Directed by:
David LynchCinematography:
Freddie FrancisComposer:
John MorrisCast:
Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Freddie Jones, Hannah Gordon, Michael Elphick, John Standing, Dexter Fletcher (more)Plots(1)
John Merrick (John Hurt) is The Elephant Man, forced into circus sideshows and spurned by society because of the disfiguring disabilities he was born with. Rescued by a well-meaning surgeon (Anthony Hopkins), he tries to escape a life of prejudice and cruelty as he attempts to fit into a world ruled by Victorian sensibilities. Beautifully shot in black and white by the incomparable Freddie Francis, The Elephant Man is an unforgettable story of human dignity and survival. (StudioCanal)
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Phoebe Nicholls
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Hawking (2004) (TV movie)
Helen Ryan
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
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The Hawk (1993)
Claire Davenport
UK
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
The Elephant Man (1980)
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
Hugh Manning
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
The Dam Busters (1955)
Our Man in Havana (1959)
Gerald Case
UK
Best movies:
Patsy Smart
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
Roy Evans
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Les Miserables (1978) (TV movie)
Scrooge (1970)
Fanny Carby
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Florence Nightingale (1985) (TV movie)
Middlemarch (1994) (series)
Fred Wood
UK
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Gandhi (1982)
Harry Fielder
UK
Best movies:
Frederick Trevers
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Sunshine (1999)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Lesley Scoble
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
The Million Pound Note (1954)
Village of the Damned (1960)
Bernadette Milnes
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Jack the Ripper (1988) (TV movie)
Ian Selby
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Cromwell (1970)
The Wicker Man (1973)
George Holdcroft
Best movies:
The Shining (1980)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Michele Amas
New Zealand
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Jill Goldston
Best movies:
Aliens (1986)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
John Rapley
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
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Jane and the Lost City (1987)