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My Left Foot

1989 film directed by Jim Sheridan
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Summary

My Left Foot is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,777 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[3], Academy Award for Best Actor[4], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[5]
  • Director: Jim Sheridan[6]
  • Screenwriter: Jim Sheridan[7], Shane Connaughton[8]
  • Composer: Elmer Bernstein[9]
  • Genre: drama film[10], biographical film[11], film based on book[12]
  • Based on: My Left Foot[13]
  • Cast member: Daniel Day-Lewis[14], Ray McAnally[15], Brenda Fricker[16], Fiona Shaw[17], Hugh O'Conor[18], Cyril Cusack[19], Kirsten Sheridan[20], Adrian Dunbar[21], Ruth McCabe[22]
  • Producer: Noel Pearson[23]
  • Collection: Museum of Modern Art[24]
  • Director of photography: Jack Conroy[25]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[26]
  • Commons category: My Left Foot[27]
  • Review score: 8.2/10[28], 98%[29], 97/100[30], 7.8/10[31]
  • Color: color[32]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[33], Ireland[34]
  • Publication date: February 24, 1989[35], April 7, 1979[36], July 21, 1989[37], September 4, 1989[38], September 13, 1989[39], September 23, 1989[40], November 10, 1989[41], December 7, 1989[42], December 31, 1989[43], February 1, 1990[44], March 17, 1990[45], March 23, 1990[46], March 30, 1990[47], April 4, 1990[48]
  • Distributed by: Stephen Woolley[49]
  • Narrative location: Dublin[50]
  • Official website: http://www.miramax.com/movie/my-left-foot[51]
  • Main subject: Christy Brown[52]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture[53], Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[54], Academy Award for Best Actor[55], Academy Award for Best Director[56], Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay[57], Young European Film of the Year[58], European Film Award for Best Director[59], European Film Award for Best Actor[60]
  • Title: My Left Foot[61]

Why It Matters

My Left Foot has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]

FAQs

What awards did My Left Foot receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[3], Academy Award for Best Actor[4], and National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[5].

Related Entities

Brenda Fricker Daniel Day-Lewis Elmer Bernstein film Fiona Shaw Ireland Jim Sheridan Museum of Modern Art United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [7] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  5. [10] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  7. [12] ↑ . filmdienst.de. Retrieved . filmdienst.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  9. [14] ↑ . AlloCiné. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  15. [20] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [21] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  17. [22] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [23] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [4] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . Lexicon of international films. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  56. [58] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  57. [59] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  58. [60] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  59. [61] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [62] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [63] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'azb', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'ckb', 'commons', 'cs', 'cy', 'da'
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    Publication date → +1989-02-24T00:00:00Z, +1979-04-07T00:00:00Z, +1989-07-21T00:00:00Z +18
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    Instance of → film
    Cast member → Daniel Day-Lewis, Ray McAnally, Brenda Fricker +6
    Composer → Elmer Bernstein
    Narrative location → Dublin
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