Local Hero – Arc Cinema

1983 | DCP | UK | D: Bill Forsyth

When American oil executive “Mac” MacIntyre (Peter Riegert) arrives in a remote Scottish village to negotiate the purchase of the town for a new refinery, he’s unexpectedly charmed by the landscape and local character.

Bill Forsyth’s comedy drama starring Burt Lancaster highlights the divide between hard-nosed US capitalism and the charm of Scottish rural life.

‘Local Hero is almost magical, it is so unexpected. It is whimsy raised a power or two by the skills of a filmmaker who looks at life slightly askew. He sees enchantment in small, off- center encounters, and gets the enchantment onto the screen.’ – Miami Herald