My Left Foot[Widescreen Collector's Dubbed] - DVD

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Cast

• Patrick Laffan - Barman
• Eanna Mac Liam - Old Benny
• Ray McAnally - Mr. Brown
• Ruth McCabe - Mary Carr
• Darren McHugh - Young Benny
• Don King - Double Bass
• Charlie Roberts - Mourner
• Daniel Reardon - Tony
• Kirsten Sheridan - Young Sharon
• Lucy Vigne Welsh - Petra
• Jacinta Whyte - Jenny
• Ger O'Leary - Mourner
• Keith O'Conor - Young Brian
• Derry Power - Customer in Bar
• Fiona Shaw - Dr. Eileen Cole
• Owen Sharp - Young Tom
• Marie Conmee - Sadie
• Eileen Colgan - Nan
• Daniel Day-Lewis - Christy Brown
• Cyril Cusack - Lord Castlewelland
• Sarah Cronin - Girl Friend
• Declan Croghan - Old Tom
• Phelim Drew - Brian
• Martin Dunne - Waiter
• Britta Smith - Nurse
• Alison Whelan - Old Sheila
• Milt Fleming - Mourner
• Hugh O'Conor - Young Christy Brown
• Brenda Fricker - Mrs. Brown
• Tom Hickey - Priest
• Adrian Dunbar - Peter
• Jean Doyle - Woman with Pram
• Julie Hale - Rachel
• Simon Kelly - Liam
• Patricia Higgins - Viola
• Margaret Lyons - Piano
• Conor Lambert - Punch and Judy Puppeteer
• Eileen Kohlmann - Violin
• Ulick O'Connor - Critic
• Hilery O'Donovan - Cello

Crew

• Producer: Paul Heller
• Special Effects: Gerry Johnson
• Makeup: Ken Jennings
• Set Designer: Shirley Lynch
• Producer: Noel Pearson
• Production Designer: Austen Spriggs
• Director: Jim Sheridan
• Screenwriter: Jim Sheridan
• Producer: Steve Morrison ,Arthur Lappin
• Stunts: Peter Brayham
• Musical Direction/Supervision: Elmer Bernstein
• Composer (Music Score): Elmer Bernstein
• Costume Designer: Joan Bergin
• Cinematographer: Jack Conroy
• Screenwriter: Shane Connaughton
• Editor: J. Patrick Duffner
• Book Author: Christy Brown

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My Left Foot: AMG Review
Mike Cummings , AMG

Film and TV productions about the severely ill frequently dwell only on a character's Jekyll, not his Hyde. The idea is to give viewers a feel-good character to root for or cry about, someone who overcomes impossible odds to live a triumphant life or who dies gently without the burning and raging advised by Dylan Thomas. This 1989 production presents the whole of its central character, Christy Brown, a victim of cerebral palsy who has one functioning appendage, his left foot. Not only does the film show viewers a courageous, persevering Christy who contorts himself into a pretzel just to write with his toes, but it also shows them an angry, wrathful Christy who resorts to screaming, kicking, and the foulest of four-letter words to vent his spleen. Daniel Day-Lewis won a Best Actor Academy Award for his moving portrayal of the adult Brown, but young Hugh O'Conor was also impressive in his portrayal of Brown as one of 13 children of a Dublin bricklayer. Unforgettable is a scene in which young Christy huddles in the shadows of his shoddy home, a wretched lump of flesh that his family thinks cannot function physically or mentally. And then, without warning, he shocks everyone by using a piece of chalk and the toes of his left foot to scrawl a word on the floor. Brenda Fricker won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar as Christy's mom, a woman of fierce resolve who helps him liberate his brilliant mind from its prison of darkness. As Christy's father, Ray McAnally ably portrays a weak man who musters enough courage to keep his son at home rather than institutionalize him. The real-life Christy Brown went on to become a famous author and painter -- and an alcoholic -- and this outstanding film gives you all of him, for better or worse. ~ Mike Cummings, All Movie Guide