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Local Hero [DVD] [1983]

DVD ~ Burt Lancaster
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  • Actors: Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Fulton Mackay, Jenny Seagrove
  • Directors: Bill Forsyth
  • Format: PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: 4dvd
  • DVD Release Date: 12 May 2008
  • Run Time: 107 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0010LB00W
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,045 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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A Texas oil company attempts to buy out a Scottish fishing village for a refinery, and the result is utter confusion. To make matters more complicated, one of the town's least prominent citizens owns a strategic piece of property which he refuses to sell. A warm, acclaimed comedy, starring Burt Lancaster and PEter Riegert, from writer-director Bill Forsyth (GREGORY'S GIRL).

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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars a perfect movie, 3 May 2008
By Mrs. Patricia Bark "Only me" (Sunny Manchester UK) - See all my reviews
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Now and again there comes a film that leaps into your heart, a film to take to your desert island and a film that becomes a life long friend. Local Hero is one such film. It's an unashamedly, brilliantly British comedy following in the footsteps of the Ealing Comedies, yet like the Ladykillers etc still has universal appeal. It's the tale of loneliness, of wanting to belong somewhere and finding that place. It looks magnificent (the Scottish scenery will have you on the next train to the Highlands) and it sounds... oh the music!!!! A glorious score and what an ending. If your not smiling back the tears as Mark Knopfler's guitar sweeps you into the end credits then some thing's wrong.
Films don't get much better than this.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Comfort and joy from this movie, 29 Jun 2008
Where to begin? This is almost the perfect feel good movie. It's gentle whimsical way is so resonant of earlier Ealing comedies, but I personally think lifts that genre to another level. Always keep an eye out in the background in this movie - there always seems to be something going on. Then you have the running gag about the young punk lad on his motorbike - "Ricky's on the road tonight, you have to look both ways...", even down to the scraggy old dog that always seems to be asleep in the middle of the road - it is all here in subtle glory.
Peter Riegert is wonderful as the American fish out of water who grows to love the place he has been sent to. Peter Capaldi looks like the disjointed man - how can anyone look that ungainly? Fulton MacKay is a real treasure as old Ben Knox and Dennis Lawson is subtly hilarious as amorous hotel owner, accountant and occasional taxi driver Gordon Urquhart. Even Burt Lancaster is not too stilted as Felix Happer.
For me, the finest moments come during the ceilidh, and not from the major characters. Just watch out for the two old farmers discussing their futures. Brilliant.
And to cap it all off, you have Jenny Seagrove in a swimsuit. How could I not give it five stars? Cuddle up with someone special and just let it wash over you.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars "And are there two g's in 'bugger off'"?, 17 Mar 2008
A charming film, almost perfcet from location to casting to plot. A jaded American businessman journeys to Scotland to take advantage of the locals and ends up falling in love with the village and the quiet life.

If you want to put a smile on your face, this is the way to do it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars film local hero
An excellent film comedy.Story is basically a small community coming under pressure from an international conglomerate. Read more
Published 17 days ago by Mr. Robert J. Wilkes

5.0 out of 5 stars Still brilliant after all this time
It's just a gem of a movie - Love the corporate menace and all the commercial americanism versus the quiet life of this tiny place in Scotland . Read more
Published 1 month ago by W. E. Withill

5.0 out of 5 stars The Triumph of Wonders over Numbers
In the "extra" - an interview with the filmmaker, Bill Forsyth - the charge is repeated that the natural world and the society threatened by the big Texas oil company's... Read more
Published 4 months ago by patpending

5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful Scottish story
Burt Lancaster plays an American oil boss (Happer)who is more interested in the sky than in being a high powered executive. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Dr. Berenice Muir

5.0 out of 5 stars A slow burner.... My favourite film of all time.
I've been guilty of building music/films/etc up to the extent that none of my friends seem to like them. Read more
Published 4 months ago by P. Fraser

1.0 out of 5 stars one of the dullest films ever
I just don't understand how people can love this film. Apart from a few comical scenes, it is uninteresting, slow, the script is next to nothing, it's surely one of the weakest... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Guillaume Winter

5.0 out of 5 stars Local Hero
This is a great film. I saw the Movie Connections TV program about it and decided I wanted to see it and I wasn't dissapointed
Published 7 months ago by S. Coverdale

5.0 out of 5 stars Find the hero
Local Hero is a little gem of a film. The plot is multi layered, it is a moral tale of the ruthless invader wooing the natives with shiny presents, it is a tale of the Powerful,... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Polly

5.0 out of 5 stars Local Hero
This has long been one of my favourite Films and I find it surprising that Peter Capaldi does not get more credit
There are times when this film is just what makes one feel... Read more
Published 8 months ago by C. Moffat

5.0 out of 5 stars Insurance!
Although my VHS copy is still in good condition I had to ensure that I shall be able to view this great film when my VHS player dies!
Published 9 months ago by Roy J. Candy

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