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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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.
Details
- Rated: PG
- Runtime: 1:51 hours
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Director: Bill Forsyth
- Writer: Bill Forsyth
- Actors: Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Fulton Mackay, Denis Lawson
- Language: English, Russian, Japanese
- Country: UK
- Awards: Won 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 3 wins & 6 nominations
- Production Company: Warner Home Video
- ASIN: 6305558205
- Year Released: 1983
- Release Date: Feb 17, 1983
- DVD Date: Sep 20, 1999
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