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Movie this wednesday: Local Hero

Tomas Co <tbco@mtu.edu> Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 11:23 PM
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Hello everyone,

For this Wednesday, we are showing a British 
movie "Local Hero", directed by Bill Forsyth 
(more details below).

Please feel free to pass the message around and 
invite your friends. Hope you can join us.

Regards,

Tom Co

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Title: Local Hero

Date and Time:  Wednesday, November 15, 6:30-9

Place: 308 Cooper Ave, Hancock

Director:  Bill Forsyth 

Partial List of Characters:

  Burt Lancaster
  Peter Riegert
  Fulton Mackay
  Denis Lawson

US Rating: PG

Language: English

Length: 111 mins

Media: DVD, color

Summary: (by www.imdb.com)

  "An American oil company sends a 
  man to Scotland to buy up an entire 
  village where they want to build a 
  refinery. But things don't go as 
  expected."

My Comments:

  An old classic. I saw this movie
  before coming to Houghton/Hancock, 
  so seeing it again was different for me. 
  I am looking forward to discuss 
  what parallels it has with our town.

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