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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Jim Sheridan |
| Stars: |
Ray McAnally |
| Actors: |
Brenda Fricker |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Independent · Recommended · True Story · Family Interaction · Biography · Tear Jerker · Art/Artists · Physically Impaired |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
VHS |
| UPC: |
026359052330 |
| Release Date: |
1989 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 43min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Multiple Languages, 1hr 43min
Release Company: Warner Home Video (March 09, 1999)
UPC: 026359037320 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 43min |
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Professional Reviews
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(02/02/1990, p.F1, Sheila Benson): "...This one you see for the pure love of movie making. It's tough-minded, unsentimental and ferociously brilliant acting....Day-Lewis seizes the role....It's a performance with a fantastic trajectory..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
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. <br> <br> 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... |
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