The Elephant Man is a 1980 biographical drama film loosely based on the life of Joseph Merrick (referred to as "John" in the film), a severely deformed man who lived in London in the late 19th century.

The Elephant Man: Directed by David Lynch. With Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud. A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak.

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The Elephant Man is a 1982 American biographical television film directed by Jack Hofsiss loosely based on the 19th-century Englishman Joseph Merrick (known in this film as John Merrick). The script was adapted by Steve Lawson from the 1977 play of …

John Merrick : He restoreth my soul... Carr Gomm : He simply doesn't belong here. He'd be much better off somewhere else where he can be constantly looked after.

Jun 30, 2024 · Based upon the life of John Merrick, the Elephant Man, who was hideously deformed by a disease that to this day is incurable. He makes everyone aware that there is a graceful, dignified man buried beneath the mounds of ugly flesh. Starring: John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft

Feb 25, 2024 · The movie tells the tale of John Merrick, based on the real Joseph Merrick, who was dubbed The Elephant Man because of his severe bodily deformities. Set in the Victorian era, John is exhibited in a freak show like a zoo animal, treated as anything but human.

The film of The Elephant Man is not based on the successful stage play of the same name, but they both draw their sources from the life of John Merrick, the original “elephant man,” whose rare disease imprisoned him in a cruelly misformed body.

Jan 16, 2025 · “Nothing will die.” 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 ...