Article: Daniel Day-Lewis inspired // `My Left Foot' reveals great spirit

Article: For sale, the typewriter that saved Christy's life; Inspiring ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  June 26, 2007 ;     673 words ... ... used by disabled Irish author Christy Brown towrite his autobiography My Left Foot is to be auctioned in Dublin ... Adam and Sons auctioneers. 'Christy Brown is internationally renowned for ... typewriter was theone used to write My Left Foot.

Article: Best foot forward ; Against all odds: Daniel Day-Lewis starred as ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  September 11, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... was the background of Christy Brown, who overcame so muchdisability ... a renowned writer? CHRISTY Brown was born in Crumlin ... oreven speak. Only his left foot responded to his will ... his autobiography, My Left Foot, which was later expandedinto ...

Article: The Doctor Who Discovered Christy Brown
The Washington Post;  January 3, 1990 ;     329 words ... ... the movie review of "My Left Foot" {Style, Dec. 20} ignored ... Dublin pediatrician who found Christy Brown in a slum and recognized ... there would have been no Christy Brown autobiography and no movie ... Collis's involvement with Christy Brown was sadly not even ...

Article: HERE'S ONE FOR CHRISTY BROWN
The Boston Globe;  April 14, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... Collis was so struck by the sight of Christy Brown being lugged around by his brother ... those with cerebral palsy lives on. "My Left Foot," the film based on the life of Brown ... and, of course, a screening of "My Left Foot." Today, at 3 p.m. at Boston College ...

Article: Christys triumph and then tragedy; Odd couple: Christy ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  November 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ...CHRISTY BROWN Georgina Louise Hambleton (Mainstream, [pounds sterling]15.99 ... thathewasmentallyincapable, whospenthoursworkingwith himuntilhefamously used his left foot to make that chalk mark on the kitchen floor. Thoseearlyyearsarevividly ...

Article: Arthur art at MulvaneLibrary taps 'My Left ...
The Topeka Capital-Journal;  June 19, 2009 ;     437 words ... ... at 6:30 p.m. in Marvin Auditorium of "My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown." The 1989 biopic earned Daniel Day- Lewis ... palsy, which left him able to control only his left foot. The Capital-JournalTickets go on sale at 10 ...

Article: WAS CHRISTY BROWN KILLED BY HIS WIFE? Expose: ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  November 6, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... HELEN BRUCE IT was pure Hollywood. My Left Foot, the Oscar-winning biopic of ChristyBrown ... control any part of his body other than his left foot. Doctorssaid he was a mental defective ... very long because of her drinking. My Left Foot producer Noel Pearson was a personal ...