our family Christmas film next year....as an inspirational theme. Beautiful movie.popcorn thumbs up
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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.
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