The Elephant Man
The Elephant Man

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In Victorian London, Dr. Frederick Treves with the London Hospital comes across a circus sideshow attraction run by a man named Bytes called "The Elephant Man". In actuality, the creature on display is indeed a man, twenty-one-year-old Joseph "John" Merrick, who has several physical deformities, including an oversized and disfigured skull, and an oversized and disfigured right shoulder. Brutish Bytes, his "owner", only wants whatever he can get economically by presenting Merr... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Elephant Man:

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

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In Victorian London, Dr. Frederick Treves with the London Hospital comes across a circus sideshow attraction run by a man named Bytes called "The Elephant Man". In actuality, the creature on display is indeed a man, twenty-one-year-old Joseph "John" Merrick, who has several physical deformities, including an oversized and disfigured skull, and an oversized and disfigured right shoulder. Brutish Bytes, his "owner", only wants whatever he can get economically by presenting Merrick as a freak. Treves manages to bring Merrick under his care at the hospital, not without several of its own obstacles, including being questioned by those in authority since Merrick cannot be cured. Treves initially believes Bytes' assertion that mute Merrick is an imbecile, but ultimately learns that Merrick can speak and is a well-read and articulate man. As news of Merrick hits the London newspapers, he becomes a celebrated curiosity amongst London's upper class, including with Mrs. Kendal, a famed actress. Despite treated much more humanely, the question becomes whether Treves' actions are a further exploitation of Merrick. And as Merrick becomes more famous, others try to get their two-cents worth from who still remains a curiosity and a freak to most, including to Bytes, who has since lost his meal ticket.

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Time - 10/10 by Richard CorlissThis is a tale of redemption and transcendence, of the hunchback of London Hospital, of the noble phantom who want to go to the opera, of Beauty and the Beast. In Treves' account, though, the Beast was a Beauty. In Lynch's hands, so is this film.
The Guardian - 10/10 by Peter BradshawIt is an absorbing and satisfying drama, and Hurt’s Merrick is very powerful.
Los Angeles Times - 10/10 by Kevin ThomasDavid Lynch's superb and subtly ironic 1980 film reveals the shining humanity in a horribly disfigured--and horribly mistreated--young man who actually lived in England in the late 19th Century and was rescued by an enlightened Victorian physician.
Common Sense Media - 10/10 by Scott G. MignolaHeartbreaking drama isn't for sensitive viewers.
The Telegraph - 10/10 by Martin ChiltonHurt is brilliant as Merrick, projecting in his anguished eyes and mournful body language a humanity past the makeup that embodies so convincingly the pain of Merrick, the original elephant man, whose rare disease was exploited by the people running a Victorian freak show.
Movieline - 10/10 by David ThomsonHopkins' performance is the performance in the film.
Movie Mezzanine - 9/10 by Christopher RunyonLynch shows a weakness in this film that isn't present in just about any of his others: Sentimentality.
Apollo Guide - 9/10 by Brian WebsterThe Elephant Man is a memorable film about human survival and a powerful commentary on human exploitation.
eFilmCritic.com - 9/10 by Scott WeinbergMy apologies to the fans of the absurd, but I'd call this David Lynch's one true masterpiece.
The New York Times - 9/10 by Vincent CanbyHopkins is splendid in a subtly nuanced portrayal of a man torn between humanitarianism and qualms that his motives in introducing the Elephant Man to society are no better than those of the brutish carny. The center-piece of the film, however, is the virtuoso performance by the almost unrecognizable John Hurt.

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