My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
1989 · directed by Jim Sheridan
- Rating
- 85/100
- Hit
- yes
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.
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989), directed by Jim Sheridan, rates 85/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Daniel Day-Lewis
- Brenda Fricker
- Alison Whelan
- Kirsten Sheridan
- Declan Croghan
- Eanna MacLiam
- Marie Conmee
- Cyril Cusack
- Phelim Drew
- Ruth McCabe
Crew
- Jack Conroy — Director of Photography
- J. Patrick Duffner — Editor
- Elmer Bernstein — Original Music Composer
- Jim Sheridan — Screenplay
- Shane Connaughton — Screenplay
More from Jim Sheridan
- In the Name of the Father (1993) — 84/100 · hit
- In America (2003) — 78/100
- The Boxer (1997) — 72/100
- Brothers (2009) — 67/100
- The Field (1990) — 60/100
- The Secret Scripture (2017) — 56/100
How these numbers work: Methodology