Director
Bill Forsyth
Starring
Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Fulton Mackay, Denis Lawson, Peter Capaldi
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Certificate
PG
Run Time
111 mins
Release Year
1983
Country of Origin
UK
Language
English
Director of Photography: Chris Menges
Editor: Michael Bradsell
Produced by: David Puttnam
Music: Mark Knopfler
Screenplay by: Bill Forsyth
Production Designer: Roger Murray-Leach
Local Hero presented by EIFF and Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh
Treasured by a generation in Scotland and loved far and wide, Local Hero is a defining moment of Scottish storytelling and an international hit film. Enjoy reliving this romantic, wry and warming tale of an American oilman who tries to buy a Scottish fishing village he ends up falling in love with. Join director and writer Bill Forsyth in conversation with The Lyceum’s artistic director, David Greig, as they work on the world premiere of a stage adaption of this beloved story, opening at The Lyceum in Spring 2019.