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Local Hero is a 1983 Scottish comedy film starring Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson and Burt Lancaster. It was directed by Bill Forsyth and produced by David Puttnam. Image File history File links Local_Hero_Poster. ...
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David Puttnam receiving his BAFTA Fellowship, 19 February 2006 David Terence Puttnam, Baron Puttnam of Queensgate, CBE is a film producer and politician. ...
Peter Riegert (born April 11, 1947 in New York City) is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Donald Schoenstein (aka Boon) in 1978s National Lampoons Animal House and as Sam Posner in the 1988 film, Crossing Delancey. ...
Denis Lawson as Wedge Antilles in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Denis Lawson (born September 27, 1947 in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland), is a Scottish actor. ...
Burt Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an Oscar-winning American film actor, noted for his athletic physique (a rare thing for leading men of that time), distinct smile (which he called The Grin) and, later, his willingness to play roles that went against his initial tough guy...
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Peter Riegert (born April 11, 1947 in New York City) is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Donald Schoenstein (aka Boon) in 1978s National Lampoons Animal House and as Sam Posner in the 1988 film, Crossing Delancey. ...
Denis Lawson as Wedge Antilles in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Denis Lawson (born September 27, 1947 in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland), is a Scottish actor. ...
Burt Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an Oscar-winning American film actor, noted for his athletic physique (a rare thing for leading men of that time), distinct smile (which he called The Grin) and, later, his willingness to play roles that went against his initial tough guy...
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David Puttnam receiving his BAFTA Fellowship, 19 February 2006 David Terence Puttnam, Baron Puttnam of Queensgate, CBE is a film producer and politician. ...
The film is set in the fictional fishing village of Ferness on the coast of Scotland. A young representative of an American oil company is sent to the village on a mission. The film features a notable ensemble of character parts. This article is about the country. ...
Plot "Mac" MacIntyre (Peter Riegert) is a typical 1980s hot-shot executive working for Knox Oil and Gas in Houston, Texas. His lavish apartment is furnished with all the latest modern gadgets. Peter Riegert (born April 11, 1947 in New York City) is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Donald Schoenstein (aka Boon) in 1978s National Lampoons Animal House and as Sam Posner in the 1988 film, Crossing Delancey. ...
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 The fictional village of Ferness The eccentric chief of the company, Felix Happer (Burt Lancaster), sends MacIntyre to Scotland to acquire the village of Ferness to make way for a refinery, largely because his surname sounds Scottish. Mac (who is actually of Hungarian extraction) is a little apprehensive about his assignment, complaining to co-workers that he would much rather take care of business over the phone and via telex machines. Image File history File links Local_Hero_still_frame_029638. ...
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Happer, an avid astronomy buff, wants to have his name on something; it bothers him that his father didn't change the company's name when he bought it — this manifests itself in Happer's search for a comet to discover and name. He tells Mac to watch the sky while visiting Scotland, especially around the constellation Virgo. Virgo (pronounced , Latin: , symbol , ) is a constellation of the zodiac. ...
Upon arriving in Scotland, Mac teams up with local Knox representative Danny Oldsen (Peter Capaldi). During a visit to a Knox research facility, Mac and Danny learn the scope of the company's plans, which entail replacing Ferness with the refinery. There they meet (and admire) marine researcher Marina (Jenny Seagrove). Peter Capaldi as Mark Jenkins in Skins. ...
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Mac ultimately spends several weeks in Ferness, gradually adapting to the slower-paced life and getting to know the eccentric residents, most notably the hotel owner and accountant, Gordon Urquhart (Denis Lawson) and his wife, Stella (Jennifer Black). Denis Lawson as Wedge Antilles in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Denis Lawson (born September 27, 1947 in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland), is a Scottish actor. ...
As time passes, Mac becomes more and more conflicted as he presses to close the deal that will spell the end of the quaint little village he has come to love. Ironically, the villagers are tired of the hard life they lead and are more than eager to sell, even feigning indifference to induce a larger offer. Mac receives encouragement from an unlikely source: Victor (Christopher Rozycki), a capitalistic Russian fishing boat captain who periodically visits his friends in Ferness (and checks on his investment portfolio with Gordon).
Meanwhile, Danny befriends Marina, who is under the impression the company is planning to build a research centre at Ferness. During a date, he discovers that Marina, who seems more at home in the water than on land, has webbed toes.
 The fictional Ferness beach As the deal nears completion, Gordon discovers that Ben Knox (Fulton Mackay), an old beachcomber who lives in a snug driftwood shack on the shore, actually owns the beach, through a grant from the Lord of the Isles to his ancestor. MacIntyre tries everything to entice Ben to sell, even offering enough money to buy any other beach in the world, but the old man refuses to budge. He is content with what he has. Image File history File links Local_Hero_still_frame_041206. ...
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Happer finally arrives on site, just in time to forestall a potentially nasty confrontation between some of the villagers and Ben; Happer mistakes the mob for a welcoming committee. When Mac informs him of the snag in the proceedings, he decides to negotiate personally with Ben and in the process, discovers a kindred spirit.
Happer opts to locate the refinery offshore and set up an astronomical observatory instead. He instructs MacIntyre to go home to implement the changes. Danny brings up Marina's dream of an oceanographic research facility and suggests combining the two into the "Happer Institute", an idea that Happer likes. Later, Danny finds Marina swimming offshore and tells her the good news. Thermohaline circulation Oceanography (from Ocean + Greek γÏάφειν = write), also called oceanology or marine science, is the branch of Earth Sciences that studies the Earths oceans and seas. ...
The film closes with a sombre MacIntyre back home in his apartment as he pins photos of his stay in Ferness to his bulletin board; the film then cuts back to a shot of the phone booth in Ferness, as the telephone rings unanswered, to the music of Mark Knopfler's Going Home. Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE (born August 12, 1949, Glasgow, Scotland) is a guitarist, singer, songwriter, and film score composer. ...
Music The film's soundtrack, which outsold the film itself, was written by Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits, and is considered amongst his best work. This has led to the popularity of the film with fans of the band; Knopfler has since performed an arrangement of the main theme music ("Going Home") as an encore at many of his concerts. Local Hero is Mark Knopflers soundtrack album to the 1983 film Local Hero. ...
Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE (born August 12, 1949, Glasgow, Scotland) is a guitarist, singer, songwriter, and film score composer. ...
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Association Football club Newcastle United played the Local Hero theme when its players emerged onto the pitch at the start of a game. A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ...
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Locations Local Hero was filmed at several places around Scotland. Most of the village scenes were filmed in Pennan on the Aberdeenshire coast, most of the beach scenes at Morar on the west coast. [1] Pennan is a small village in the county of Aberdeenshire in Scotland comprising of a single row of houses. ...
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The Sands at Morar Morar is a small village in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, with a population of 257 [1]. The name Morar is also applied to the wider district around the village. ...
Trivia - On the DVD release, during the scene of the meteor shower, MacIntyre exclaims "Holy cow!" However, the movement of his lips suggests other words.
- Forsyth slipped some sly references into the characters' names. The recurring theme of sea and sky is echoed in the names of the two principal women, Marina and Stella. Also, Ben shares his last name with Happer's oil company and the radio station MacIntyre listens to in his car at the opening of the film (KNOX).
- Local Hero was referenced in the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode that mocked the film Monster A Go-Go. Had Joel and the Bots won the episode's invention exchange, they would have watched Local Hero instead. They also occasionally quoted Happer's personal therapist, Moritz ("I'm still here, Happer!", "Craphound!") and Happer himself ("Shoot 'im down; shoot to kill!").
- The phrase "high energy protons spilling over into our atmosphere," spoken by Marina as she briefly explains the aurora borealis, is sampled in Juno Reactor's song "High Energy Protons". A sample of Burt Lancaster saying "you're going to have a wonderful trip" also appears in that song.
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A meteor shower, some of which are known as a meteor storm or meteor outburst, is a celestial event where a group of meteors are observed to radiate from one point in the sky. ...
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The original movie poster Monster A Go-Go (Also Monster A-Go Go) is a 1965 science-fiction movie directed by Bill Rebane (credited) and Herschell Gordon Lewis (uncredited). ...
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Aurora borealis Polar aurorae are optical phenomena characterized by colorful displays of light in the night sky. ...
Juno Reactor is a musical and performing act known for the cinematic-psychedelic fusion of electronic and global music, the Matrix score and other film works. ...
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