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Local Hero or Local Heroes may refer to: * ''Local Hero'' (film), a 1983 Scottish comedy-drama by Bill Forsyth ** ''Local Hero'' (soundtrack), a music album by Mark Knopfler from the film ** ''Local Hero'' (musical), a 2019 musical based on the film *Local hero (Japan), a Japanese superhero * ''Local Hero'' (TV series), a 2016 South Korean television drama *Local Hero Award The Local Hero Award , accessed 23 January 2012 is a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Hero (film)
''Local Hero'' is a 1983 Scottish comedy-drama film written and directed by Bill Forsyth and starring Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Fulton Mackay and Burt Lancaster. Produced by David Puttnam, the film is about an American oil company representative who is sent to the fictional village of Ferness on the west coast of Scotland to purchase the town and surrounding property for his company. For his work on the film, Forsyth won the 1984 BAFTA Award for Best Direction. A stage musical adaptation received its world premiere in 2019. In the same year a Criterion Collection DVD/Blu-ray was released in September. Plot "Mac" MacIntyre is a typical 1980s hot-shot executive working for Knox Oil and Gas in Houston, Texas. The eccentric head of the company, Felix Happer, sends him (largely because his surname sounds Scottish) to acquire the village of Ferness in the Scottish Highlands to make way for a refinery. Mac (who is actually of Hungarian extraction) is a little apprehensive about his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Hero (soundtrack)
''Local Hero'' is the debut soundtrack album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released in March 1983 by Vertigo Records internationally and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. It contains music composed for the 1983 film '' Local Hero'', produced by David Puttnam and both written and directed by Bill Forsyth. In 1984, the album received a BAFTA award nomination for Best Score for a Film. The final track of the album, "Going Home", is played before every home game of Newcastle United F.C.. Knopfler re-recorded the song as a charity single for the 2014 Great North Run in his home city. Background Following a string of three multi-platinum albums with Dire Straits—''Dire Straits'' (1978), ''Communiqué'' (1979), and ''Making Movies'' (1980)—Knopfler, the group's lead singer, guitarist, songwriter, and producer, began to look for new musical challenges and opportunities. In early 1982, his manager wrote to several film directors indicating that K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Hero (musical)
''Local Hero'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Mark Knopfler, and a book by Bill Forsyth and David Greig. The musical is based on the 1983 film of the same name, written by Bill Forsyth. It tells the story of an American oil company representative who is sent to the fictional village of Furness on the west coast of Scotland to purchase the town and surrounding property for his company. The musical made its world premiere at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh in March 2019. Production history The musical is based on the 1983 indie film '' Local Hero'', written and directed by Bill Forsyth. The film was produced on a budget of just £3 millionWalker, Alexander. ''National Heroes: British Cinema in the Seventies and Eighties'', Harrap, 1985, p. 182. and won several awards including the 1984 BAFTA Award for Best Direction and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay. World premiere: Edinburgh (2019) The play received its world premiere at the Royal Lyc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Hero (Japan)
A is a Japanese superhero who is created to represent a particular region of Japan, such as a prefecture or city. They often perform in special martial arts stage shows. Created either by local groups or the local government, a local hero is modeled after the superheroes of Japanese tokusatsu. A local hero is often themed around the city or prefecture's local mythologies or industries, are created to teach the children who watch the stage shows certain things (like of Fukui, Fukui Prefecture), or are themed after the event that they are used to promote (the group performed at the Tokyo Motor Show to act in both the latter forms for road traffic safety). Although local heroes are produced to act in a local area, some gain fame throughout Japan by performing at other local heroes' shows or being featured in mainstream media. from Nikaho, Akita Prefecture, has had two theme songs recorded by anison recording artist Ichirou Mizuki (the first of which was previously available on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Hero (TV Series)
''Local Hero'' () is a 2016 South Korean espionage television drama series, starring Park Shi Hoo, Jo Sung-ha, Lee Soo-hyuk, Kwon Yuri and Yoon Tae-young. It was first broadcast on January 23, 2016 on OCN. Plot Former secret agent Baek Shi Yoon ( Park Shi-hoo) is a well-trained human weapon. Hiding his past, he buys the bar "Neighborhood" and runs it as the owner. He gets close to the Neighborhood regulars at his bar and he sympathizes with their pain. He then meets a young man, Choi Chan Gyu (Lee Soo-hyuk) who works as a temporary employee. Choi Chan Gyu wants to become a police officer. Baek Shi Yoon trains him as a secret agent and they fight together against evil. Cast Main cast *Park Si-hoo as Baek Shi-yoon – A former intelligence agent, Shi-yoon was imprisoned for 3 years after a mission in Macau failed, resulting in the death of his partner, Jin Woo. After being released from prison, he bought a bar where former agents could gather. During the series, he uses the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Hero Award
The Local Hero Award , accessed 23 January 2012 is a part of the awards. It commenced in 2003 and is sponsored by the (DIAC). The Local Hero Award acknowledges extraordinary contributions made by Australians in their local community. A Local Hero from each state and territory is chosen each year, with one of the eight state and territory Local Heroes announced as Australia's Local Hero on |
Local Heroes (company)
Local Heroes was a British online service that connected people with local plumbers, electricians, and other tradespeople. It was launched in early 2016 by Centrica through its subsidiary, British Gas. The service operated across Great Britain and Ireland, working with a network of vetted independent tradespeople to fulfill customer jobs, before closing down in late 2023. History Launched in February 2016, Local Heroes provided limited availability to the Croydon area, expanding to the West Midlands in October 2016 and Glasgow in April 2017. UK-wide coverage was completed in June 2017. Local Heroes was nominated for the Best New Proposition Award at the CEA 2017 and won the Customer Engagement Award at the Peer Awards 2018. Local Heroes launched its app for traders, Toolbox, in August 2018. In September 2023, British Gas announced that the Local Heroes platform would be closing in October 2023 to focus on the "growing demand for British Gas services". On 20 October 2023, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Heroes (British TV Series)
{{Unreferenced, date=December 2009 ''Local Heroes'' is a science and history television programme in the United Kingdom, presented by Adam Hart-Davis. Made by Screenhouse Productions and directed by Paul Bader, it was first aired on the ITV regional network Yorkshire Television in 1991. In the show, Adam Hart-Davis, dressed in the pink and yellow cycling clothes that would become the show's trademark, rode around the YTV region (including Yorkshire, Norfolk and Lincolnshire) on a matching pink and yellow bicycle, stopping in a particular area to tell the stories of scientists that lived or were born there. These stories were embellished by experiments, performed on the street by Hart-Davis, generally using bits of wood and junk from a trailer on his bike. This hobo-meets- Johnny Ball style approach to science-education proved appealing, and after two series, the show was sold to the national BBC2 network in 1994. The move saw two changes: the scope of the show was expanded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
