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Local Hero is a 1983 Scottish comedy-drama film written and directed by Bill Forsyth and starring Peter Riegert, Peter Capaldi, 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, Forsyth won the 1984 BAFTA Award for Best Direction.
A stage musical adaptation received its world premiere in 2019. In the same year a Criterion Collection DVD/Blu-ray was released in September.

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  1. Local Hero (1983)

    Title: Local Hero Genre: Comedy,Drama Director: Bill Forsyth Cast: Burt Lancaster,Peter Riegert,Denis Lawson,Fulton Mackay,Peter Capaldi,Jennifer Black,Jenny Seagrove,Norman Chancer,Rikki Fulton,Alex Norton,Christopher Rozycki,Gyearbuor Asante,John M. Jackson,Dan Ammerman,Tam Dean...
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