Local Hero

Synopsis

An ambitious Houston oil company executive carrying a briefcase is dispatched by his eccentric, stargazer billionaire boss to the remote Scottish Highlands village of Ferness to buy out the entire town and coastline to build a massive oil refinery, but finds himself seduced by the northern lights, beachcombers, red telephone boxes, and the locals who are eager to become millionaires. Bill Forsyth and Chris Menges' BAFTA-winning whimsical humanist comedy masterpiece starring Peter Riegert, Burt Lancaster, and Denis Lawson with Mark Knopfler's score.