Local hero

DVD 2019

Texas oil executive Mac is dispatched by his crackpot boss to a remote seaside village in Scotland with orders to buy out the town and develop the region for an oil refinery. But as business mixes with pleasure, Mac finds himself enchanted by both the picturesque community and its oddball denizens, and Texas starts to feel awfully far away.

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Explore Topics & Themes:

Petroleum industry and trade Scotland Fiction

Scotland Social life and customs Fiction

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Comedy films Feature films Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Part of a Series:

Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 994

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ISBN:

9781681436371

Edition:

Director-approved two-DVD special edition

Description:

2 videodiscs (111 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
Dolby Digital mono
wide screen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: PG

Notes:

Director-approved special edition features: New 2K digital restoration -- Audio commentary from 2018 featuring director Bill Forsyth and film critic Mark Kermode -- New conversation between Forsyth and film critic David Cairns -- Shoooting from heart, a 1985 documentary about the work of cinematographer Chris Menges -- Episode of The South Bank Show from 1983 about the production of the film -- The making of Local Hero, a documentary made during the film's production, featuring interviews with actors Peter Riegert and Burt Lancaster -- 1983 interview with Forsyth -- Trailer -- An essay by film scholar Jonny Murray
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1983
Title from container
Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Fulton MacKay, Denis Lawson, Peter Capaldi
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital mono
For private home use only
English audio; English subtitles
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

Contents:

Disc 1. Local hero (DVD)
Disc 2. Bonus disc (DVD)

Control Number:

2766756

UPC:

715515234719

Other Authors:

Capaldi, Peter, actor
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Forsyth, Bill, 1946- film director, screenwriter
Lancaster, Burt, 1913-1994, actor
Lawson, Denis, actor
Mackay, Fulton, 1922-1987, actor
Riegert, Peter, 1947- actor

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