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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 · A 1989 film starring Daniel Day-Lewis as Christy Brown, a man with cerebral palsy who became a painter and writer with his left foot. The film depicts his childhood, family, love life and artistic achievements, and won two Oscars.
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- Biography, Drama
- Jim Sheridan
- 1990-03-30
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
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- Daniel Day-Lewis
My Left Foot, memoir written by Irish author Christy Brown (June 5, 1932–September 7, 1981), published in 1954. Begun when he was 18 and published when Brown was 22 years old, My Left Foot is the story of an extraordinary person. Brown was an imaginative, sensitive soul trapped in a body twisted and crippled by cerebral palsy.
Feb 2, 1990 · A biographical drama about Christy Brown, a poet and painter who was born with cerebral palsy and could only control his left foot. The film follows his life from childhood to adulthood, showing his struggles, achievements and relationships.
Watch the 1989 film based on the life of Christy Brown, an Irish artist and writer with cerebral palsy. Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor and Brenda Fricker won Best Supporting Actress for their roles.
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Dec 8, 2008 · A film based on the life of Christy Brown, an Irish painter and writer who had cerebral palsy and learned to write and paint with his left foot. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker and Alison Whelan, directed by Jim Sheridan.
