LOCALHERO

Local Hero

Local Hero is a 1983 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Bill Forsyth and starring Peter Riegert and Burt Lancaster. Produced by David Puttnam, the film is about an American oil company representative who is sent to the fictional village of Ferness on the west coast of Scotland to purchase the town and surrounding property for his company. For his work on the film, Bill Forsyth won the 1984 BAFTA Award for Best Direction.

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