Where was Local Hero filmed?
1983 film by Bill Forsyth
Local Hero (1983) was filmed in Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Fort William, Banff, Mallaig, JPMorgan Chase Tower, Arisaig and 6 more places, 12 places named in its Wikipedia article's Filming section, in the United Kingdom, the United States. Wikidata records no filming location for it at all, so the article is the only recorded source. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.
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Places per Wikipedia's Filming section
Wikipedia’s Filming section names 12 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🏙 Towns & cities
Fort William
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
town in Highland, Scotland, UK
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
🇺🇸 United States
NASA field center in Houston, Texas, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Mòrar
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
village in Highland, Scotland, UK
“Most of the Ferness village scenes were filmed in Pennan on the Aberdeenshire coast, and most of the beach scenes at Morar and Arisaig on the west coast.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Mallaig
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
town in Highland, Scotland, UK
“The 1996 film Breaking the Waves was largely filmed in Mallaig and the surrounding area, and the beach scenes of Local Hero were filmed at Morar and Arisaig, a few miles to the south.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Lochailort
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
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🏙 Towns & cities
Pennan
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
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🏙 Towns & cities
Arisaig
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
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🏙 Towns & cities
Banff
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Ben Nevis distillery
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
whisky distillery in Highland, Scotland, UK
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Loch Eil
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
sea loch in Highland, Scotland, UK
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Loch Tarff
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
lake in Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows south-west to Aban Burn
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
JPMorgan Chase Tower
🇺🇸 United States
skyscraper at 600 Travis Street in downtown Houston, Texas, USA
“The building stood in for the headquarters of the fictional "Knox Oil & Gas Company" in the 1983 film Local Hero.” Wikipedia
Also shot in these places
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Local Hero have?
No place recorded on Wikidata, but 12 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Apollo 13 (1995), each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.