Directed by:
Bill ForsythScreenplay:
Bill ForsythCinematography:
Chris MengesComposer:
Mark KnopflerCast:
Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Peter Capaldi, Jenny Seagrove, John Gordon Sinclair, Alex Norton, John M. Jackson, Jonathan Watson, Sandra Voe (more)VOD (2)
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Bill Forsyth put Scottish cinema on the map with this delightfully eccentric culture-clash comedy. Riffing on popular representations of Scottish life and folklore, Local Hero follows the Texas oil executive Mac (Peter Riegert), who is dispatched by his crackpot boss (Burt Lancaster) to a remote seaside village in Scotland with orders to buy out the town and develop the region for an oil refinery. But as business mixes with pleasure, Mac finds himself enchanted by both the picturesque community and its oddball denizens—and Texas starts to feel awfully far away. Packed with a near nonstop stream of droll one-liners and deadpan gags, this enchanting cult hit finds Forsyth surveying the idiosyncrasies of small-town life with the satirical verve of a latter-day Preston Sturges, arriving at a sly commentary on conservation, corporate greed, and the legacies we leave behind. (Criterion)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1984 - Bill Forsyth (Best Director)
- 1984 - Best Film
- 1984 - Burt Lancaster (Best Supporting Actor)
- 1984 - Bill Forsyth (Best Original Screenplay)
- 1984 - Chris Menges (Best Cinematography)
- 1984 - Best Editing
- 1984 - Mark Knopfler (Best Music)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1983 - Bill Forsyth (Best Screenplay)
Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund
- 1983 - Bill Forsyth (The Norwegian Critics Award - Honorable Mention)