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3 unusual facts about Local Hero


Alchemy: Dire Straits Live

Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon in London on 22–23 July 1983, the album features the band's best-known and fan-favourite songs from their first four albums, the ExtendedancEPlay EP, and the Local Hero soundtrack (composed by Mark Knopfler); many of the songs have reworked arrangements and/or extended improvisational segments.

Jonathan Watson

Other credits include 'Jonathan' in the film Local Hero, an episode of BBC1's Casualty in 2001 as 'Billy Shears' and also an episode of ITV1's The Bill

Pennan

Pennan became famous in the 1980s for being used as one of the main locations for the film Local Hero, and representing the fictional village of Ferness.


Inverailort House

The village and nearby buildings have appeared in films such as Local Hero, Breaking the Waves and Complicity.


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Emad Abdelhalim Ali

He beat Guy Bakutu Batangule (ZAI) 17:4, Mohamed Homrani (TUN) 17:11 and in the final local hero Newfel Ouatah (ALG) 17:8.

Joanne Winter

In addition, she spent much of her free time training in a gymnasium owned by Jocko Conlan, a local hero and an umpire with Major League Baseball experience.

Juan Ubaldo

At the Sydney Olympics 2000 he lost in the first round to local hero Richard Rowles.

Kids for Peace

In November 2009, Ms. McManigal received a Bank of America Local Hero award, recognizing her work through Kids for Peace.

Peter Ramondetta

He eventually became known as the "local hero"—a title earned after skateboarding at Tulsa's famed downtown Bartlet Square, with Kerry Getz, Elissa Steamer, Brian Anderson, and Ed Templeton, following a skateboard demo held by the Toy Machine team.

Tartarin of Tarascon

It tells the burlesque adventures of Tartarin, a local hero of Tarascon, a small town in southern France, whose invented adventures and reputation as a swashbuckler finally force him to travel to a very prosaic Algiers in search of lions.