TWO SCORES ON ONE CD.

MY LEFT FOOT

1. Mother (3:40)
2. Unspoken Fear (4:23)
3. Therapy (2:55)
4. Church and Witches (2:52)
5. Study for Christy (3:05)
6. Happy Moment (2:33)
7. Gift for Mother / Cold (2:54)
8. Struggle and Frustration (3:52)
9. Love Spoken (4:49)

DA

10. Da and Memories (2:35)
11. Temptress (2:00)
12. Drown the Dog! (2:52)
13. Secrets (1:28)
14. Old Matters (2:15)
15. Goodbyes (1:00)
16. Resolution (3:58)

MY LEFT FOOT - An alternative to the general run of "triumph over the odds" biopics, My Left Foot is the true story of Irish cerebral palsy victim Christy Brown. Paralyzed from birth, Brown (played by Hugh O'Conor as child and Daniel Day-Lewis as an adult) is written off as retarded and helpless. But Christy's indomitable mother (Brenda Fricker) never gives up on the boy. Using his left foot, the only part of his body not afflicted, Brown learns to write. He grows up to become a well-known author, painter, and fundraiser, and along the way falls in love with nurse Ruth McCabe (Mary Carr). There's no sugarcoating in My Left Foot: Brown, a heavy drinker, was by no means loveable. Day-Lewis and Fricker both won Academy Awards for their performances, and the film was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. Also notable are the late Ray McAnally in his next-to-last film role as Christy's father, and venerable Cyril Cusack as Lord Castlewelland. Director Jim Sheridan coscripted with Shane Connaughton from Christy Brown's autobiography. 1989

DA - Irish author Hugh Leonard's play Home Before Night was the basis of Da. Martin Sheen plays an Irish/ American playright living in New York. No matter how much he's assimilated himself, Sheen cannot escape the influence of his deceased adoptive father (Barnard Hughes). The writer has several heated confrontations with the "ghosts" of his father and mother (Doreen Hepburn), as well as with his own adolescent self (Karl Hayden). Sheen comes to realize that his own success was in part sparked by the failures of his "Da", a gardener who spent his life speaking in empty aphorisms and wishing he were someone else. 1988