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Local Hero (1983)

PG ★ 6.8/10 111 min Comedy, Drama United Kingdom English
Director: Bill Forsyth
Screenplay by: Bill Forsyth
Streaming: Not available
THE STORY OF AN ORDINARY MAN IN AN EXTRAORDINARY PLACE.

Description

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.

Trailer

Top Cast

Burt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster Felix Happer
Peter Riegert
Peter Riegert "Mac" MacIntyre
Denis Lawson
Denis Lawson Gordon Urquhart
Fulton Mackay
Fulton Mackay Ben Knox
Peter Capaldi
Peter Capaldi Danny Oldsen
Jennifer Black
Jennifer Black Stella Urquhart
Jenny Seagrove
Jenny Seagrove Marina
Norman Chancer
Norman Chancer Moritz

Local Hero Appears on 10 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #296
Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #989
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #1178
National Board Of Review's Yearly Top 10
National Board of Review #431

Critic Curated

Rotten Tomatoes 300 Best Movies Of All Time
Rotten Tomatos #231
The Telegraphs 100 Best British Films
The Telegraph #56
The Telegraphs 500 Must See Films
The Telegraph #97
Vulture's 101 Best Movie Endings
Vulture #35

Filmmaker Curation

Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #635
Pete Docter's 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #47

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