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Local Hero

Film · 1983 · Written and directed by Bill Forsyth. Starring Peter Riegert, Burt Lancaster, Denis Lawson, Peter Capaldi, Fulton Mackay, Jenny Seagrove. Music by Mark Knopfler

Sent to close a deal. Stayed for the northern lights. 🌌

Who it's for

A famously gentle, wry film about a stressed-out deal-maker who slowly learns to slow down.

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What it is

Local Hero is a 1983 Scottish comedy-drama written and directed by Bill Forsyth. Mac MacIntyre (Peter Riegert), an ambitious executive at a Houston oil company, is sent to the coastal village of Ferness to buy the whole town for a refinery.

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Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.

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Age: PG

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2

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