Title: My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown)
Release Date: 1989-04-07
IMDB ID: tt0097937
Vote Average: 7.5 (1007 votes)
Overview: No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy is a spastic quadriplegic and essentially paralyzed, a miraculous event occurs when, at the age of 5, he demonstrates control of his left foot by using chalk to scrawl a word on the floor. With the help of his steely mother — and no shortage of grit and determination — Christy overcomes his infirmity to become a painter, poet and author.
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis (Christy Brown), Brenda Fricker (Mrs. Brown), Alison Whelan (Sheila), Kirsten Sheridan (Sharon), Declan Croghan (Tom), Eanna MacLiam (Benny),
Crew: J. Patrick Duffner (Editor), Paul M. Heller (Executive Producer), Jim Sheridan (Director), Jack Conroy (Director of Photography), Steve Morrison (Executive Producer), Elmer Bernstein (Original Music Composer),
Release Date: 1989-04-07
IMDB ID: tt0097937
Vote Average: 7.5 (1007 votes)
Overview: No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy is a spastic quadriplegic and essentially paralyzed, a miraculous event occurs when, at the age of 5, he demonstrates control of his left foot by using chalk to scrawl a word on the floor. With the help of his steely mother — and no shortage of grit and determination — Christy overcomes his infirmity to become a painter, poet and author.
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis (Christy Brown), Brenda Fricker (Mrs. Brown), Alison Whelan (Sheila), Kirsten Sheridan (Sharon), Declan Croghan (Tom), Eanna MacLiam (Benny),
Crew: J. Patrick Duffner (Editor), Paul M. Heller (Executive Producer), Jim Sheridan (Director), Jack Conroy (Director of Photography), Steve Morrison (Executive Producer), Elmer Bernstein (Original Music Composer),