Local Hero

Streaming video - 1983

Peter Riegert and Academy Award winner Burt Lancaster star in Bill Forsyth's charming, offbeat comedy about Texas oilmen seduced by the charms of a tiny Scottish village -- LOCAL HERO.Oil billionaire Felix Happer's (Lancaster--Field of Dreams) company has struck oil in the North Sea, but it needs a port out of which to base its drilling operations. The perfect harbor is found in a seaside village, and Happer sends Mac (Riegert) to buy then entire town, which--unbeknownst to Mac--is eager to take the money and move. But the charm of town that Mac is supposed to buy gradually transforms the oilmen in very unexpected ways.

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Genres
Feature films
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Warner Bros 1983.
2024.
Language
English
Other Authors
Bill Forsyth (film director), Burt Lancaster (actor), Denis Lawson, Fulton Mackay, Norman Chancer, Peter Capaldi, Peter Riegert
Online Access
A Kanopy streaming video
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Item Description
Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record.
Physical Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (112 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).