My left foot [(DVD)videorecording] / Miramax Films ; a Granada film ; a Noel Pearson production ; screenplay by Shane Connaughton and Jim Sheridan ; directed by Jim Sheridan.
Daniel Day-Lewis, Ray McAnally, Brenda Fricker, Fiona Shaw, Hugh O'Conor, Adrian Dunbar, Cyril Cusack. Based on the novel: My left foot / by Christy Brown. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1989. Special features: "The real Christy Brown" featuring biographical details on Brown (5 min.) ; "An inspirational journey : the making of 'My left foot' " with commentaries on the pre-production process (11 min.); stills gallery; "My left foot" reviews from the Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, The New Yorker, and the LA Weekly.
Summary:
The story of Christy Brown. Born with cerebral palsy, Brown learned to paint and write with his only controllable limb, his left foot.
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