My Left Foot
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DVD Details
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: July 27, 2021
- Originally Released: 1989
- Label: Miramax
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Daniel Day-Lewis & Brenda Fricker | |
Performer: | Ray McAnally, Fiona Shaw, Kirsten Sheridan, Hugh O'Conor, Eanna MacLiam, Phelim Drew & Cyril Cusack | |
Directed by | Jim Sheridan | |
Edited by | J. Patrick Duffner | |
Composition by | Elmer Bernstein | |
Produced by | Noel Pearson | |
Director of Photography: | Jack Conroy |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1989 -
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
Academy Awards 1989 -
Best Supporting Actress: Brenda Fricker
Entertainment Reviews:
Not only does Day-Lewis master the physical aspects of the role, the minute-to-minute struggle of almost complete paralysis, he lives the painful genesis of an artistic character.
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Washington Post
You may not want to see My Left Foot, fearing that it will be too harrowing and possibly too sentimental. There are times when it is both, but take courage and see it if you can, because it is one of the most remarkable films of the year.
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The Spectator
Rating: 4/5 --
[The film] leaves one with an overwhelming sense of the miraculousness of life and of this man's spirit.
Empire Magazine
Rating: 3/5 --
Despite fine performances from Daniel Day-Lewis and Brenda Fricker, My Left Foot is a middling biopic that takes a rather superficial look at the extraordinary life of Christy Brown, never daring to go deeper into what made him tick.
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Examiner.com
[An] unsentimental film that, without ever preaching, says a sermon's worth about perseverance and survival.
Premiere
...MY LEFT FOOT is an intelligent, beautifully acted adaptation....Very successful...
New York Times
...This one you see for the pure love of movie making. It's tough-minded, unsentimental and ferociously brilliant acting....Day-Lewis seizes the role....It's a performance with a fantastic trajectory...
Los Angeles Times
Product Description:
Daniel Day-Lewis delivers a performance for the ages in this film based on DOWN ALL THE DAYS, the autobiography of Christy Brown, who overcame severe physical limitations to become an accomplished painter and writer. The film describes the astounding arc of Brown's life, starting with a childhood in which his debilitating cerebral palsy causes everyone but his mother to believe he is brain-damaged. Brown begins to shatter this perception by using his left foot and a piece of chalk to scrawl a one-word message on the floor to his mother.
Though Brown's subsequent growth into an artist of great profundity is nothing short of miraculous, he is never presented in the film as anything more nor less than human. Director Jim Sheridan contributes to a fully three-dimensional portrait of the artist by showing such things as Brown playing soccer with his brothers, experiencing the sting of unrequited love, and battling alcoholism. Day-Lewis, in an Academy Award-winning performance, brilliantly captures the wicked genius of Brown's mind as he observes the tone and timbre of his local Ireland with courage and determination. His physical characterization of Brown's condition, portrayed with remarkably little sentimentality, is absolutely astounding. A first-rate ensemble cast includes Hugh O'Connor as young Christy and Brenda Fricker (who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar) and Ray McAnally as his devoted parents.
Though Brown's subsequent growth into an artist of great profundity is nothing short of miraculous, he is never presented in the film as anything more nor less than human. Director Jim Sheridan contributes to a fully three-dimensional portrait of the artist by showing such things as Brown playing soccer with his brothers, experiencing the sting of unrequited love, and battling alcoholism. Day-Lewis, in an Academy Award-winning performance, brilliantly captures the wicked genius of Brown's mind as he observes the tone and timbre of his local Ireland with courage and determination. His physical characterization of Brown's condition, portrayed with remarkably little sentimentality, is absolutely astounding. A first-rate ensemble cast includes Hugh O'Connor as young Christy and Brenda Fricker (who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar) and Ray McAnally as his devoted parents.
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- Sales Rank: 63,549
- UPC: 191329202708
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