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My Left Foot

ISBN: 786936151985

Title: My Left Foot

Author: Best Actor - Daniel Day-Lewis (1989)

KDL Description:

The story of Christy Brown, who was born with cerebral palsy. He learned to paint and write with his only controllable limb – his left foot.

Amazon Description:

Daniel Day-Lewis won a much-deserved Oscar for his wily, passionate performance as Irish artist and writer Christy Brown, whose cerebral palsy kept him confined to a wheelchair. Filmmaker Jim Sheridan (In the Name of the Father) adapts Brown’s own autobiography for this spirited piece, focusing on the sometimes-difficult fellow’s formative years in his large family and in love with sundry women. Day-Lewis is inspired, and Brenda Fricker (also a recipient of an Oscar for her part in this movie) is almost luminous as Christy’s dedicated mother. So, too, are Ray McAnally as the hero’s stormy father, and Hugh O’Conor (The Young Poisoner’s Handbook) as the child Christy. All in all, this is a complete pleasure for viewers. —Tom Keogh