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  Local Hero

  £195.00

  “A beautiful coastline… A rich oil man wants to develop it. A poor beach bum wants to live on it. An entire town wants to profit by it. And a real-live mermaid wants to save it… Only one of them will get their way.“

  A British one-sheet film poster for Bill Forsyth’s 1983 feel good comedy “Local Hero” starring Burt Lancaster as the oil billionaire Felix Hopper and  Peter Riegert as Mac, the executive sent in to seal the deal. And it’s both leads who feature on this beautiful one-sheet. The artwork is really quite stunning and sadly unattributed.This romantic comedy has gained a certain cult following over the years and has withstood the test of time very well. Genuinely heart warming and as a poster a rare find. Originally rolled (as issued) this unrestored example displays and presents to excellent effect. Hugely popular with a large and loving fan-base the original film poster offered here represents a a very collectable piece of British (well Scottish) movie memorabilia.

  Trivia: First film score composed by Mark Knopfler. Knopfler provided not only the main score, mostly consisting of classical guitar (which would become his cinematic trademark for The Princess Bride (1987)), but filled the fast-fingered country guitar licks during the KNOX radio station announcement while Mac is driving in the film’s opening. The film’s soundtrack scored by former Dire Straits member, Mark Knopfler, sold better than the movie itself helped launch Knopfler’s career as a film composer.

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