Local Hero
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Written and directed by Scottish filmmaker Bill Forsyth, this BAFTA-winning comedy-drama is as funny as it is charming. Featuring impeccable performances from American actors Peter Riegert and Burt Lancaster, alongside Scotland’s Denis Lawson, Fulton Mackay, Peter Capaldi and Jennifer Black, the film is co-produced by UK companies Enigma Productions, Goldcrest Films International and Celandine Films.
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Junior oil executive Mac MacIntyre (Peter Riegert) travels from Texas to a fishing village in Scotland, on a mission to convince the residents that they should sell up to make way for the building of an oil refinery. But as Mac begins to fall in love with the village’s beauty and inhabitants, he has second thoughts about his mission.