DVD

Local hero.

Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Fulton MacKay, Denis Lawson, Peter Capaldi, Jennifer Black, Jenny Seagrove. (Cast).

Summary:

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781681436371
ISBN: 168143637X
Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Publisher: [New York, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2019]
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1983. Wide screen. Director-approved special edition features: 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, plus an essay by film scholar Jonathan Murray.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Warner Bros. Pictures ; an Enigma Production for Goldcrest ; produced by David Puttnam ; written and directed by Bill Forsyth. Music by Mark Knopfler ; photograph, Chris Menges ; editor, Michael Bradsell.
Participant or Performer Note:	Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Fulton MacKay, Denis Lawson, Peter Capaldi, Jennifer Black, Jenny Seagrove.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: PG.
System Details Note:	DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen 1.78:1; monaural; color.
Language Note:	English dialogue; English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.