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emma


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Dear All,


          My other half managed to brag a copy of the film from our local video shop. Aparently you can't buy it yet but you can hire it. You all know how much i wanted to see it!


It featured Ken Stott, Gillian Anderson, Robert Carlyle in the cast along with a beautiful fawn greyhound called 'The Celt' for short.


The film opens with a shocking scene in which a sack containing a greyhound (you don't see it in a sack or anything) is thrown into a lake. I managed to comfort myself by thinking 'ok this is not real it is just a film and the sack has bricks in it and a sterilizing tablet that makes it look like air escaping'


The story features Joe (Ken Stott) who is a greyhound trainer and a little boy called Donal. Donal works for him at weekends and in the morning before school with the pups and brood bitches. Donal takes a shine to the fawn dog and asks Joe to buy him.Which he does, if a little reluctantly and Donal names him and by doing this gets more attached to him than to any of the other dogs.A deal is struck between Donal and Joe leaving 'The Celt' just 3 races to prove himself otherwise .......


Donal throws himself into training but along the way finds that Joe is involved with more sinister goings on, to do with the troubles in  Northern Ireland.


The story also involves a relationship between Donal's mum (Gillian Anderson) and Robert Carlyle) and the impact of a 'Father figure' in young Donal's life.


It is gritty and emotion packed and sad but I think it will make people aware of just how cruel racing can be when the dogs stop winning (my parents were shocked that such things went on, because they have only seen our local trainer, who looks after all his dogs to the end if he cannot find homes for them).I think that if you are knowing that you will get upset easily at the idea of dogs getting hurt/killed you should avoid it. Although honestly you see nothing, you don't need to see it to know what has happened (if you see what I mean).


 On  the other hand if you can put your emotions to one side, (I just think to myself this is a film there is no reason to get upset and I can seperate - but I know my other half can't do this - he is the one with tears all down his face after a good film!) watch it for what it is (a gritty drama) then you should enjoy it.


Siouxsie and Nora perhaps not one for you, please don't watch it. Em XX



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Thank you for your warning Em.

I started to read your post, then I noticed my name at the bottom, so I didn't read the whole post just in case.



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My daughter is buying it for my birthday next month, so I will JUST HAVE to watch it. She bought me A Wonderful Life with James Stewart , " buckets ". Thanks for the warning !

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sounds way too traumatic for me to watch.  i'd end up sobbing !!  i can't just watch it thinking "it's only a film" so will give a miss.  thanks for the warning em, xx

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We also hired it over christmas.  I managed to avert my eyes and ears for the opening scene.  I then thought that the worst was over and sat throught the film.  Near the end of the film I could tell what was coming and fled the room just in time.  Blamed my husband for chosing it!  Not a film for Greyhound lovers with a sensititve disposition as I have!  In fact any animal films are always a bit risky for me.


I do remeber watching "man about dog".  Again story centers around a Greyhound.  But this was a much more humerous film.  I don't remember any traumatic bits in this, but a lovely doggy.


Julie & RubyXX



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Thanks for the warning - I will definitely avoid it.

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we got this film and man about dog yes the latter is humerous but on see the first few scenes nope i didnt watch it even then fact it was only a film bag with bricks in, sorry no,deffo not a film for me.hubby liked it but not the gruesome bits.

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It's a good film but a bit "too close to the bone" if you're a greyhound lover. It made me cry.


Hazel.x



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We've seen The Mighty Celt too. Yes, it's gritty, yes it's sad, but the film shows what happens to lots of failed, injured or retired racing greyhounds in the real world! There are so many people who don't know, or who've never thought about what happens to ex-racers!


Christine



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