My Left Foot (Blu-ray) R

A film about life, laughter, and the occasional miracle.
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Blu-ray Details

  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 43 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: January 13, 2015
  • Originally Released: 1989
  • Label: Lions Gate

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Major Awards:

Academy Awards 1989 - Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
Academy Awards 1989 - Best Supporting Actress: Brenda Fricker

Entertainment Reviews:

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 26,712
Rating: 4/5 -- An intelligent, beautifully acted adaptation of Christy Brown's first book.
New York Times
May 20, 2003
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. Full Review
Washington Post
Jan 1, 2000
Rating: 4/4 -- My Left Foot is a great film for many reasons, but the most important is that it gives us such a complete picture of this man's life. Full Review
Chicago Sun-Times
Jan 1, 2000
All performances are on the mark in this perfect little film. Full Review
Variety
Mar 26, 2009
Rating: 5/5 -- Gritty yet uplifting tale of artist with cerebral palsy. Full Review
Common Sense Media
Apr 1, 2015
Day Lewis' re-creation of writer/painter Christy Brown's condition is so precise, so detailed and so matter-of-fact that it transcends the carping about casting an actor without cerebral palsy. Full Review
Time Out
Jun 24, 2006
For all his character's travails the film as a whole winds up surprisingly upbeat. Full Review
Chicago Reader
Mar 10, 2008

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.

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  • UPC: 031398210597
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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