The Elephant Man
124 minutes,
USA/UK (1980), PG
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(4.8 / 34 votes)
(4.8 / 34 votes)
Sensitive fable about Victorian England's most renowned "freak" from David Lynch. Black and white widescreen provides a sumptuous backdrop to excellent turns from a youthful Anthony Hopkins and an unrecognisable John Hurt. You will weep
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The Elephant Man: In unsympathetic Victorian England, John Merrick (Hurt) has been abused since childhood and forced into a freakshow because of his appalling deformity. Frederick Treves (Hopkins), a surgeon at the London Hospital, removes Merrick from the dingy sideshow and treats his bronchitis...
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