Movie
Local Hero
68%
Audience score428 votes on TMDB
“A BEAUTIFUL COASTLINE... A RICH OIL MAN WANTS TO DEVELOP IT. A POOR BEACH BUM WANTS TO LIVE ON IT. AN ENTIRE TOWN WANTS TO PROFIT BY IT. AND A REAL-LIVE MERMAID WANTS TO SAVE IT... ONLY ONE OF THEM WILL GET THEIR WAY.”
An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
- Music
- Mark Knopfler
- Director
- Bill Forsyth
- Screenplay
- Bill Forsyth
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 17/02/1983
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- US$ 4 M
- Box office
- US$ 6 M
Main cast
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