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Release Date:
10 October 1980 (USA)
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Tagline:
I am not an animal! I am a human being! I...am...a man!
Plot:
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous facade, there is revealed a person of intelligence and sensitivity. full summary | full synopsis
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Nominated for 8 Oscars.
Another 8 wins
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13 nominations
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(23 articles)
The second outing of John Hurt
(From The Guardian - TV News. 20 November 2009, 4:11 PM, PST)
The second outing of John Hurt
(From The Guardian - Film News. 20 November 2009, 4:11 PM, PST)
(From The Guardian - TV News. 20 November 2009, 4:11 PM, PST)
The second outing of John Hurt
(From The Guardian - Film News. 20 November 2009, 4:11 PM, PST)
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Almost Too Heart-Wrenching To Watch
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Anthony Hopkins | ... | Frederick Treves |
 | John Hurt | ... | John Merrick |
 | Anne Bancroft | ... | Mrs. Kendal |
 | John Gielgud | ... | Carr Gomm |
 | Wendy Hiller | ... | Mothershead |
| Freddie Jones | ... | Bytes |
| Michael Elphick | ... | Night Porter |
| Hannah Gordon | ... | Mrs. Treves |
| Helen Ryan | ... | Princess Alex |
| John Standing | ... | Fox |
 | Dexter Fletcher | ... | Bytes' Boy |
| Lesley Dunlop | ... | Nora |
| Phoebe Nicholls | ... | Merrick's Mother |
| Pat Gorman | ... | Fairground Bobby |
| Claire Davenport | ... | Fat Lady |
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124 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Portugal:M/12 |
Iceland:LH |
Italy:VM14 |
Spain:T |
USA:PG (Approved No.26063) |
Denmark:11 |
Israel:PG |
Netherlands:12 |
South Africa:PG |
Argentina:13 |
Chile:14 |
Brazil:10 |
Australia:M |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:14A |
Finland:K-16 |
Ireland:12 |
Norway:16 (original rating) |
Singapore:PG |
South Korea:15 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:AA (original rating) |
UK:PG (video rating) |
West Germany:12
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When Treeves sees Merrick for the first time, he sheds a single tear. Anthony Hopkins thought of his sick father at that moment to help him to cry.
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Factual errors: In reality, John Merrick's real name was Joseph Carey Merrick.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Skeleton Man: Get rid of them! I don't want to see them!
Fat Lady: Darling, don't be difficult! Let's take our sweet lovely children on an outing.
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Skeleton Man: Get rid of them! I don't want to see them!
Fat Lady: Darling, don't be difficult! Let's take our sweet lovely children on an outing.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in I Am Not a Freak (1987) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
Adagio For Strings
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Is this film based on any particular account of the life of Joseph Merrick?How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
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Man, this is a powerful and great movie. We are all moved different degrees by different things, but to witness sincerely nice people being treated cruelly always bothers me big- time....so this film is tough to watch in spots. Some scenes are just painful and depressing to view.
Whatever your sensitivity, the movie is very involving and hauntingly shown with eerie black-and-white photography. Eerie, and downright beautiful camera-work in here, so kudos to cinematographer Freddie Francis, one of the best in the business.
A young Anthony Hopkins is very likable and John Hurt is, well, someone you won't soon forget as John Merrick, "The Elephant Man."
This is an uplifting movie at times, too, not just a tear-jerker or horrific in showing man's cruelty to man. Be prepared for an emotional experience and an amazing story.