SYNOPSIS

Running Time: 99 Minutes.
Daniel Day Lewis and Brenda Fricker won Oscars for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress for this exhilarating account of the life of Christy Brown, feisty Irish artist-writer who was born with cerebal palsy. Through the help of his strong-willed mother, a dedicated teacher and his own courage and determination, Christy not only learns to grapple with life and love but also develops into a brilliant painter, poet and author.

Producer:
Noel Pearson

Screenplay:
Shane Connaughton, Jim Sheridan

Director:
Jim Sheridan

Executive Producers:
Paul Heller, Steve Morrison

CAST (in order of appearance)

CHRISTY BROWN: Daniel Day Lewis
MRS BROWN: Brenda Fricker
SHEILA: Alison Whelan
SHARON: Kirsten Sheridan
TOM: Declan Croghan
BENNY: Eanna McLiam
SADIE: Marie Conmee
LORD CASTLEWELLAND: Cyril Cusack
BRIAN: Phelim Drew
MARY: Ruth McCabe
DR. EILEEN COLE: Fiona Shaw
MR BROWN: Ray McAnally
BARMAN: Patrick Laffan
CUSTOMER IN BAR: Derry Power
YOUNG CHRISTY BROWN: Hugh O'Connor
YOUNG BENNY: Darren McHugh
YOUNG TOM: Owen Sharp
NAN: Eileen Colgan
YOUNG BRIAN: Keith O'Connor
PRIEST: Tom Hickey
RACHEL: Julie Hale
SALLY: Jacinta White
GIRLFRIEND: Sara Cronin
WOMAN WITH PRAM: Jean Doyle
NURSE: Britta Smith
PETER: Adrian Dunbar
PETRA: Lucy Vigne Welsh
TONY: Daniel Reardon
PUNCH & JUDY PUPPETEER: Conor Lambert
WAITER: Martin Dunne
MOURNER - 1: Charlie Roberts
MOURNER - 2: Ger O'Leary
MOURNER - 3: Mil Fleming
LIAM: Simon Kelly

MUSICIANS:
Eileen Kohlmann - Violin
Margaret Lyons - Piano
Patricia Higgins - Viola
Hilery O'Donovan - Cello
Don King - Double Bass

SPECIAL EXTRAS:
Jenny Byrne, Linda Walker, Albert Kavanagh,
Joe Swan, Rita Lowe, Gerard Hourigan, Dawn Kursinczy

CHILDREN:
Denis O'Leary, Lesley Ann Long, Caromy Corcoran, Cathy Corcoran, Lisa Jane Rowland, Aisling Murnane, Audrey Diffley, Oba Seagrave, Colm Rowland, Owen Sullivan, Dean Clifford, Sean Rowland, Barry Keane, Wayne Kearney, John Mark Knight, Deborah Pierce, Barry Lord, Tess Sheridan, Fiacra Sheridan, Owen O'Sullivan, Kerry Ellen Lawlor, Emily Hodge Barker.

PRESS

"Triumphant and Moving"
The Irish Times

"Gloriously exultant and hilariously unexpected"
Washington Post

"Superbly acted... Don't miss it!"
Empire