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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 6 reviews)
Sales Rank: 79
Category: DVD
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Fulton Mackay, Jenny Seagrove
Director: Bill Forsyth
Publisher: 4dvd
Studio: 4dvd
Manufacturer: 4dvd
Label: 4dvd
Format: Pal
Rating: Parental Guidance
Media: DVD
Running Time: 107 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 6867449007694
ASIN: B0010LB00W
Release Date: May 12, 2008 (New: This Week)
Theatrical Release Date: 1983
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A feel good - go there movie...but please don't!.... May 10, 2008
...because to many people will simply sp-oil it's character...still, if you really must...leave only yout footprints.
I first saw this fine film in 1983 and visited the beach location within weeks! It's an awe inspiring place , which is beautifully served by the light, and the cinematography in the film. The movie is quirky, and inoffensive. A real gem. The hard nosed Texas oil man soon captivated by the community, and the timeless lure of the remote Scottish Highlands.
A plot still relevant today...as the oil is costing us a fortune..but still, not quite, the earth.We are greener...and not quite so green.
With superb casting...the locals all seem so...local, and a script of simplicity the guile and olde worlde cunning of the grasping villagers warms the heart...at least it would if you couldn't see them about to make the biggest mistake of their lives!
The village scenes were shot more than a hundred and fifty miles from the beach itself...it took me a little longer to visit Pennan...but I made it finally in 2006. A dramatic location at the foot of huge cliffs, where the churning sea regularly crashes onto the main street...which as main streets go is not very 'main' at all...save for the manic moped which punctuates almost every village scene.
The music is splendid , Big Burt is just right for his almost cameo role and Fulton Mackay and his upturned boat style hovel on the sand manage to capture the essence of a des.res.
'Local Hero' will charm you..it will draw you in. Put the 21st. century into abeyance for a couple of hours and savour the flavour of a time that's only just slipped away. You might not have noticed...this film is a reminder.
a perfect movie May 3, 2008
3 out of 3 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.
"And are there two g's in 'bugger off'"? March 17, 2008
3 out of 3 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.
 Lovely Follow-up To Gregory's Girl February 22, 2008
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
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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