My Left Foot (My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown) (1989)

7.6	Listal rating
7.8	IMDB rating

Drama (7), Biography (4), 1989 (3), (3), 1980s (3), Ireland (2), Recently Watched (1), D.T. (1), Biopic (1), Disability (1), Mental Illness (1), Drammatico (1), Oscar (1), Biographical (1), Oscar Winner (1), Daniel Day-Lewis (1), Handicap (1), Based On Historical Events (1), Best Lead Actor Oscar (1), Irish Plight (1)

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Based on the life of Christy Brown, the Irish painter and author who was born with severe cerebral palsy, leaving him almost completely paralyzed. Brown was forced to communicate and work by writing and drawing with a pencil gripped in his left foot. The film is told in flashback as Christy's nurse reads his autobiography which follows him through Based on the life of Christy Brown, the Irish painter and author who was born with severe cerebral palsy, leaving him almost completely paralyzed. Brown was forced to communicate and work by writing and drawing with a pencil gripped in his left foot. The film is told in flashback as Christy's nurse reads his autobiography which follows him through his early life, when only his mother believed he could be anything more than a vegetable, to his childhood games with his brothers on the Dublin streets, to his devastating crush on his speech teacher.

Daniel 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. 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.

Daniel Day-Lewis won the 1989 Best Actor Award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the New York Film Critics, and the National Society of Film Critics. Brenda Fricker won the 1989 Best Supporting Actress Award from the Los Angeles Film Critics. Film debut of director Jim Sheridan, director of photography Jack Conroy and producer Noel Pearson. Estimated budget $3 million. Filmed in Wicklow, Ireland, and at Ardmore Studios in Dublin. Filming began July 18, 1988. Shot in Technicolor. Screened at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival, Montreal World Film Festival, Toronto Festival of Festivals, New York Film Festival, Tokyo International Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival and Mill Valley Film Festival and at the 1990 Benefit to support the American Disabilities Act. Released in Dublin February 24, 1989. Released in USA November 10, 1989. Released on video June 13, 1990. Rated BBFC 15 by the British Board of Film Censors. Reviewed in New York Times and Los Angeles Times November 10, 1989 and in Monthly Film Bulletin September 1989.
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Directed by

Jim Sheridan

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Christy Brown

Mrs. Brown

Sheila

Sharon

Tom

Benny

Sadie

Lord Castlewelland

Brian

Mary

Written by (View all) :

Shane Connaughton

(screenplay)

Jim Sheridan

(screenplay)

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Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago at Aug 28 16:25

Christy Brown was an Irish painter and writer who was one of 14 surviving children of Irish catholic, Bridget Brown. Christy was born with severe cerebral palsy. Unable to move himself or speak, he was also presumed mentally disabled, despite this, his mother continued to speak and nurture him. He finally gained control over the movement of his left foot, upon discovering this, Bridget painstakingly taught Christy how to write and draw, using only his left foot. At the age of 19, he was given ground breaking muscle therapy, which earned him the power of speech. So why am I telling you all this? Well, mainly to highlight the poignancy of a remarkable and harrowing true story. This isn't a yarn dreamt up by 50 writers in a board room. It is an autobiographical story, relaying the exper...Read more

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