Local Hero
1983
A representative of an oil company arrives in a small Scottish fishing village to negotiate the purchase of the entire community for an offshore development, but finds himself falling under the spell of the place and its eccentric inhabitants. Bill Forsyth's gentle, melancholic comedy is a quietly magical film about what money cannot buy.
Director
- Bill Forsyth
Cast
- Burt Lancaster
- Peter Riegert
- Fulton Mackay
- Denis Lawson
- Jenny Seagrove
Filming Locations
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Arisaig
The 'village' beach scenes were filmed here.
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Camusdarrach
Camusdarrach Sands near Morar served as the beach of the fictional village of Ferness, the proposed site of the oil refinery; key scenes here include Mac's negotiations with beach-owner Ben Knox and the famous tidal pool sequence.
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Moidart
The A861 road descending to Loch Moidart and through to Inversanda Bay was used for the Highland driving scenes as Mac makes his way to the fictional village of Ferness.
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Pennan
The 'village' buildings scenes were filmed here. The famous phone box is actually a prop as the real phone box (20 yards away) was felt to be in the wrong place.