--- title: 'My Left Foot (1979)' type: 'film' director: 'Jim Sheridan' released: '1979-04-07' runtime_minutes: 103 genres: - 'Drama' - 'History' countries: - 'United Kingdom' - 'Ireland' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/my-left-foot-1979' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097937/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # My Left Foot (1979) 1979 · 103 min · Drama, History · United Kingdom, Ireland ## Synopsis My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown is a 1989 biographical comedy-drama film directed by Jim Sheridan and adapted by Sheridan and Shane Connaughton from the 1954 memoir by Christy Brown. A co-production of Ireland and the United Kingdom, it stars Daniel Day-Lewis as Brown, an Irish man born with cerebral palsy, who could control only his left foot. Brown grew up in a poor working-class family and became a writer and artist. Brenda Fricker, Ray McAnally, Hugh O'Conor, Fiona Shaw, and Cyril Cusack are featured in supporting roles. ## Credits - **Director:** [Jim Sheridan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-sheridan) - **Screenplay:** [Jim Sheridan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-sheridan), [Shane Connaughton](https://cinepixo.com/people/shane-connaughton) - **Original Music Composer:** [Elmer Bernstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/elmer-bernstein) - **Producer:** [Noel Pearson](https://cinepixo.com/people/noel-pearson) - **Director of Photography:** [Jack Conroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-conroy) ## Cast - [Fiona Shaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/fiona-shaw) - [Adrian Dunbar](https://cinepixo.com/people/adrian-dunbar) - [Hugh O'Conor](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-o-conor) - [Kirsten Sheridan](https://cinepixo.com/people/kirsten-sheridan) - [Brenda Fricker](https://cinepixo.com/people/brenda-fricker) - [Ray McAnally](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-mcanally) - [Cyril Cusack](https://cinepixo.com/people/cyril-cusack) - [Ruth McCabe](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-mccabe) - [Daniel Day-Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-day-lewis) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.miramax.com/movie/my-left-foot Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/my-left-foot-1979 Film facts: Wikidata (Q746574); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.