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LOCAL HERO
U.K., 1983
Directed by Bill Forsyth
With Peter Riegert, Peter Capaldi, Denis Lawson, Fulton Mackay, Burt Lancaster
Approx. 111 mins. 35mm.
Off to buy up a coastal Scottish village for a refinery, Texan Peter Riegert finds himself falling in love, even as astronomy-loving boss Burt Lancaster arrives via helicopter to clinch the deal.
Reviews
“Rediscovers a genre that was once among the British cinema's proudest achievements. LOCAL HERO ranks as a lyrical anti-urban comedy in the great tradition of films like I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING and WHISKY GALORE!; and its essential triumph is to prove that comedy can still contain a gentle, almost mystical, aspect without necessarily being old-fashioned. [Bill Forsyth] and producer David Puttnam succeed in making you realise just how badly this kind of film has been missed.”
– David Pirie, Time Out (London)