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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 · 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.
Fiona Shaw. Dr. Eileen Cole. Watchlist. There Will Be Blood. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. No one expects much from Christy Brown (Daniel Day-Lewis), a boy with cerebral palsy born into a...
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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.
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.
My Left Foot - Metacritic. 1989. R. Miramax. 1 h 43 m. Summary True story of cerebral palsied Christy Brown, who overcame his illness and poverty to become an accomplished artist, poet and writer. Biography. Drama. Directed By: Jim Sheridan. Written By: Shane Connaughton, Jim Sheridan, Christy Brown. My Left Foot.
The true-life story of Christy Brown who was born paralysed with a severe form of cerebral palsy; his left foot the only appendage over which he had complete control. While doctors write him off as also being mentally disabled, his mother (Fricker) knows better, and teaches him to read and write.
