My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
1989
A film about life, laughter, and the occasional miracle.
- Jim Sheridan
- 1h 43m
- April 7, 1989 · Ireland, United Kingdom
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 7, 1989
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Ireland, United Kingdom
- Production
- RTÉ,Ferndale Films,Granada Television
- Cast
- Daniel Day-Lewis,Brenda Fricker,Alison Whelan,Kirsten Sheridan,Declan Croghan,Eanna MacLiam,Marie Conmee,Cyril Cusack,Phelim Drew,Ruth McCabeand 59 more
- Director
- Jim Sheridan
- Producer
- Paul M. Heller,Steve Morrison,Noel Pearson
- Cinematography
- Jack Conroy
- Music
- Elmer Bernstein
- Budget
- $645,180
- Revenue
- $14,743,391
- IMDb
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