Local Hero (1983)

8.0

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7.3

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10.0

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8.7

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8.2

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pending

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Release Date

March 17, 1983

Director

Bill Forsyth

Writer

Bill Forsyth

Producer

David Puttnam

Genres

Comedy, Drama

Synopsis

An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.

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