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The script was written by Jim Sheridan, who did not intend to write simply for children, although the film mainly follows two young children on the run with their beautiful, magical white horse.
Other themes, targeted to adults, are present: dealing with grief, the clash of cultures with differing values, and the use of the police by the rich and powerful to enforce property rights in their favor.
Sheridan wrote the script five years before he directed My Left Foot.
Gabriel Byrne has said it was one of the best scripts he ever read, and described it at the time as Jim Sheridan's best work to date.
Byrne was committed to the work, he said:
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