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Local Hero (DVD, 1999) 
Local Hero (DVD, 1999)

 
Local Hero (DVD, 1999)

Director: Bill Forsyth
Rating: Rated PG
Release Date: Sep 1999
Format: DVD
UPC: 085391130727
Product ID: EPID3101666
Description: A Texas oil company attempts to buy out a Scottish fishing village for a refinery, and the result is utter confusion. One of the town's least prominent citizens owns a strategic piece of property which he refuses to sell. A warm, acclaim...
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Movie Description
A Texas oil company attempts to buy out a Scottish fishing village for a refinery, and the result is utter confusion. One of the town's least prominent citizens owns a strategic piece of property which he refuses to sell. A warm, acclaimed comedy from writer/director Forsyth (GREGORY'S GIRL).

Credits
Cast:Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert

Notes
DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Additional Release Material:
   Interactive Menus
   Theatrical Trailer

Editorial Reviews
Included in The New York Times "10 BEST FILMS OF 1983"
New York Times - p.II:15 - Vincent Canby (12/25/1983)

"...LOCAL HERO does the job in a way that is exhilarating to watch..."
Sight and Sound - p.138-9 - Nick Roddick (03/01/1983)

"...[A] genuine fairy tale....Thoroughly original..."
New York Times - p.C25 - Janet Maslin (02/17/1983)

"...LOCAL HERO is loaded with wry, offbeat humor and is the sort of satisfying, personal picture that is becoming an increasingly rare commodity..."
Variety - Cart. (02/16/1983)

5 stars out of 5 -- "An enchanting fairy tale, all the more so for refusing to go for a cut-and-dried happy ending."
Empire - Kim Newman (06/01/2008)

4 stars out of 5 -- "Forsyth's values -- humanity over corporate greed -- have never been more relevant."
Uncut - Alastair McKay (06/01/2008)

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