In the early 1980s, the cast and crew of a new film arrived in a quaint village on the northeast coast of Scotland, to begin work on an exciting new project. Despite the fact the movie starred a Holywood heavyweight in the form of Burt Lancaster and rising Scottish stars such as Peter Capaldi, Alex Norton and Denis Lawson, it was the village of Pennan that would go on to become the true star.
Directed by the legendary Bill Forsyth, Local Hero was released in 1983 and became a hit with audiences before going on to secure its status as a cult classic. The film, which tells the tale of an American oil company exec coming to Scotland to buy up an entire village, is now considered to be one of the best Scottish films of all time.
The beautiful coastal village of Pennan, which lies between Banff and Fraserburgh on the northeast coast, sits beneath a high cliff and features a small stone harbour and a single row of homes lapped by the waves of the North Sea and hidden beneath dramatic cliffs.
