Local Hero

Local Hero follows Mac, a Houston-based oil company representative sent to a remote Scottish coastal village to negotiate its purchase for a new refinery. As Mac immerses himself in the quirky, warm community, he begins questioning his own corporate ambitions and materialistic lifestyle. The film is a gentle, witty meditation on identity, nature, and what truly constitutes wealth and happiness.

• Burt Lancaster reportedly based his character on Howard Hughes.
• The beach scenes were filmed in Pennan, Scotland.
• Director Bill Forsyth wrote the script in just six weeks.
• Mark Knopfler composed the beloved soundtrack for the film.
• The phone box in Pennan became a tourist attraction afterward.

• "I've been watching that star for weeks. I think it's mine."
• "You can't eat a percentage, Mac."
• "How much would you say the sky is worth?"
• "It's a great beach. There must be something wrong with it."
• "Everything's for sale, Mac. Everything."