{"product_id":"local-hero-by-jonathan-melville-9781913538866","title":"Local Hero","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story of an American businessman sent to buy the Scottish village of Ferness with the aim of turning it into an oil refinery, \u003ci\u003eLocal Hero\u003c\/i\u003e is one of Scotland's most beloved, and most misunderstood, films.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Bill Forsyth's incredible success with the low-budget \u003ci\u003eThat Sinking Feeling\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGregory's Girl\u003c\/i\u003e found him collaborating with Britain's best-known film producer, David Puttnam, he soon found his independent ethos clashing with Hollywood's desire for superstar actors and a happy ending.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJonathan Melville checks into the MacAskill Arms and looks back at Bill Forsyth's career with the help of new and archive interviews, before spending time with the cast and crew, including stars Peter Riegert and Denis Lawson, who made \u003ci\u003eLocal Hero\u003c\/i\u003e on location in Houston and Scotland in 1982.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith access to early drafts of the \u003ci\u003eLocal Hero\u003c\/i\u003e script (including hand-written notes) that reveal more about Mac and mermaids, excerpts from a previously unpublished interview in which Bill Forsyth explains why he refuses to call his film 'feel-good', and a look at long-lost deleted scenes with exclusive commentary from those involved, this is the definitive history of the Scottish classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Genuine fairy tales are rare; so is film-making that is thoroughly original in an unobtrusive way. Bill Forsyth's quirky disarming \u003ci\u003eLocal Hero\u003c\/i\u003e is both . . . it demonstrates Mr. Forsyth's uncanny ability for making an audience sense that something magical is going on, even if that something isn't easily explained'\u003c\/b\u003e Janet Maslin, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLocal Hero\u003c\/i\u003e is kind of transcendent. It's poetic in a way that most films can't hope to be'\u003c\/b\u003e Frank Cottrell-Boyce\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLocal Hero\u003c\/i\u003e is one my favourite films of all time . . . A timeless masterpiece'\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Kermode\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It's not a high concept movie, there's actually no story there really. It's what happens in between the story that's important'\u003c\/b\u003e Bill Forsyth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47606463758572,"sku":"9781913538866","price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/e7b8061449517d6713a518ddd10d43d2.jpg?v=1778192031","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/local-hero-by-jonathan-melville-9781913538866","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}