The acclaimed director, who died at age 78, encountered difficulties on the set of his Oscar-nominated film ‘The Elephant Man.’ ...

Adjusting their reported domestic box office to about $11/ticket (current average), his second and third films - "The Elephant Man" (1980) and "Dune" (1984) - stand out above all others.

I am not an animal. I am a human being. I am a man,” John Hurt screams late in The Elephant Man while being chased by a mob.

The play is about the cruelty Merrick endures as the sideshow freak dubbed “Elephant Man,” and the compassion he receives from the more open-hearted souls in his orbit. “The Elephant Man” won the Tony ...