Plot
Oil billionaire Happer sends Mac to a remote Scottish village to secure the property rights for an oil refinery they want to build. Mac teams up with Danny and starts the negotiations, the locals are keen to get their hands on the 'Silver Dollar' and can't believe their luck. However, a local hermit and beach scavenger, Ben Knox, lives in a shack on the crucial beach which he also owns. Happer is more interested in the Northern Lights and Danny in a surreal girl with webbed feet, Marina. Mac is used to a Houston office with fax machines but is forced to negotiate on Bens terms.
Written by
Bill Forsyth
Directed by
Bill Forsyth
Crew
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Goldcrest, Enigma Productions
Languages
English
Awards
Won 1 BAFTA Award4 wins & 6 nominations total
Scores
# of Votes
29,393
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
Metascore
84
Popularity
NA