Irish Director Jim Sheridan and the incomparable Daniel Day-Lewis have teamed up for some pretty terrific little projects including In the Name of the Father, The Boxer, and their first collaborative effort, My Left Foot. It’s what won Mr. Day-Lewis his first of three lead actor Oscars, and it’s one of those performances where you see it and you’re like oh, yeah, that one’s the winner obviously.
The story itself is quite compelling, detailing the life of Christy Brown, an Irish artist with severe cerebral palsy. It chronicles his life’s progression from being born with his condition, and growing into his adult life becoming a writer and artist. I guess that’s pretty much it. Oh, and he uses his left foot to do a bunch of things.
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Published: Mar 16, 2013 11:22 am