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"Local Hero" quotes

Local Hero poster
An American oil company has plans for a new refinery and sends someone to Scotland to buy up an entire village, but things don't go as expected.

Director: Bill Forsyth
Writer: Bill Forsyth
Production: N/A
Genre: comedy, drama
Year: 1983
MetaScore: 82/100
ImdbRating: 7.4
BoxOffice: $5,895,761
Released: 29 Apr 1983
Awards: Won 1 BAFTA Film Award4 wins & 6 nominations total

78 video clips

GideonVictorMacRev. MacphersonUrquhartMarinaOldsenStellaPeterWattGeddesBenRev Macpherson
Where's the door There is no door - Local Hero 00:11 Where's the door There is no door Well I know my way around this sky - Local Hero 00:23 Well I know my way around this sky You want to buy my church - Local Hero 00:07 You want to buy my church I'm watching the sky sir It's doing some amazing things - Local Hero 00:18 I'm watching the sky sir It's doing some amazing... I want you to try something - Local Hero 00:17 I want you to try something How's the water Cold It should be colder - Local Hero 00:20 How's the water Cold It should be colder We're here on kind of a mission - Local Hero 00:06 We're here on kind of a mission What's the most amazing thing you ever found - Local Hero 00:10 What's the most amazing thing you ever found We have to talk to Mr Urk u hart an accountant - Local Hero 00:12 We have to talk to Mr Urk u hart an accountant Comets are important They could be the key to the universe - Local Hero 00:34 Comets are important They could be the key to the universe I've got some very fine beaches here - Local Hero 00:14 I've got some very fine beaches here How are things I heard about the Ceilidh - Local Hero 00:12 How are things I heard about the Ceilidh How's the casserole de lapin Terrific - Local Hero 00:33 How's the casserole de lapin Terrific Mr Mac - Local Hero 00:15 Mr Mac It's red all over - Local Hero 00:04 It's red all over What about comets Any around - Local Hero 00:07 What about comets Any around Where are we - Local Hero 00:04 Where are we You'll need some change - Local Hero 00:04 You'll need some change Maybe they just want to talk to him - Local Hero 00:05 Maybe they just want to talk to him We all have to work - Local Hero 00:04 We all have to work I'll get the food - Local Hero 00:08 I'll get the food Let's walk him home - Local Hero 00:04 Let's walk him home Would you do that Would you leave Stella here with me - Local Hero 00:13 Would you do that Would you leave Stella here with me How come you're here - Local Hero 00:09 How come you're here Just piss up a rope all right - Local Hero 00:04 Just piss up a rope all right Could you imagine a world without oil - Local Hero 00:36 Could you imagine a world without oil Are you sure there are two L s in dollar Gideon - Local Hero 00:13 Are you sure there are two L s in dollar Gideon Where's the door here - Local Hero 00:11 Where's the door here Whose baby - Local Hero 00:03 Whose baby I'll make a good Gordon Gordon - Local Hero 00:04 I'll make a good Gordon Gordon Would you give me a pound note for every grain of sand I hold in my hand - Local Hero 00:35 Would you give me a pound note for every grain of sand I... You want to buy my church - Local Hero 00:07 You want to buy my church I want you to try something - Local Hero 00:18 I want you to try something How's the water Cold - Local Hero 00:20 How's the water Cold We're um We're here on kind of a mission - Local Hero 00:07 We're um We're here on kind of a mission We have to talk to a Mr Urqu hart an accountant - Local Hero 00:14 We have to talk to a Mr Urqu hart an accountant What's up I think we hit something - Local Hero 00:07 What's up I think we hit something It's their place Mac - Local Hero 00:10 It's their place Mac What's the most amazing thing you ever found - Local Hero 00:10 What's the most amazing thing you ever found I'm watching the sky sir - Local Hero 00:18 I'm watching the sky sir Oldsen I could grow to love this place - Local Hero 00:04 Oldsen I could grow to love this place Aye but Peter I thought all this money would make me feel different - Local Hero 00:06 Aye but Peter I thought all this money would make me feel... And Mrs Wyatt there's a maniac outside the building - Local Hero 00:10 And Mrs Wyatt there's a maniac outside the building We have an injured rabbit also - Local Hero 00:04 We have an injured rabbit also Is it worthwhile calling the vet - Local Hero 00:05 Is it worthwhile calling the vet 'Asshole Happer You love it Craphound ' - Local Hero 00:27 'Asshole Happer You love it Craphound ' Listen we're having a ceilidh tomorrow after Mac and I have tidied up some work - Local Hero 00:06 Listen we're having a ceilidh tomorrow after Mac and I... I've got some very fine beaches here - Local Hero 00:13 I've got some very fine beaches here Ah bugger it I meant to say cheerio - Local Hero 00:05 Ah bugger it I meant to say cheerio How's the casserole de lapin Excellent Terrific Thank you - Local Hero 00:27 How's the casserole de lapin Excellent Terrific Thank... How about the sky Macintyre - Local Hero 00:04 How about the sky Macintyre It's a pet It had a name You don't eat things with names - Local Hero 00:06 It's a pet It had a name You don't eat things with... What about comets Any around - Local Hero 00:07 What about comets Any around How are things - Local Hero 00:11 How are things Is this my rabbit Yes - Local Hero 00:04 Is this my rabbit Yes What you thinking about Girls - Local Hero 00:11 What you thinking about Girls Well Edward I wonder what the poor people are doing tonight - Local Hero 00:05 Well Edward I wonder what the poor people are doing tonight We don't need that ice age - Local Hero 00:17 We don't need that ice age I have a facility with languages - Local Hero 00:04 I have a facility with languages She's got magnificent lungs Oh yes A great asset - Local Hero 00:17 She's got magnificent lungs Oh yes A great asset Sailors used to think they were mermaids yeah - Local Hero 00:08 Sailors used to think they were mermaids yeah That was a telephone call from America - Local Hero 00:14 That was a telephone call from America It's red all over - Local Hero 00:04 It's red all over Lonesome for a lone star man like me - Local Hero 00:05 Lonesome for a lone star man like me Where are we - Local Hero 00:03 Where are we Oh boy are we going to be rich - Local Hero 00:05 Oh boy are we going to be rich Anything out of the ordinary you telephone me night or day - Local Hero 00:05 Anything out of the ordinary you telephone me night or day You'll need some change - Local Hero 00:03 You'll need some change Take the chopper to Aberdeen Get over to Houston - Local Hero 00:06 Take the chopper to Aberdeen Get over to Houston Maybe they just wanna talk to him - Local Hero 00:04 Maybe they just wanna talk to him We all have to work Gordon - Local Hero 00:04 We all have to work Gordon That'll be all for now Macintyre Yes sir - Local Hero 00:04 That'll be all for now Macintyre Yes sir I'll get the food - Local Hero 00:08 I'll get the food Let's walk him home - Local Hero 00:03 Let's walk him home Would you do that Would you leave Stella here with me - Local Hero 00:13 Would you do that Would you leave Stella here with me How come you're here - Local Hero 00:12 How come you're here Oh look just piss up a rope alright - Local Hero 00:05 Oh look just piss up a rope alright Could you imagine a world without oil - Local Hero 00:31 Could you imagine a world without oil

Cast

Felix Happer - Burt Lancaster
Mac - Peter Riegert
Ben - Fulton Mackay
Urquhart - Denis Lawson
Moritz - Norman Chancer
All Cast