His take on the heartbreaking story of Joseph Merrick made his career – but is the late director’s least typical film also ...

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

The play is about the cruelty Merrick endures as the sideshow freak dubbed “Elephant Man,” and the compassion he receives ...

That’s the closing line of David Lynch’s The Elephant Man, about the life of the disfigured performer John Merrick (John Hurt). The film begins with nightmarish images of elephants striking ...

One of Hollywood’s worst weeks in just got worse. David Lynch, the four-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker behind Blue Velvet, ...

The unmarked grave of Joseph Merrick - who is better known as the Elephant Man - has been traced after nearly 130 years, it has been claimed. Merrick had a skeletal and soft tissue deformity which ...

Poignant drama starring John Hurt as John Merrick. Born in Victorian England with a disfiguring disease and doomed to a grim existence, hope springs when someone shows pity on him.

Set in Victorian London, The Elephant Man is a compelling drama which explores the heights and depths of human emotion through the true story of the famous historical figure, John Merrick.