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Local Hero

  • Director:  Bill Forsyth
  • DOP: Chris Menges
  • Year: 1983
  • Genre:  Comedy, Drama
  • Runtime: 111 minutes

An American oil company has plans for a new refinery and sends someone to Scotland to buy up an entire village, but things don't go as expected.

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Cast and Crew

Producers

  • David Puttnam
  • Iain Smith

Writers

  • Bill Forsyth

Cast

  • Burt Lancaster
  • Peter Riegert
  • Fulton Mackay
  • Denis Lawson
  • Jenny Seagrove
  • Peter Capaldi

Awards

  • Winner 1 BAFTA Award
  • plus 6 nominations
  • Winner of another 3 awards