Local Hero
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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.
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.
“Offers more hope than any other British film of the 1980s so far”: Local Hero reviewed in 1983.And it is doubtful that many films have been more eagerly awaited than Local Hero: David Puttnam’s first feature film production since Chariots…
Bill Forsyth's wonderfully wistful and charming comedy is rereleased after 40 years, and its happy-sad aroma is still as pungent as ever. It has ... Bill Forsyth’s happy-sad tale about a fishing village under threat from US oil money is as…
Local Hero DVD (1983). Reviewed by Almar Haflidason.Thankfully the film transfer has been left in more capable hands. The picture quality is a little soft, but it often impresses, even in the dark scenes set on the beach. This is good…
