Puttnam, who had been an environmentalist since the 1970s, and was president of the Council of Protection of Rural England, saw the potential for a film that directly addressed environmental issues. Puttnam had read an article in The Observer about a Scottish man's battle against an oil giant, and was determined to make a film that addressed the unethical behaviour of oil firms and their toxic impact on natural landscapes. The film began with Chariots of Fire and The Mission producer, David Puttnam, whose films have been nominated for 26 Oscars. There is no environmental protection agency that steps in, no law against the oil company's intended destruction of the land. As he spends more time with the locals, Mac slowly falls in love with his adopted surroundings, and begins to question his role, its ethics, and his entire worldview.Įerily relevant in our era, the climate satire shows almost no citizen standing up to the oil conglomerate. Set in the fictional village of Ferness, Local Hero follows US oil executive "Mac" MacIntyre (Peter Riegert), who is sent to Scotland by his eccentric billionaire boss Felix Happer (Burt Lancaster) to buy the entire town and its surrounding areas to build an oil refinery. Decades before climate change was a widely discussed issue, Local Hero was one of the first contemporary films to draw attention to our impact on our environment. Yet, the film was also remarkably prophetic. David Lynch on 'the beauty in the dark' The 1998 film that predicted the future Released 40 years ago, the landmark Scottish film starring Hollywood legend Burt Lancaster put Scottish cinema on the map, launched the career of a then-unknown Peter Capaldi and showcased the nation's incredible landscapes to the world. ![]() Few films have been as enduring as Local Hero.
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