My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989)
Movie
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.
Directed By : Jim Sheridan
Genres : Drama
Status : Released
Released : Apr 7, 1989
Tagline : A film about life, laughter, and the occasional miracle.
Length : 103 minutes
Cast
- Daniel Day-Lewis
- Brenda Fricker
- Alison Whelan
- Kirsten Sheridan
- Declan Croghan
- Eanna MacLiam
- Marie Conmee
- Cyril Cusack
- Phelim Drew
- Ruth McCabe
- Fiona Shaw
- Ray McAnally
- Pat Laffan
- Derry Power
- Hugh O'Conor
- Darren McHugh
- Owen Sharp
- Eileen Colgan
- Keith O'Conor
- Tom Hickey
- Julie Hale
- Jacinta Whyte
- Sarah Cronin-Stanley
- Jean Doyle
- Britta Smith
- Adrian Dunbar
- Lucy Vigne Welsh
- Daniel Reardon
- Conor Lambert
- Martin Dunne
- Charlie Roberts
- Jer O'Leary
- Mil Fleming
- Simon Kelly
- Eileen Kohlmann
- Margaret Lyons
- Patricia Higgins
- Hilery O'Donovan
- Don King
- Jenny Bryne
- Linda Walker
- Albert Kavanagh
- Joe Swan
- Rita Lowe
- Gerard Hourigan
- Dawn Kursinczy
- Denis O'Leary
- Lesley Ann Long
- Caromy Corcoran
- Cathy Corcoran
- Lisa Jane Rowland
- Aisling Murnane
- Audrey Diffley
- Oba Seagrave
- Colm Rowland
- Owen Sullivan
- Dean Clifford
- Sean Rowland
- Barry Keane
- Wayne Kearney
- John Mark Knight
- Deborah Pierce
- Barry Lord
- Tess Sheridan
- Fiacra Sheridan
- Eoghan O'Sullivan
- Kerry Ellen Lawlor
- Naomi Sheridan
- Emily Hodge Barker
Crew
- Editor : J. Patrick Duffner
- Executive Producer : Paul M. Heller
- Director : Jim Sheridan
- Screenplay : Jim Sheridan
- Director of Photography : Jack Conroy
- Executive Producer : Steve Morrison
- Original Music Composer : Elmer Bernstein
- Screenplay : Shane Connaughton
- Producer : Noel Pearson
- Second Assistant Director : Michael Rowland
- Costume Design : Joan Bergin
- Set Decoration : Shirley Lynch
- Production Design : Austen Spriggs
- Line Producer : Arthur Lappin
- Casting : Nuala Moiselle
- Construction Coordinator : Russ Bailey
- Stunt Coordinator : Peter Brayham
- Production Manager : Mary Alleguen
- Assistant Director : Kevan Barker
- Electrician : Noel Cullen
- Grip : John Murphy
- Assistant Art Director : Mark Geraghty
- Special Effects Coordinator : Gerry Johnston
- Makeup Artist : Ken Jennings
- Hairstylist : Anne Dunne
- Sound mixer : Kieran Horgan
- Sound Editor : Ron Davis
- Legal Services : James Hickey
- Location Manager : Grania O'Shannon
- Stunts : Patrick Condren
- Stunts : Steve Dent
- Stunts : Dave Holland
- Stunts : Terence Plummer
- Gaffer : Louis Conroy
- Stunts : Alan Walsh
- Camera Operator : Des Whelan
- Stunts : Jazzer Jeyes
- Still Photographer : Jonathan Hession
- Music Editor : Kathy Durning
- Book : Christy Brown
- Animal Wrangler : Gilbert White