My left foot : the story of Christy Brown / Miramax Films ; a Granada film ; a Noel Pearson production ; screenplay by Shane Connaughton and Jim Sheridan ; producer, Noel Pearson ; director, Jim Sheridan.

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Born with cerebral palsy, the 10th of 22 children of a Dublin bricklayer and his wife, Christy Brown was doomed to life as a vegetable by physicians in 1932. His strong-willed mother's love and faith encouraged him to overcome this label. At age seven, he made a mark with chalk grasped between the t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bernstein, Elmer (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Miramax Films
Granada Films
Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Other Authors: Pearson, Noel (Producer)
Connaughton, Shane (Screenwriter)
Sheridan, Jim, 1949- (Screenwriter, Director)
Day-Lewis, Daniel (Actor)
McAnally, Ray (Actor)
Fricker, Brenda (Actor)
Shaw, Fiona, 1958- (Actor)
O'Conor, Hugh, 1975- (Actor)
Dunbar, Adrian, 1958- (Actor)
McCabe, Ruth (Actor)
Whelan, Alison (Actor)
Cusack, Cyril, 1910-1993 (Actor)
Brown, Christy, 1932-1981
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English or dubbed French, with optional subtitles in English SDH (subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing), French, or Spanish; closed-captioned.
Published: Burbank, CA : Miramax Home Entertainment/Lionsgate, [2011], ©1989.
Series:Miramax award-winning collection.
Subjects:
Brown, Christy, > 1932-1981 > Drama.
Brown, Christy, > 1932-1981 > Film adaptations.
Young men > Drama.
Cerebral palsied > Drama.
People with disabilities > Drama.
Cerebral palsied children > Education > Drama.
Cerebral palsied children > Home care > Drama.
Cerebral palsied children > Family relationships > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Artists > Drama.
Dublin (Ireland) > Drama.
Feature films.
Biographical films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Biographical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Story of Christy Brown.
Format: Video DVD

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