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The Elephant Man

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PG,2hrs 5min

Genre:

Drama

Released:

January 1, 1980

Director:

David Lynch

Distributor:

Paramount

Starring:

Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft ...more

Synopsis: John Hurt stars as John Merrick, the hideously deformed 19th century Londoner known as "The Elephant Man". Treated as a sideshow freak, Merrick is assumed to be retarded as well as misshapen because of his inability to speak coherently. In fact, he is highly intelligent and sensitive, a fact made public when one Dr. Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins) rescues Merrick from a carnival and brings him to a hospital for analysis. Alas, even after being recognized as a man of advanced intellect, Merrick ... Full Synopsis

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	Michael Betzold, AMG Review Prior to this breakout film, director David Lynch was a cult figure, whose only previous film was the bizarre cult favorite Eraserhead. Elephant Man was in many respects a longer, more accessible, better plotted version of Eraserhead, underlining Lynch's fascination with physical freaks and sporting the same strange atmospherics, including the constant background noise of humming and hissing machinery. ... Full Review

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	Anthony Hopkins Dr. Frederick Treves John Hurt John Merrick Anne Bancroft Mrs. Madge Kendal John Gielgud Carr Gomm

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