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Shergar

Actor(s): Andrew Connolly, Ian Holm, Mickey Rourke, Tom Walsh, David Warner
Director(s): Dennis C. Lewiston
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Details

Movie Release: 1999
DVD Release: 09/07/2004
Format: DVD - Color
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 37 mins
Studio: TAG
Total Copies: 2
Genres: Drama, Adventure Drama, Psychological Drama
See Also: Shergar

Synopsis

A boy-and-his-horse tale loosely based on the IRA's unsolved 1983 horsenapping of a Derby winner, this adventure film opens with the animal being abducted and brought to a farm run by Garritty (David Warner), a borderline IRA sympathizer. After Irish authorities refuse to pay a 5 million pound ransom, sinister terrorist O'Rourke (Mickey Rourke) orders the horse to be shot, but before that happens, the animal escapes with Kevin (Tim Walsh), a stableboy who has run away from reform school. Kevin and the horse are subsequently befriended by a tinker (Ian Holm) and his granddaughter (Laura Murphy). ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide

Cast

Andrew Connolly - Dermot Concannon
Ian Holm - Joseph
Mickey Rourke - Gavin O'Rourke
Tom Walsh - Kevin Doherty
David Warner - Eammon Garrity
Laura Murphy - Kate

Member Reviews

Aimee M. wrote on 3/31/2008...

This movie is fairly entertaining. I like the accents anyway!
It is not really a "kids" movie, although obviously kids would like it. It actually has some pretty violent scenes that might frighten younger kids.

It is worth watching if you like horses and Belfast accents! :)