Product Information
The true story of Christy Brown who was born into a poor family in Dublin in 1932 with cerebral palsy. Totally paralysed with the exception of his left foot he develops into an artist and writer, with help from his mother.Product Identifiers
EAN5014138288426
eBay Product ID (ePID)3948026
Product Key Features
ActorBrenda Fricker, Daniel Day-Lewis, Hugh O'conor, Cyril Cusack, Fiona Shaw, Adrian Dunbar, Ray Mcanally, Ruth Mccabe
Film/TV TitleMy Left Foot
DirectorJim Sheridan
LanguageEnglish
Run Time99 Mins
Aspect Ratio16:9 Wide Screen
Release Year2002
FormatDVD
FeaturesWidescreen
GenreDrama, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
AwardsBest Actress In A Supporting Role 1989 - Brenda Fricker, Best Actor In A Leading Role 1989 - Daniel Day-Lewis
Additional InformationDaniel Day-Lewis delivers a performance for the ages in this film based on DOWN ALL THE DAYS, the autobiography of Christy Brown, who overcame severe physical limitations to become an accomplished painter and writer. The film describes the astounding arc of Brown's life, starting with a childhood in which his debilitating cerebral palsy causes everyone but his mother to believe he is brain-damaged. Brown begins to shatter this perception by using his left foot and a piece of chalk to scrawl a one-word message on the floor to his mother.<BR>Though Brown's subsequent growth into an artist of great profundity is nothing short of miraculous, he is never presented in the film as anything more nor less than human. Director Jim Sheridan contributes to a fully three-dimensional portrait of the artist by showing such things as Brown playing soccer with his brothers, experiencing the sting of unrequited love, and battling alcoholism. Day-Lewis, in an Academy Award-winning performance, brilliantly captures the wicked genius of Brown's mind as he observes the tone and timbre of his local Ireland with courage and determination. His physical characterization of Brown's condition, portrayed with remarkably little sentimentality, is absolutely astounding. A first-rate ensemble cast includes Hugh O'Connor as young Christy and Brenda Fricker (who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar) and Ray McAnally as his devoted parents.
ReviewsEmpire - [The film] leaves one with an overwhelming sense of the miraculousness of life and of this man's spirit., New York Times - An intelligent, beautifully acted adaptation of Christy Brown's first book.
Sound sourceMono
Movie/TV TitleMy Left Foot