The elephant man / Paramount Pictures presents ; a Brooksfilms production ; screenplay by Christopher DeVore, Eric Bergren, David Lynch ; produced by Jonathan Sanger ; directed by David Lynch.
Edition:
Director-approved two-DVD special edition ; DVD edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
2 videodiscs (123 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1980. Based on: The elephant man and other reminiscences / by Sir Frederick Treves and in part on The elephant man : a study in human dignity / by Ashley Montagu. Wide screen (2.35:1). Special features: Director David Lynch and Kristine McKenna reading from Room to Dream; archival interviews; audio recording from 1981 of an interview and Q&A with Lynch at The American Film Institute; The terrible elephant man revealed; trailer and radio spots; booklet. Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller.
Summary:
When the London surgeon Frederick Treves meets the freak-show performer John Merrick, who has severe skeletal and soft tissue deformities, he assumes that he must be intellectually disabled as well. As the two men spend more time together, though, Merrick reveals the intelligence, gentle nature, and profound sense of dignity that lie beneath his shocking appearance, and he and Treves develop a friendship.
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