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Whenever I contemplate the career of Bill Forsyth, I realise I'm getting old. It's more than a quarter of a century since he was considered one of the great new hopes of British cinema, but to me, the sudden flowering of his oblique, wilful talent still seems like one of the more recent miracles of film history.

By Chris Marshall Environment Reporter THE idyllic village of Pennan in Aberdeenshire is perhaps best known as the backdrop for Bill Forsyth's classic film Local Hero.

A section of cliff threatening to collapse above the Aberdeenshire village of Pennan is set to be removed.

A village made famous by hit movie Local Hero was closed yesterday amid fears of a landslip after a crack appeared in a cliff.

Engineers were assessing a large crack on a cliff face above a coastal village as residents prepared for a possible evacuation.

It was a night of celebration for some of Scotlanda s leading film and TV stars at the annual Bafta Scotland awards.

Genre: Comedy/Action Directed by: Bill Forsyth Starring: Burt Reynolds, Casey Siemaszko, Sheila Kelley, Lorraine Toussaint Despite containing one of Burt Reynolds' best performances, Bill Forsyth's Breaking In did no more for the Scottish filmmaker's Hollywood career than Housekeeping had.

A PUB has found a new lease of life after its starring role in the film Local Hero was uncovered.

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THE Pennan Inn will forever be linked with the Burt Lancaster film Local Hero, which propelled the tiny shorefront hostelry to worldwide fame.

The hotel which found worldwide fame after featuring in the film Local Hero has re-opened for business.

IT IS regarded as a forgotten classic of Scottish cinema and helped launch the career of legendary director Bill Forsyth.

Burrow Head, Dumfries & Galloway Though set on a fictional Hebridean island, the cult thriller starring Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee was filmed in various locations across Scotland, including Skye, Plockton and Culzean Castle in Ayrshire.

We went to Pennan the other week, to pay homage to Local Hero . It was shot here and in various locations around Scotland.

LOCAL HERO This is the only film, ever, anywhere, to make a star out of a red phone box.

LOCAL HERO This is the only film, ever, anywhere, to make a star out of a red phone box.

A north-east village's "Local Hero" was finally revealed last night. Peter Simpson has been named as the new owner of the world-famous Pennan Inn, ending more than two years of speculation about its future.

A pub which achieved global fame for its role in a cult film has been sold after lying empty for two years.

This droll filmmaker blends quirky but incisive comedy with bracing moral underpinnings.

Peter Capaldi isn't a widely recognizeable name in the U.S. , though the silver-tongued Scottish actor has starred in such beloved films as Local Hero , Dangerous Liaisons and The Lair of the White Worm .