"What film, sub-titled ""The Story of Christy Brown"", is a 1989 drama directed by Jim Sheridan and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Ray McAnally, Brenda Fricker, Fiona Shaw, Julie Hale, Alison Whelan, Kirsten Sheridan, Declan Croghan, Eanna MacLiam, Marie Conmee and Cyril Cusack, that tells the true story of an Irishman born with cerebral palsy?"
My Left Foot My Left Foot My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown, also known simply as My Left Foot, is a 1989 biographical comedy drama film co-written and directed by Jim Sheridan and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Ray McAnally, Hugh O'Conor and Fiona Shaw. It tells the story of Christy Brown (Day-Lewis), an Irishman 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. Also starring in the film are Julie Hale, Alison Whelan, Kirsten Sheridan, Declan Croghan, Eanna MacLiam, Marie Conmee, and Cyril Cusack.
Jim Sheridan and is rumoured to have written the screenplay and been asked to direct it. Sheridan helmed the 2009 film "Brothers", starring Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal, which was shot in New Mexico. He also directed the thriller "Dream House", which starred Daniel Craig, Naomi Watts, and Rachel Weisz. Academy Awards Berlin Film Festival British Academy Film Awards Golden Globe Awards Independent Spirit Awards National Board of Review Writers Guild of America Jim Sheridan Jim Sheridan (born 6 February 1949) is an Irish playwright, screenwriter, film director, and film producer. In the few years from 1989 to 1993, Sheridan directed two