Local hero
(Blu Ray) 

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Contributors
Forsyth, Bill, 1946- film director.
Lancaster, Burt, 1913-1994, actor.
Riegert, Peter, 1947- actor.
Mackay, Fulton, 1922-1987, actor.
Lawson, Denis, actor.
Published
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2019].
Edition
Director-approved special edition; widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. 
Status
On Shelf
Morro Bay Library - Adult Blu Ray - Adult Audiovisual
Fiction
1 available

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Subjects

LC Subjects
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Fishing villages -- Scotland -- Drama.
Petroleum industry and trade -- Scotland -- Drama.
Scotland -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Published
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2019].
Format
Blu Ray
Edition
Director-approved special edition; widescreen.
Language
English
UPC
715515234610

Notes

General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1983.
General Note
Director-approved special edition features: New 2k digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray, 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, the making of :Local hero, 1983 interview with Rorsyth.
Participants/Performers
Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Fulton MacKay, Denis Lawson, Peter Capaldi.
Description
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.
Target Audience
Rating: PG.
System Details
Blu-ray, region A, wide screen (1.78:1); requires Blu-ray player.
Language
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

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