Celtic Film Series - "Shergar" April 12, 2006

A young boy's attempt to hide a horse from both the police and IRA are at the heart of "Shergar," a 1999 PG-13 rated movie that is the next offering in the Celtic Film Series presented at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 12 in the Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland Street. The program is free of charge and reservations are not needed.

Shergar is a racehorse that has been kidnapped by a sub-group of the IRA. They have hidden it on a farm far away from where they abducted it and now ask for a ransom of five million pounds. The government isn't willing to pay, afraid that the money will be used to buy new weapons and explosives. The kidnappers are furious and decide to shoot the horse, to cut of its head, and send it to an important newspaper as proof of what they have done. But they haven't thought of one person. An orphan boy who works at the farm and who loves horses, decides to save Shergar by fleeing with him into the countryside where he hopes the IRA and the police will not find him.

The Library presents the Celtic Film Series in cooperation with the local chapters of the St. Andrew Benevolent Association and the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians. The series explores the history, drama and quirky humor of films made in or about Scotland and Ireland.

Jack Willis, professor Emeritus of English at the College of William and Mary, will introduce the film.

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