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The enduring call of Local Hero 40 years on. Alamy. Local Hero was released in 1983 and is recognised as a classic. It is the story of a US petro-chemical giant seeking to build a refinery in a ...
May 25, 2023 · One of his last great films was Field of Dreams, opposite Kevin Costner. Lancaster died, aged 80, in 1994. PETER CAPALDI. Peter Capaldi and Jenny Seagrove in a scene from Local Hero (Image: PR ...
May 27, 2023 · But the Boston-born actor said comedy drama Local Hero, filmed near Fraserburgh 40 years ago, is still one of his career highlights. He plays MacIntyre, also known as ‘Mac’, a hot-shot oil executive from Houston, who is sent to the fictional village of Ferness, filmed in Pennan in Aberdeenshire, to purchase the site for an oil refinery.
Jun 6, 2023 · Decades before climate change was a widely discussed issue, Local Hero was one of the first contemporary films to draw attention to our impact on our environment. Set in the fictional village of ...
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Apr 29, 2023 · The enduring call of Local Hero 40 years on. 29 April 2023. Ben Philip. BBC Scotland. Alamy. Local Hero was released in 1983 and is recognised as a classic. It is the story of a US petro-chemical ...
May 17, 2023 · Local Hero cast to reunite. Now the actress, who now lives in London and is the mother of Pulp keyboardist Candida Doyle, is returning to the north-east with other actors to take part in 40th ...
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Local Hero (film) Local Hero. (film) Local Hero is a 1983 British dramedy film written and directed by Bill Forsyth and produced by David Puttnam. It stars Peter Riegert, Burt Lancaster, Denis Lawson, Peter Capaldi, and Fulton Mackay. Riegert plays an American oil company representative who is sent to the fictional village of Ferness on the ...
