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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Local Hero is a 1983 Scottish film starring Peter Riegert. It was directed by Bill Forsyth and produced by David Puttnam. The plot revolves around an American oil company representative who is sent to the fictional village of Ferness on the west coast of Scotland on a mission. "Mac" MacIntyre is a typical 1980s hot-shot executive working for Knox Oil and Gas in Houston, Texas. The eccentric chief of the company, Felix Happer, chooses to send him to Scotland to acquire the village of Ferness to make way for a refinery. Mac is a little apprehensive about his assignment, complaining to a co-worker that he would much rather take care of business over the phone and via telex machines