“Here is a small film to treasure, a loving, funny, understated portrait of a small Scottish town and its encounter with a giant oil company.”
American tycoon Happer (Burt Lancaster) decides to build an oil refinery in Scotland - and duly dispatches his fixer, Mac (Peter Riegert), to a remote Scottish village in order to buy up their beach. But Mac receives a decidedly mixed response from the local inhabitants begins to question his role... Filmed in a variety of beautiful Scottish locations and featuring a memorable score by Mark Knopfler, Local Hero is an utterly charming and boasts a brilliant cast including Peter Capaldi, Fulton Mackay, John Gordon Sinclair, Jenny Seagrove and Denis Lawson.