The Elephant man
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Based on factual material, Lynch's film tracks the tragic story of John Merrick, a 19th-century British man given the grotesque sobriquet due to the disease that caused his head to become huge and deformed. Displayed in a carnival sideshow, Merrick is disovered by Dr. Frederick Treves and taken to a hospital for study. When the press gets wind of this, it confers celebrity status on the sensitive outcast, a development that causes a crisis of conscience for his benefactor. The film has been praised for its black and white photography and skill in evoking 19th-century England. (Circulates)
Genre/FormFeature films.
Genre/FormFeature films.
Credits
- Directed by
- David Lynch
- Written by
- David Lynch, Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren
- Cast
- Anne Bancroft, Freddie Jones, John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins, Lesley Dunlop, Phoebe Nicholls, Patricia Hodge, John Standing, Pauline Quirke, W. Morgan Sheppard, Eric Bergren, Wendy Hiller, Pat Gorman, John Gielgud, David Ryall, Hugh Manning, Dexter Fletcher, Michael Elphick …
- Produced by
- Mel Brooks, Stuart Cornfeld, Jonathan Sanger
- Cinematography
- Freddie Francis
- Music
- John Morris
- Edited by
- Anne V. Coates
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