Local Hero (1983)

Local Hero (1983) Oil billionaire Happer sends Mac to a remote Scottish village to secure the property rights for an oil refinery they want to build. Mac teams up with Danny and starts the negotiations, the locals are keen to get their hands on the ‘Silver Dollar’ and can’t believe their luck. However, a local hermit and beach scavenger, Ben Knox, lives in a shack on the crucial beach which he also owns. Happer is more interested in the Northern Lights and Danny in a surreal girl with webbed feet, Marina. Mac is used to a Houston office with fax machines but is forced to negotiate on Bens terms. ??Matthew Stanfield Awards: 4 wins & 6 nominations totalBudget: £3,000,000 (estimated)Worldwide Gross: $5,901,632Soundtrack: Local Hero (by Mark Knopfler (of Dire Straits))