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- My Left Foot is the true story of Irish writer and cerebral palsy victim Christy Brown. Paralyzed from birth, Brown is written off as retarded and helpless. But Christy's indomitable mother never gives up on the boy. Using his left foot, the only part of his body not afflicted, Brown learns to write.
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Jim Sheridan's "My Left Foot" is the story of Christy's life, based on his autobiography and on the memories of those who knew him. He was not an easy man to forget. Tiny and twisted, bearded and unkempt, he managed, despite his late start, to grow into a poet, a novelist, a painter and a lyrical chronicler of his own life.
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown is a 1989 biographical comedy-drama film directed by Jim Sheridan (in his director debut) adapted by Sheridan and Shane Connaughton from the 1954 memoir of the same name by Christy Brown.
Mar 30, 1990 · My Left Foot: Directed by Jim Sheridan. With Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Alison Whelan, Kirsten Sheridan. Christy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.
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- Biography, Drama
- Jim Sheridan
- 1990-03-30
The My Left Foot Community Note includes chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. Best summary PDF, themes, and quotes.
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...
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- Jim Sheridan
- R
- Daniel Day-Lewis
Feb 2, 1990 · It is a spellbinding journey. In his first film, director Sheridan frames the story with a fund-raising ceremony outside Dublin on the estate of Lord Castlewell and (the splendid Cyril Cusack), at...
Synopsis. My Left Foot is the true story of Irish writer and cerebral palsy victim Christy Brown. Paralyzed from birth, Brown is written off as retarded and helpless. But Christy's indomitable mother never gives up on the boy.
