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Local Hero

1983·1h 51m·PG
DramaComedy
IMDb Rating
★ 7.3/10
29,819 votes
Metascore
83
Metacritic

An American oil company has plans for a new refinery and sends someone to Scotland to buy up an entire village, but things don't go as expected.

Local Hero is a 1983 drama comedy movie directed by Bill Forsyth, starring Burt Lancaster, Denis Lawson, Fulton Mackay. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.3/10 from 29,819 votes and runs 1h 51m.

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Director
Bill Forsyth
Stars
Burt Lancaster
Denis Lawson
Fulton Mackay
Peter Riegert
Creators
Bill Forsyth
Details
1983-04-29
111 min
Movie
PG
★ United Kingdom
★ English, Japanese, Russian
Keywords
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