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The elephant man

Call Number

  • DVD DRAMA (CEN, WSQ)

Edition

Director-approved two-DVD special edition.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Freddie Jones.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2020]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (123 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)

Audience

MPAA rating: PG.

Summary

With this poignant second feature, David Lynch brought his atmospheric visual and sonic palette to a notorious true story set in Victorian England. When the London surgeon Frederick Treves meets the freak-show performer John Merrick, who has severe skeletal and soft tissue deformities, he assumes that he must be intellectually disabled as well. As the two men spend more time together, though, Merrick reveals the intelligence, gentle nature, and profound sense of dignity that lie beneath his shocking appearance, and he and Treves develop a friendship. Shot in gorgeous black and white and boasting a stellar supporting cast, The Elephant Man was nominated for eight Academy Awards, cementing Lynch's reputation as one of American cinema's most visionary talents.

Notes

Title from container.

Based on "The elephant man and other reminiscences" by Sir Frederick Treves and in part on "The elephant man : a study in human dignity" by Ashley Montagu.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1980.

Special features: New 4K digital restoration ; Director David Lynch and Kristine McKenna reading from Room to Dream, a 2018 book they coauthored ; archival interviews with Lynch, actor John Hurt, producers Mel Brooks and Jonathan Sanger, director of photography Freddie Francis, stills photographer Frank Connor, and makeup artist Christopher Tucker ; audio recording from 1981 of an interview and Q&A with Lynch at The American Film Institute ; The terrible elephant man revealed, a 2001 documentary about the films ; Joseph Merrick: the real elephant man, a 2005 program featuring archivist Jonathan Evans ; trailer and radio spots.

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