LOCAL HERO

UK 1983 Color (Technicolor)

Produced by: Goldcrest Films Ltd.
Language: English
Genre/keyword: Comedy / Scotland
Runtime: UK:106 / USA:111
Directed by
Bill Forsyth 

Cast (in credits order)
Burt Lancaster ( Felix Harper ) Peter Riegert ( Mac MacIntyre ) Peter Capaldi ( Danny Oldsen ) Denis Lawson ( Gordon Urquhart ) Jenny Seagrove ( Marina ) Jennifer Black ( Stella Urquhart ) Fulton MacKay ( Ben Knox ) Norman Chancer ( Moritz ) Rikki Fulton ( Geddes ) Christopher Asante ( reverend MacPherson ) Alex Norton ( Watt ) Christopher Rozycki ( Victoe ) Dan Ammerman ( Donaldson )

Written by
Bill Forsyth 

Cinematography by
Chris Menges 

Music by
Mark Knopfler 

Production Design by
Roger Murray-Leach 

Costume Design by
Penny Rose 

Film Editing by
Michael Bradsell 

Produced by
David Puttnam 

Plot Summary for Local Hero

An American chemical industry would like to overwork the resource of a little Scottish village. They send in the spot an employee with Scottish origin: Mac MacIntyre. The president of the factory, Felix Harper, is an astrologer and he asks Mac to look the Lion costellation for a good luck. But MacIntyre isn't a real Scotsman and he doesn't know the tradition of that places. This is the opportunity to know himself about the life of the fishermen in the village, their not sophisticated women, an unlucky rabbit and the sky. But he must come back soon in his stifling life in town.