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Local Hero [1983] | ![Local Hero [1983]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MIueS1JUL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Bill Forsyth
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Fulton Mackay, Jenny Seagrove
Studio: 4dvd
Category: DVD
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Rating:  8 reviews
Format: Pal
Rating: Parental Guidance
Region: 2
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 107 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 6867449007694
ASIN: B0010LB00W
Theatrical Release Date: 1983
Release Date: May 12, 2008
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"And are there two g's in 'bugger off'"? March 17, 2008
Call Me Sparky (London, England)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
A charming film, almost perfcet from location to casting to plot. A jaded American businessman journeys to Scotland to take advantage of the locals and ends up falling in love with the village and the quiet life.
If you want to put a smile on your face, this is the way to do it.
a perfect movie May 3, 2008
Mrs. Patricia Bark (Sunny Manchester UK)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Now and again there comes a film that leaps into your heart, a film to take to your desert island and a film that becomes a life long friend. Local Hero is one such film. It's an unashamedly, brilliantly British comedy following in the footsteps of the Ealing Comedies, yet like the Ladykillers etc still has universal appeal. It's the tale of loneliness, of wanting to belong somewhere and finding that place. It looks magnificent (the Scottish scenery will have you on the next train to the Highlands) and it sounds... oh the music!!!! A glorious score and what an ending. If your not smiling back the tears as Mark Knopfler's guitar sweeps you into the end credits then some thing's wrong.
Films don't get much better than this.
Local Hero National Star January 8, 2008
Mark Page (Scottish Borders)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is one of the best films to come out of the UK in the 1980's. It is dry, witty and well acted.
'Ye canna get that many bales of hay in the back of a Maserati'
The scenery of the Scottish East and West coasts is beautiful and the Mark Knopfler score is wonderfully evocative.
I live in Scotland and know the areas where it was filmed and it captures the spirit of the place beautifully.
 Lovely Follow-up To Gregory's Girl February 22, 2008
D. Lodge (Edinburgh, Scotland)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Bill Forsyth's 1983 follow-up to Gregory's Girl is a charming comedy about an American oil worker who ends up at a Scottish fishing village with plans to turn it into an oil port. There are great performances by Scottish actors such as Denis Lawson and the wonderful Fulton Mackay. Burt Lancaster plays the an oil tycoon whose company has plans for the village. Great scenery and great characters.
7/10
Best film ever February 12, 2008
Denise Lee (Newcastle upon Tyne)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
A perfect film, from casting, to locations and scripting, pure delight. That's before I even mention the music....... wonderful! I've lost count of the number of times that I have watched this film, it gives me joy each time. It has everything from drama, to greed, to romance, politics the environment and comedy. Plus a cute rabbit!
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