"THE STORY OF AN ORDINARY MAN IN AN EXTRAORDINARY PLACE." 17 February 1983 Drama, Comedy 111 mins
An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
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Burt Lancaster as Felix Happer
Peter Riegert as "Mac" MacIntyre
Denis Lawson as Gordon Urquhart
Fulton Mackay as Ben Knox
Peter Capaldi as Danny Oldsen
Jennifer Black as Stella Urquhart
Jenny Seagrove as Marina
Norman Chancer as Moritz
Rikki Fulton as Geddes
Alex Norton as Watt
Christopher Rozycki as Victor
Gyearbuor Asante as Rev Macpherson
John M. Jackson as Cal
Dan Ammerman as Donaldson
Tam Dean Burn as Roddy
John Gordon Sinclair as Ricky
Bill Forsyth Director
David Puttnam Producer
Mark Knopfler Original Music Composer
Chris Menges Director of Photography
Michael Bradsell Editor
Iain Smith Associate Producer
Roger Murray-Leach Production Design
Adrienne Atkinson Art Direction
Frank Walsh Art Direction
Ian Watson Art Direction
Jonathan Benson First Assistant Director
Arthur Wicks Property Master
Mike Tucker Boom Operator
Michael Coulter Camera Operator
Jim Howe First Assistant Editor
Bill Forsyth Screenplay
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Australia 28 April 1983
Brazil 26 November 1998
Germany 02 December 1983
Denmark 26 December 1983
Spain 20 July 1983
United Kingdom 17 March 1983
Ireland 29 April 1983
Japan 19 April 1986
Netherlands 14 March 2008
Portugal 30 December 1987
United States 17 February 1983
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