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A BEAUTIFUL COASTLINE... A RICH OIL MAN WANTS TO DEVELOP IT. A POOR BEACH BUM WANTS TO LIVE ON IT. AN ENTIRE TOWN WANTS TO PROFIT BY IT. AND A REAL-LIVE MERMAID WANTS TO SAVE IT... ONLY ONE OF THEM WILL GET THEIR WAY.
A BEAUTIFUL COASTLINE... A RICH OIL MAN WANTS TO DEVELOP IT. A POOR B...
Comedy, Drama - 1983
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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.
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Runtime:
111 min
Release date:
17 Feb 1983
Country:
GB
Languages:
Russian, Japanese, English
Budget:
$4,200,000
Revenue:
$5,900,000
Awards:
Won 1 BAFTA Award4 wins & 6 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
The thematics are rather cloying, but the mood -- profoundly relaxed, bemused -- eventually conquers.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
3 Sep 2010
fresh:
[It's] loaded with wry, offbeat humor and is the sort of satisfying, personal picture that is becoming an increasingly rare commodity these days
– Todd McCarthy,
Variety,
13 Aug 2008
fresh:
Here is a small film to treasure, a loving, funny, understated portrait of a small Scottish town and its encounter with a giant oil company.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
It demonstrates Mr. Forsyth's uncanny ability for making an audience sense that something magical is going on, even if that something isn't easily explained.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
Forsyth cannot quite tease out of his characters the kind of strange sublety that Powell and Pressburger delivered, but it is enough that he and producer David Puttnam succeed in making you realise just how badly this kind of film has been missed.
– ,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
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