Local hero [videorecording] /
Forsyth, Bill,1946-
Lancaster, Burt,1913-1994.
Puttnam, David,1941-
Knopfler, Mark.
[S.l.] : Celandise Films,
c1983.
Burt Lancaster stars as the eccentric Texan oil billionaire Happer, who has set his sights on a sleepy Scottish fishing village for his next big refinery. Happer sends in his best negotaitor Mac (Peter Riegert) to close the deal. Mac discovers an idyllic town inhabited by clued-up loclas, a drunken Russian, the Northern Lights and a web-footed mermaid. It isn't going to be quite as simple as the yanks thought. From the director of Gregory's Girl, Bill Forsyth's BAFTA winning comedy drama is a beautifully shot character driven film.
DVD, PAL.
Issued with The observer.
Starring Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Fulton Mackay.
Produced by David Puttnam ; music by Mark Knopfler.
Burt Lancaster stars as the eccentric Texan oil billionaire Happer, who has set his sights on a sleepy Scottish fishing village for his next big refinery. Happer sends in his best negotaitor Mac (Peter Riegert) to close the deal. Mac discovers an idyllic town inhabited by clued-up loclas, a drunken Russian, the Northern Lights and a web-footed mermaid. It isn't going to be quite as simple as the yanks thought. From the director of Gregory's Girl, Bill Forsyth's BAFTA winning comedy drama is a beautifully shot character driven film.