My Left Foot
Christy Brown is a spastic quadriplegic born to a large, poor Irish family. His mother, Mrs Brown, recognizes the intelligence and humanity in the lad everyone else regards as a vegetable. Eventually, Christy matures into a cantankerous writer who uses his only functional limb, his left foot, to write.
Released:
February 24, 1989
Cast:
February 24, 1989
Cast:
Daniel Day-Lewis, Ray McAnally, Brenda Fricker, Fiona Shaw, Hugh O’Conor
Director:
Jim Sheridan
Producer:
Noel Pearson
Written by:
Shane Connaughton and Jim Sheridan
Distributor:
Granada Films and Miramax Films
Jim Sheridan
Producer:
Noel Pearson
Written by:
Shane Connaughton and Jim Sheridan
Distributor:
Granada Films and Miramax Films
Budget:
£600,000
Box Office:
$14.7 million
Awards:
Metacritic Score:
81
Rotten Tomatoes Score:
97%
£600,000
Box Office:
$14.7 million
Awards:
Academy Award for Best Leading Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis)
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Brenda Flicker)
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Director (Jim Sheridan)
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Golden Globe for Best Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis)
Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor (Ray McAnally)
Metacritic Score:
81
Rotten Tomatoes Score:
97%