MY LEFT FOOT

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• Release Year: 1989
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: This cinematic masterpiece is the brilliant portrayal of legendary Irishman Christy Brown (Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln), who, despite crippling cerebral palsy, learned to use his one controllable extremity - his left foot - to become an accomplished artist and writer. This acclaimed motion picture won Academy Awards for Best Actor (Daniel Day0Lewis) and Best Supporting Actress (Brenda Fricker) and earned nominations for Best Picture, Best Director (Jim Sheridan) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Jim Sheridan and Shane Connaughton).
• 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, 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, Jim Sheridan, Shane Connaughton, Christy Brown
• Director: Jim Sheridan
• Runtime: 1:43
• Company: Miramax Films
• Media Format: Movie