Directed by:
Bill ForsythScreenplay:
Bill ForsythCinematography:
Chris MengesComposer:
Mark KnopflerCast:
Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Peter Capaldi, Jenny Seagrove, John Gordon Sinclair, Alex Norton, John M. Jackson, Jonathan Watson, Sandra Voe (more)VOD (1)
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Mac (Peter Riegert) is a young executive who flies to Scotland to purchase an entire town on behalf of the oil company he works for, which is run by near-psychotic Happer (Burt Lancaster). The townsfolk seem happy enough to part with their town, although they drive a hard bargain. Meanwhile Mac, who was wrongly thought by his boss to be of Scottish descent, begins to take a liking to the little village. Bill Forsyth directs - in his usual quirky manner - this gentle comedy. (Spirit Entertainment)
(more)Cast
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