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A Wonderful and Empowering Film About Struggle and Triumph...
The course of life will demand toughness and effort from an individual, as it occasionally hits low points. How the individual deals with these low points will determine what character the individual possess, because any individual can easily sail through the highs. Some ill-fated have to face harsher and more frequent slumps, which might even be darker and rougher than some could ever imagine. Yet, they have to persist, and find joy in the small things in life. The director Jim Sheridan has over the past decade and a half made a handful films about struggle and the essence of how to overcome hardships. His breakthrough film, My Left Foot, illustrates the biographical struggle of Christy Brown (Daniel Day-Lewis) who suffered from the condition cerebral palsy since birth and the societal ignorance of his condition, which delivers a unique perspective on character and toughness. <
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>Through a close-up in the opening the camera gradually pans over a typewriter while a left foot slowly reaches across the typewriter for a vinyl record. The trembling foot grabs a record between the big toe and the adjacent toe that the foot lifts up towards a record player. The vinyl record's label have been severely scuffed to the point where the label now is illegible. After much effort the foot succeeds in placing the record on the turntable, and delicately placing the tonearm with the needle on top of the record. Shortly after the sound of Mozart's opera Così Fan Tutte begin to flow from the phonograph the audience can imagine the struggle of Christy Brown. It is a powerful opening that gives an idea of the painstaking efforts that Christy had to experience on a daily basis in order to grow intellectually. <
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>Christy's story is not unique in the sense of having Cerebral Palsy, but it becomes an exceptional tale when it begins to disclose how he got to the point where the film opens. The opening with the foot that switches on the phonograph takes place at least three decades after his birth in 1932 when he acquired his severe condition through a problematic delivery. When Christy turns on the record player he is preparing himself for a banquet. However, when Christy arrives to the magnificent mansion of the banquet he is escorted into a secluded room with a nurse (Brenda Fricker) while one of the visitors sneeringly warns the nurse about the Christy. In seclusion he can listen to the presenter through a speaker while the nurse begins to read the book My Left Foot, which brings the audience back the birth of Christy Brown. <
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>As the nurse leafs through the book, flashbacks emerge that reveal who and how Christy arrived to the secluded room in the enormous mansion. Occasionally, the flashbacks are interrupted by strangers that peek into the room, or by Christy's desire for something such as matches for a smoke. Nonetheless, the audience learns that Christy's aptitude was discovered when he scribbled something on the floor with a piece of chalk. There is also a strong presence of Christy's parents and his thirteen siblings in the film, which provided an opportunity for him to be independent. It is a poignant story, which at time is heart wrenching, as it is very clear what Christy thinks, but the people around him are unable to communicate with him until he displays the ability. Yet, Christy's cerebral palsy does not deter him from seeking a career to communicate with the world through the arts and literature. <
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>Christy might have been close to incapable of creating movement with the exception of his left leg and foot. Despite this setback he displays the power of the mind in more than one way, as he expresses himself articulately and intelligently while also pushing himself to apply his few physical skills to paint, write, and, yes, soccer. Daniel Day-Lewis portrays the ability, or perhaps the lack of physical ability, of Christy Brown with a radiant and unforgettable performance. To balance Day-Lewis' strong performance, as Christy, the audience can observe Brenda Fricker, as the nurse who cares for him in the secluded room, deliver a performance that creates compassion, tension, and affection. Together with Sheridan's direction these two actors are cast with a large group of talented actors that support Day-Lewis in all parts of the film. My Left Foot will leave the viewers with an empowering and breathtaking cinematic experience despite generating an unfair view of the world and the difficulties that might wait around the next corner.

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Putting a best "left foot" forward
What a great release of this movie. The extras included are WONDERFUL!!! I definitely think is well spent money if you enjoyed the movie when it came out. Being a parent of a special needs parent makes one VERY inspired as well.

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DANIEL DAY-LEWIS, Clear Enough for You?
His Oscar winning performance in My Left Foot is probably one of the greatest displays of acting in any film ever. I can't think of one that tops this one. He is already an acting legend at the age of 48 with great performances in this film and Gangs of New York (also strong work in The Last of the Mohicans & The Crucible). All the performaces are strong here and this film will surely impact you in some way.