Directed by: Bill Forsyth
Featuring: Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Fulton MacKay, Denis Lawson, Peter Capaldi, Jenny Seagrove, Jennifer Black, John Gordon Sinclair
Year: 1983
Time: 111 min.
Series: The Criterion Collection
Edition #: 994
Licensor
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Release Date: Tuesday, 24 September 2019
MSRP: $39.95
Blu-ray
1 Disc
1.78:1
English PCM Mono 1.0
Subtitles: English
Region A
New conversation between Bill Forsyth and film critic David Cairns
Shooting from the Heart, a 1985 documentary about the work of cinematographer Chris Menges
Episode of The South Bank Show from 1983 about the production of the film
The Making of “Local Hero,” a documentary made during the film’s production, featuring interviews with actors Burt Lancaster and Peter Riegert
I Thought Maybe I’d Get to Meet Alan Whicker, a 1983 interview with Bill Forsyth on his early career in documentaries, his first narrative features, and the success of Local Hero
An essay by film scholar Jonny Murray