My Left Foot
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Jim Sheridan directs 'Brothers'...shifting relationships between parents and children and among siblings. Think of Daniel Day-Lewis as an artist with cerebral palsy in "My Left Foot" and Brenda Fricker as the mother who finds a balance between doing too much for him and... In this article: Jim Sheridan, Brothers, Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Daniel Day-Lewis, In America, Afghanistan, Dublin, San Francisco Chronicle, and Cerebral palsy |
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"Tobey controls his life to a very exacting degree,"
says "Brothers"director Jim Sheridan ("My Left Foot,"
"In the Name of the Father").
Read more: Tobey Maguire loses control | In this article: Tobey Maguire, Brothers, Robert Downey Jr., Spider-Man, Jim Sheridan, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sam Raimi, and In the Name of the Father
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January 15, 2009
boston.com - Celebrity news
"This is a story of a corrupt system and about how an angry guy became the second most wanted man after Bin Laden,"
the Irish filmmaker said in an e-mail. The director of such Oscar nominated films as"In the Name of the Father"
and "My Left Foot" is making a movie based on"Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob,"
Read more: Bulger story, continued | In this article: Jeremy Roenick, Michel Gondry, MIT, Whitey Bulger, E-mail, Tokyo, NHL, and Jim Sheridan
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November 19, 2008
Guardian Unlimited
"Films have won Oscars with stars 'cripping up', as they call it: Born On the Fourth of July, My Left Foot, The Piano,"
says Edgar.Read more: Patrick Barkham on Ready and able, a film about disabled people | In this article: Justin Edgar, Oscars, Birmingham, Hollywood, Surgery, and Dystonia
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January 28, 2008
Fox News Entertainment
"There Will Be Blood" and Julie Christie of "Away From Her" won the lead-acting honors, also giving them a boost to win the same trophies at the Oscars. Day-Lewis dedicated his win to Heath Ledger, the 28-year-old Australian actor who was found dead in his Manhattan loft last week.
"In 'Brokeback Mountain,' he was unique, he was perfect,"
said Day-Lewis, already an Oscar winner for"My Left Foot."
"That scene in the trailer at the end of the film is as moving as anything I think I've ever seen."
Read more: FOXNews.com - 'No Country for Old Men' Takes Top Honors at Screen Actors Guild Awards - Celebrity Gossip Entertainment News Arts And Entertainment | In this article: Academy Awards, Amy Ryan, Javier Bardem, Edie Falco, Charles Durning, Ruby Dee, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Daniel Day-Lewis, Golden Globes, and Heath Ledger
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Description from Wikipedia:
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown is a 1989 drama film directed by Jim Sheridan and starring Daniel Day-Lewis. It tells the story of Christy Brown, an Irishman born with cerebral palsy, who could only move his left foot. The film also stars Ray McAnally, Brenda Fricker, Fiona Shaw, Alison Whelan, Kirsten Sheridan, Declan Croghan, Eanna MacLiam, Marie Conmee and Cyril Cusack. It was adapted by Shane Connaughton and Jim Sheridan from the book of the same name by Christy Brown.
It won the Academy Award for Best Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis) and Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Brenda Fricker). It was also nominated for Best Director, Best Picture and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.
It also won the NYFCC Best Picture Award for 1989.
- Name:
- My Left Foot
- Release Date:
- November 10, 1989
- Directed By:
- Jim Sheridan
- Produced by:
- Noel Pearson
- Written By:
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- Christy Brown (book)
- Jim Sheridan
- Shane Connaughton
- Music By:
- Elmer Bernstein
- Distributed By:
- Granada Films (UK)
- Length:
- 103 min.
- Language:
- English
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