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  • Jenny Seagrove and Denis Lawson on Local Hero | BFI. Subscribe: bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI.
    Actors Jenny Seagrove and Denis Lawson discuss Local Hero (1983), the Scottish comedy they made with Burt Lancaster, director Bill Forsyth and producer David Puttnam. The pair reveal which scenes in the film were improvised and why the shoot was briefly stopped.
    LOCO Festival co-founder Jonathan Wakeham chairs the discussion.
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Komentáře • 54

  • @beagle7622
    @beagle7622 Před 3 lety +29

    A comedy without jokes, a perfect description of Local Hero.

  • @primus7776
    @primus7776 Před 7 lety +46

    Yes. Best film ever. So beautifully crafted and wonderfully portrayed.

    • @pillettadoinswartsh4974
      @pillettadoinswartsh4974 Před 3 lety +1

      And all the characters are pixelated. - czcams.com/video/kePxj6QLt8A/video.html

  • @blackbird5634
    @blackbird5634 Před 3 lety +22

    I watched it repeatedly to deal with alcoholism and depression, it was almost two hours of calm in the middle of the storm I was living.

    • @00bikeboy
      @00bikeboy Před rokem +7

      Now that you mention it, after I watch Local Hero I also feel that I've been healed just a wee bit.

  • @shevetlevi2821
    @shevetlevi2821 Před 11 měsíci +9

    Aside from being an extraordinary film, both Mark Knopfler's music and the use of light were every bit a part of the film as the actors, who were wonderful.

  • @00bikeboy
    @00bikeboy Před rokem +10

    Local Hero is my all time favourite movie. Wonderful cast and performances. I never hear anyone mention the guy who played Moritz. He (Norman Chancer) was excellent as Happer's insane therapist... "Look at me Mr. Happer, I'm a single man." Just great.

    • @rotad9967
      @rotad9967 Před 10 měsíci +1

      The scenes of him putting the paper on the windows is probably the worst scene in the movie. It should've been left on the cutting room floor. They could easily found another, less vulgar, reason for Happer to flee. Just adds stink to a very charming movie.

  • @robinyeomengcer2917
    @robinyeomengcer2917 Před 3 lety +8

    Watched it when I was a teen in the 80s. A stunning movie - one I would never forget - enthralls u from the beginning to the end!

  • @thenomadicpen
    @thenomadicpen Před rokem +10

    Jenny Seagrove reminds me more than a little of Annie Lennox. Both are lovely. My wife and I are are going to Pennan and the beaches in the movie for our honeymoon from Michigan. I'm bringing a portion of my dad's ashes to leave in the sea at the Morar beach. We used to watch Local Hero together, and as an American of Scottish descent, he loved it dearly. We leave tomorrow!

    • @00bikeboy
      @00bikeboy Před rokem

      How wonderful. I'm sure your Dad is smiling.

  • @josephr428
    @josephr428 Před 7 lety +15

    What a total treat! One of my all-time favorite films. Great to see Jenny and Denis!

  • @stewartmackay
    @stewartmackay Před 10 měsíci +2

    Its a wonderful film and for me, as a highlander from the place where the fictional "Ferness" is depicted on the map at the beginning of the film, it captures the very end of the way things used to be in the highlands. All of that is gone now. Its just a memory.

  • @360highlands3
    @360highlands3 Před 6 lety +29

    My all time favourite film also. Only 3 weeks ago I finally made my first visit to Pennan to see the location, it was like been in the film. I am only just discovering all this behind the scenes material here on CZcams and am just revelling in it all, fantastic. Thanks for posting this.

    • @Jozz57
      @Jozz57 Před 6 lety +5

      Isn't it wonderful?? I went about 5 years ago, a 25 year dream to visit. My all time favourite film, I love the plot, the scenery, the music, the humour, everything!!!! I wept on the drive down to the village, a wonderful and emotional experience

    • @franknowakowski3103
      @franknowakowski3103 Před 3 lety +3

      @@Jozz57 Travelled from the US specifically to visit Pennan, We surely enjoyed London and Scotland but our main goal was visiting Pennan. It was wonderful as well as emotional. My favorite film of all time.

    • @Jozz57
      @Jozz57 Před 3 lety +1

      @@franknowakowski3103 Mine too!!

    • @beagle7622
      @beagle7622 Před 3 lety

      I agree , found it today.

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver Před 2 lety +1

      Has nobody seen _Comfort and Joy_ ?

  • @georgewhyte6110
    @georgewhyte6110 Před 4 lety +4

    Denis used to use the sunbed in a gym I had in Belsize Park. Always a lovely fellow. One of my favourite films ever and Penan is a place I lived near and spent many times in the hotel bar.

  • @JasonKAllen
    @JasonKAllen Před 9 lety +16

    my favorite film! thanks for posting...

  • @thomascolones1937
    @thomascolones1937 Před 7 lety +10

    Fantastic film, never tire of seeing it ! This film deserves to be put out on BLUE-RAY !!!! Way past time with extras and the making of the film ! TC

    • @iakona23
      @iakona23 Před 5 lety +2

      It’s being released on Blu-Ray by Criterion in the USA on September 24, 2019.

  • @markbraendle4371
    @markbraendle4371 Před 3 lety +4

    The great thing about the 'scene with the music' is that at the end of the scene no one turns off the music. Everyone sits there and it keeps on playing.

  • @00bikeboy
    @00bikeboy Před 7 lety +22

    Happy they gave a nod to the wonderful soundtrack.

    • @robertpinkstone4034
      @robertpinkstone4034 Před 5 lety

      Looking forward to the musical.

    • @00bikeboy
      @00bikeboy Před rokem

      @@robertpinkstone4034 Damn, that's a great idea. Hope they're listening!

  • @liberty_and_justice67
    @liberty_and_justice67 Před 5 měsíci

    One of my favorite movies🎉. Creates a wonderful feeling of magic throughout.

  • @conoromalley6770
    @conoromalley6770 Před 7 lety +5

    What a great film. Must go back to the Pennan Inn and sit in the bar to reminisce one day!

    • @grendel_nz
      @grendel_nz Před 10 měsíci

      The bar was in another village.

  • @bobbest1611
    @bobbest1611 Před 4 lety +6

    3:00 i saw a program about burt lancaster who described how he was going to do a scene and bill said "eh, a bit less." second description--
    "eh, a bit less."

  • @56postoffice
    @56postoffice Před 3 lety +3

    I forgot rebel pilot Wedge was in this! Really good film, came out the same year as *"Educating Rita"* where it's the first time I saw Julie Walters. I thought she was a scouser for real!!

  • @RideAcrossTheRiver
    @RideAcrossTheRiver Před 2 lety +6

    I'll make a good Gordon, Gordon!

  • @enoz.j3506
    @enoz.j3506 Před 4 lety +2

    I loved the film,warm and gentle.

  • @horsenuts1831
    @horsenuts1831 Před 3 lety +6

    Jenny Seagrove is as gorgeous as ever.

  • @rogerkellow2906
    @rogerkellow2906 Před 8 lety +9

    Shame they had to share microphones during the interview .

  • @dardobartoli
    @dardobartoli Před 9 lety +2

    thanks for sharing

  • @andytalbot6719
    @andytalbot6719 Před 3 lety +1

    'Pauline', referred to by Seagrove, was played by Caroline Guthrie not Claire Grogan...Guthrie was also in Gregory's Girl though

  • @sandybroon1962
    @sandybroon1962 Před rokem +3

    Great film, it just captured the atmosphere at arisaig and camusdarach beach perfectly, unfortunately the area is now very busy, but at the time of shooting the film in 1982 it was totally unknown and unspoilt. Like Mac you're seduced and changed for life by the place.

  • @terrygrund6598
    @terrygrund6598 Před 9 měsíci

    Love this film.

  • @guruuDev
    @guruuDev Před 7 lety +2

    Great stuff!

  • @paulgart
    @paulgart Před 9 lety +11

    My all time favourite film too and so says Jeremy Clarkson as well! There's just a magical quality to it and a beautiful story which resonated with everyone who lived through that Yuppie period! BTW Jenny Seagrove still looks beautiful :)

  • @paulvalentine1483
    @paulvalentine1483 Před rokem +1

    I'll be in Pennan in October!

  • @wojciechczupta9185
    @wojciechczupta9185 Před 4 lety

    is there any streaming service prividing Local Hero in high definition audio and video?

  • @charliebadger
    @charliebadger Před 6 lety

    But what was that music in the restaurant? I've never been able to find it. It gets stuck in my brain for weeks :)

    • @richardhewitt3470
      @richardhewitt3470 Před 6 lety +2

      Try some Jimmy Shand recordings from the fifties - Scottish, polkas, accordion-based. Just a suggestion. Good luck.

  • @rotad9967
    @rotad9967 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Love this quirky, goofy movie!!!!

  • @ianjames3078
    @ianjames3078 Před 2 lety

    Love this

  • @snoo333
    @snoo333 Před 4 lety +1

    i was this at the movies when it came out. i was around 12 i think. strange this is i may have confused the ending with another movie. I remembered it as the guy sent to purchase the town as falling in love with and having a scene with Burt Lancasters character convincing him to not change the town. as i remember it, he convinces him to keep the town as it.
    i recently watched again and to my surprise this never happened in the movie.
    was it another movie? please help me out.

    • @juliao8428
      @juliao8428 Před 3 lety +3

      It is this movie. But the man who changes Burt Lancaster's mind about using the town for an oil refinery is the local hero of the film, Ben Knox, the beach bum!

  • @TheMooCowReturns
    @TheMooCowReturns Před 4 lety +1

    I adore Jenny Seagrove!!!!
    :=8D

  • @IANinALTONA
    @IANinALTONA Před 3 lety +1

    Jenny and Peter would have made a cool real-life couple, methinks.

  • @nigelwilliams8537
    @nigelwilliams8537 Před rokem +1

    I adore this film, but initially, I was really disappointed by what I thought was this really lame 'Question & Answer' session from Jenny and Dennis. HOWEVER, I then thought about what I (Local Hero's greatest fan ever!), would actually say, if asked similar questions by an interviwer and I suddenly realised that Jennie weren't being disengaged, blasé or lazy in their answers, at all. The fact is that Local Hero works subliminally on so many interstitial strata (visually, comedy, musically, magically, morally, ecologically, vocally, socially) that it's almost impossible to talk about it.
    Sure, someone will no doubt pen a doctoral thesis about it (personally, I'd love to do so) or recruit it to a political movement, but to do so would involve dissecting it and evaluate different mores and attributing values judgments to the film score. If this were to happen, then I fear that we'd be treating as important things that were easy(ish) to measure in Local Hero (10,000 grains of sand in the hand!) rather than measuring those elusive, gossamer, diaphonous nuances that define Local Hero.