Local Hero

Local Hero1983

Director: Bill Forsyth
Stars: Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Fulton Mackay, Denis Lawson, Norman Chancer
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Runtime: 111 minutes

When Mac MacIntyre (played with deadpan perfection by Peter Riegert) is sent by his star-gazing, slightly insane Knox Oil and Gas boss (Burt Lancaster) to Scotland's West Coast to buy the rights to a seaside town slated to be the site of an oil… more »



Danny:
How's the water? Cold?

Marina:
Not as cold as it should be. The North Atlantic drift comes in here. That's warmish water from the Caribbean. That's why it's special here. There's stuff fetching up here all the way from the Bahamas.

Danny:
Oh, that's a long way.

Marina:
You swim?

Danny:
Not that far.

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