Country: UK
Year: 1983
Duration: 111'
Mac is a yuppie who works for an oil
company in Houston, Texas. His boss
sends his to Scotland to buy a village:
the objective is to build a new oil refinery.
Mac will learn to know and appreciate
the peacefulness and surrealism of everyday
life in the town. A bizarre fairytale with
surreal tones and a great Burt Lancaster
playing the part of the millionaire with
a passion for stars.
Biography
film director
Bill Forsyth
Bill Forsyth (Glasgow, GB/UK, 1946)
FILMOGRAFIA
That Sinking Feeling (1980), Andrina (TV, 1981), Gregory’s Girl (1981), Local Hero (id., 1983), Comfort and Joy (1984), Housekeeping (Una donna tutta particolare, 1987), Breaking in (Ladro e gentiluomo, 1989), Being Human (Le cinque vite di Hector, 1993), Gregory’s Two Girls (1999).
Cast
& Credits
regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura/director, story, screenplay Bill Forsyth
fotografia/cinematography Chris Menges
montaggio/film editing Michael Bradsell
scenografia/production design Roger Murray-Leach
costumi/costume design Penny Rose
musica/music Mark Knopfler
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Burt Lancaster (Felix Happer), Peter Riegert (Mac MacIntyre), Fulton Mackay (Ben Knox), Denis Lawson (Gordon Urquhart)
produttore/producer David Puttnam
produzione/production Enigma Productions, Celandine Films, Goldcrest Films International
fotografia/cinematography Chris Menges
montaggio/film editing Michael Bradsell
scenografia/production design Roger Murray-Leach
costumi/costume design Penny Rose
musica/music Mark Knopfler
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Burt Lancaster (Felix Happer), Peter Riegert (Mac MacIntyre), Fulton Mackay (Ben Knox), Denis Lawson (Gordon Urquhart)
produttore/producer David Puttnam
produzione/production Enigma Productions, Celandine Films, Goldcrest Films International