My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989)
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Born in a working class family, a family with 7 kids and he's the only disabled one, his mom raise money for years to buy a wheelchair for him,... read more
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" My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown is a 1989 biographical comedy-drama film directed by Jim Sheridan adapted by Sheridan and Shane Connaughton from the 1954 memoir of the same name by Christy Brown. A co-production of Ireland and the United Kingdom, it stars Daniel Day-Lewis as Brown, an Irish man born with cerebral palsy, who could control only his left foot. Brown grew up in a poor working-class family, and became a writer and artist. Brenda Fricker, Ray McAnally, Hugh O'Conor, Fion"
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" My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown is a 1989 biographical comedy-drama film directed by Jim Sheridan adapted by Sheridan and Shane Connaughton from the 1954 memoir of the same name by Christy Brown. A co-production of Ireland and the United Kingdom, it stars Daniel Day-Lewis as Brown, an Irish man born with cerebral palsy, who could control only his left foot. Brown grew up in a poor working-class family, and became a writer and artist. Brenda Fricker, Ray McAnally, Hugh O'Conor, Fion"
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"13.1. Daniel Day-Lewis, man. The dude can frigging act. This is his masterpiece. The story is also great and very unique."
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"Other Nominations Best Supporting Actress Best Actor Best Picture "
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" First Viewing Viewing Date: June 2nd Via: iTunes Store Plot: Christy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot. Rating: 7.7/10"
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"To be honest, "My Left Foot" is without any doubt my favorite movie. The reason is because it changed my life and it spoke to me not just as a person with a disability, but a human who wanted to blend in socially and express his artist merit. The biopic is based on a memoir by Irish artist and writer Christy Brown (Daniel Day-Lewis), who suffered from cerebral palsy. The disorder has crippled his social skills and everything else in his body except his left foot. At first, everyone, apart from h"
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" Notes: To be honest, it has been a while since I have seen this flick and I should definitely re-watch it at some point. Back then, I was much younger, I’m pretty sure it was the first movie starring Daniel Day-Lewis that I saw and the guy just blew me away with his talent and commitment. I have to confess, I had actually never heard of Christy Brown before and, without this movie, I’m pretty sure I would have never heard of the guy ever during my whole life. To be honest, it is actually a"
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" Notes: To be honest, it has been a while since I have seen this flick and I should definitely re-watch it at some point. Back then, I was much younger, I’m pretty sure it was the first movie starring Daniel Day-Lewis that I saw and the guy just blew me away with his talent and commitment. I have to confess, I had actually never heard of Christy Brown before and, without this movie, I’m pretty sure I would have never heard of the guy ever during my whole life. To be honest, it is actually a"