Local Hero
Bill Forsyth / GB, 1983 / 111 min.
An American oil executive’s worldview is rocked in Scotland. 40 years ago, the prophetic satire Local Hero used dry humour to warn us about the impact of short-term profit on the environment. Featuring Hollywood legend Burt Lancaster.
Bill Forsyth put Scottish cinema on the map with this delightfully eccentric comedy about a culture clash. Local Hero shadows Texan oil executive Mac (Peter Riegert), whose idiotic boss (Burt Lancaster) sends him to a remote coastal village in Scotland and is commissioned to buy out the village so they can build a refinery there. Soon enough, business mixes with pleasure and Mac becomes enchanted with the picturesque location and the odd inhabitants – Texas feels increasingly far away.
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Director
Bill Forsyth
Production year
1983
Country
GB
Original title
Local Hero
Length
111 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NLD
Format
35mm
Part of
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