My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

1989
1h 43m
7.5

7.5/10

1,013 votes • View on IMDb
Drama

"A film about life, laughter, and the occasional miracle."

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.

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Status: Released

Budget: $645,180

Revenue: $14,743,391

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Ferndale Films Granada Television RTÉ
Production Countries
Ireland United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

bodily disabled person poet biography based on true story foot flashback author working class disabled cerebral palsy

Quick Facts

Release Date April 7, 1989
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0097937

Cast

Daniel Day-Lewis
Daniel Day-Lewis

Christy Brown

Brenda Fricker
Brenda Fricker

Mrs. Brown

Alison Whelan
Alison Whelan

Sheila

Kirsten Sheridan
Kirsten Sheridan

Sharon

Declan Croghan
Declan Croghan

Tom

Eanna MacLiam
Eanna MacLiam

Benny

Marie Conmee
Marie Conmee

Sadie

Cyril Cusack
Cyril Cusack

Lord Castlewelland

Phelim Drew
Phelim Drew

Brian

Ruth McCabe
Ruth McCabe

Mary

Fiona Shaw
Fiona Shaw

Dr. Eileen Cole

Ray McAnally
Ray McAnally

Mr. Brown

Key Crew

Paul M. Heller
Executive Producer
Noel Pearson
Producer
Steve Morrison
Executive Producer
Shane Connaughton
Screenplay
Jim Sheridan
Director
Jim Sheridan
Screenplay