My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Not Rated
Drama
7.5/10(910 ratings)
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.
04-07-1989
1h 43m
Main Cast
Movie Details
Production Info
- Director:
- Jim Sheridan
- Production:
- Ferndale Films, Granada Television, RTÉ
- Revenue:
- $14,743,391
- Budget:
- $645,180
Key Crew
- Original Music Composer:
- Elmer Bernstein
- Executive Producer:
- Paul M. Heller
- Producer:
- Noel Pearson
- Executive Producer:
- Steve Morrison
- Screenplay:
- Shane Connaughton
Locations and Languages
- Country:
- GB; IE
- Filming:
- IE; GB
- Languages:
- en