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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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Awards:
Nominated for 8 Oscars.
Another 8 wins
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13 nominations
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(24 articles)
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The second outing of John Hurt
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i'm speechless
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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 the nominees for the 53rd Annual Academy Awards were announced in February 1981, many in the industry were appalled that this movie was not going to be honored for its make-up effects. At the time there was not regular category and winners for make-up were cited with a special award. Feeling that the make-up technicians deserved to be rewarded for the film, a letter of protest was sent to the Academy's Board of Governors to ask them to change their minds and give the film a special award. The Academy refused, but in response to the outcry, they decided a year later to reward make-up artists with their own annual category, and thus the best make-up award was born.
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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:
Referenced in "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps: My Delicious Guava (#4.3)" (2004)
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Soundtrack:
Adagio For Strings
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FAQ
A NOTE REGARDING SPOILERSIs this film based on any particular account of the life of Joseph Merrick?
Did everything happen to Merrick just like in the film?
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I just watched this movie last night and i must say... it touched me in a way no other movie has... some of the scenes even brought me to tears, which has never happened to me before.... John Hurt and Anthony Hopkins are simple incredible, and this movie is just filled with unforgettable scenes....
but like some people have mentioned here before, it is an incredibly hard movie to watch, especially after you realize what a sweet, kind, smart and innocent man John Merrick was, it is often painful to watch the way he's treated by some people, and like Hopkins says after he sees him for the first time "I pray to god that he's an idiot", sadly, he is everything but that...
10/10, no question