Directed by... Jim Sheridan: Four Irish Films (My Left Foot / The Field / In the Name of the Father / The Boxer) (Imprint) Blu-Ray

Jim Sheridan, was a prominent figure of the New Wave of Irish film-making in the 1990's. His work has always been praised for his balance between mainstream entertainment and social statements on Irish issues.

This limited edition collection bring all four of the below films together for the first time with stunning HD presentations, newly produced interviews, commentaries and features all confirming that Sheridan is a powerful force behind the camera.

MY LEFT FOOT (1989): No one expects much from Christy Brown (Daniel Day-Lewis), a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy is a spastic quadriplegic and essentially paralysed, a miraculous event occurs when, at the age of 5, he demonstrates control of his left foot by using chalk to scrawl a word on the floor. With the help of his steely mother (Brenda Fricker)--and no shortage of grit and determination--Christy overcomes his infirmity to become a painter, poet and author.

THE FIELD (1990): "Bull" McCabe (Richard Harris) has spent three decades tending a rented field on the bluffs by the sea in Ireland. When the wealthy widow who owns the plot decides to sell it, she holds an open auction to spite McCabe. A rich American (Tom Berenger) with visions of a factory on the site outbids him and McCabe then schemes with his emotionally crippled son, Tadgh (Sean Bean), to hold on to the land--his only consolation in a life of loss, toil and a marriage gone sour.

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER (1993): Unemployed young Irishman Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day-Lewis) gets by as a petty thief in 1970's Belfast. When local IRA leaders get fed up with him, he flees to England and meets up with his friend Paul Hill (John Lynch). On the same night that the IRA bombs a nearby pub, the friends get kicked out of their communal digs and are forced to sleep in a park. He returns to Belfast, but is arrested as the prime suspect in the bombing and imprisoned, where he spends 15 years trying to clear his name.

THE BOXER (1997): Rising teen boxer and Belfast native Danny Flynn (Daniel Day-Lewis) was imprisoned for 14 years after getting involved with the Irish Republican Army. Newly freed from jail in his early 30's, Danny returns home and attempts to put his life back together. Reopening his neighbourhood gym and reconnecting with his lost love, Maggie (Emily Watson), now a single mother while her husband is in prison, Danny battles against his former IRA compadres, including the militant Harry (Gerard McSorley).