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Local Hero

1983 · 111 min

A gentle, offbeat comedy that drifts like a sea breeze, leaving a quiet ache for a place you've never been.

Directed by
Bill Forsyth
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Tagline
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.
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Bill Forsyth
Genres
Comedy, Drama
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • greed
  • identity
  • isolation
  • nature
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Bill Forsyth
Written by
Bill Forsyth
Starring
Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Fulton Mackay, Peter Capaldi, Jennifer Black, Jenny Seagrove, Norman Chancer
Music
Mark Knopfler
Cinematography
Chris Menges
Runtime
111 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
Russian, Japanese, English

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