Local Hero (Criterion Collection) - BLU-RAY
FREE shipping to
About This Item
- Details
- Genre: Comedy
- Description: Bill Forsyth put Scottish cinema on the map with this delightfully eccentric culture-clash comedy. Riffing on popular representations of Scottish life and folklore, Local Hero follows the Texas oil executive Mac (Peter Riegert), who is dispatched by his crackpot boss (Burt Lancaster) 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 it's oddball denizens and Texas starts to feel awfully far away. Packed with a near nonstop stream of droll one-liners and deadpan gags, this enchanting cult hit finds Forsyth surveying the idiosyncrasies of small-town life with the satirical verve of a latter-day Preston Sturges, arriving at a sly commentary on conservation, corporate greed, and the legacies we leave behind.
- Title: Local Hero (Criterion Collection)
- Format: Blu-ray
- MPAA Rating: PG (Motion Picture Association of America's (MPAA) film-rating system is used in the United States and its territories to rate a film's suitability for certain audiences.)
- Studio: Criterion Collection
- Release Date: 09/24/2019
- Genre: Comedy
- Other
- Product Name: Local Hero (Criterion Collection) - BLU-RAY
- UPC: 715515234610
Bill Forsyth put Scottish cinema on the map with this delightfully eccentric culture-clash comedy. Riffing on popular representations of Scottish life and folklore, Local Hero follows the Texas oil executive Mac (Peter Riegert), who is dispatched by his crackpot boss (Burt Lancaster) 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 it's oddball denizens and Texas starts to feel awfully far away. Packed with a near nonstop stream of droll one-liners and deadpan gags, this enchanting cult hit finds Forsyth surveying the idiosyncrasies of small-town life with the satirical verve of a latter-day Preston Sturges, arriving at a sly commentary on conservation, corporate greed, and the legacies we leave behind.
Reviews
This product doesn't have any reviews yet.
Compare similar products
Bill Forsyth put Scottish cinema on the map with this delightfully eccentric culture-clash comedy. Riffing on popular representations of Scottish life and folklore, Local Hero follows the Texas oil executive Mac (Peter Riegert), who is dispatched by his crackpot boss (Burt Lancaster) 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 it's oddball denizens and Texas starts to feel awfully far away. Packed with a near nonstop stream of droll one-liners and deadpan gags, this enchanting cult hit finds Forsyth surveying the idiosyncrasies of small-town life with the satirical verve of a latter-day Preston Sturges, arriving at a sly commentary on conservation, corporate greed, and the legacies we leave behind.
![The Blues Brothers/Blues Brothers 2000 (DVD Double Feature) [DVD] [Standard]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/ccdf81e2-bd08-4a89-9d64-5e646e5245ec.jpg;maxHeight=422;maxWidth=264?format=webp)
The Blues Brothers/Blues Brothers 2000
The favorite mystery game comes to the screen in a hilarious whodunit set in a 1950s dinner party whose host-the enigmatic Mr. Boddy-is murdered. Was the killer Mrs. Peacock (Eileen Brennan), Mrs. White (Madeline Kahn), Professor Plum (Christopher Lloyd), Mr. Green (Michael McKean), Col. Mustard (Martin Mull), Miss Scarlet (Lesley Ann Warren), or the butler (Tim Curry)? Directed by Jonathan Lynn ("My Cousin Vinny"). 94 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks English DTS HD mono Master Audio, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles English, French; alternate endings.
![F1: The Movie - 4K Blu-Ray [Standard] [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/98b71c38-5f38-44f4-b8f5-db69a346d301.jpg;maxHeight=422;maxWidth=264?format=webp)
Spectacular racing sequences highlight this breakneck drama that focuses on Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt), a once-great Formula One driver who gets another shot at glory when he's tapped by an old friend (Javier Bardem) to join his F1 team. Hayes proves that he hasn't lost his touch, but he'll still have to face the injuries that sidelined his career in the '90s while also dealing with a cocky and ambitious young teammate (Damson Idris). With Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies. 155 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks English, French, Spanish; Subtitles English, French, Spanish.