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Local Hero (Bill Forsyth, UK, 1983)

  • The Vine 86 Highgate Road London, England, NW5 1PB United Kingdom (map)
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.
— Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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.

Earlier Event: February 3
Rififi (Jules Dassin, France, 1955)