Local Hero (1983)
Local Hero is a 1983 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Bill Forsyth and starring Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Fulton Mackay, and Burt Lancaster. Produced by David Puttnam, the film is about an American oil company representative who is sent to the fictional village of Ferness on the west coast of Scotland to purchase the town and surrounding property for his company. For his work on the film, Bill Forsyth won the 1984 BAFTA Award for Best Direction.
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Cast:
- Dan Ammerman
- Dave Anderson
- Christopher Asante
- Jennifer Black
- Tam Dean Burn
- Peter Capaldi
- Norman Chancer
- Alan Clark
- Luke Coulter
- Alan Darby
- Karen Douglas
- Rikki Fulton
- Caroline Guthrie
- Kenny Ireland
- John M. Jackson
- Ray Jeffries
- Harlan Jordan
- Willie Joss
- Charles Kearney
- James Kennedy
- Burt Lancaster
- Denis Lawson
- Betty Macey
- Fulton Mackay
- Michele McCarel
- David Mowat
- Roddy Murray
- Alex Norton
- John Poland
- Buddy Quaid
- Peter Riegert
- Brian Rowan
- Christopher Rozycki
- Edith Ruddick
- Ann Scott-Jones
- Jenny Seagrove
- John Gordon Sinclair
- Ian Stewart
- Anne Thompson
- Tanya Ticktin
- Sandra Voe
- Jonathan Watson
- Dale Winchester
- Mark Winchester
- Jimmy Yuill