John Hurt as Joseph Merrick in The Elephant Man ... with five weeks to design the inimitable appearance of the elephant man, and took Merrick’s skeleton out of the London Hospital Museum in ...

Lynch found his first taste of mainstream critical acceptance with his 1980 biographical account of the life of Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man. The film, which starred John Hurt and Anthony ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The death of American filmmaker David Lynch, who was also a painter, musician, sound designer, actor, singer and photographer ...

Lynch found his first taste of mainstream critical acceptance with his 1980 biographical account of the life of Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man. The film, which starred John Hurt and Anthony Hopkins, ...

and was adapted from the diary of Joseph Merrick, the so-called 'Elephant Man' born in the US in 1862 with a condition that caused severe physical deformities. Merrick (called John in the film ...

Societal outcasts have long fascinated Lynch, and The Elephant Man became his greatest commentary on those who exist on the fringes. Based on the life of Joseph Merrick, a severely deformed man ...

"Eraserhead" attracted the attention of producer Mel Brooks, who brought Lynch aboard to direct "The Elephant Man," an adaptation of the life and times of the severely deformed Joseph Merrick ...

Major success came in the 1980s with the release of The Elephant Man, loosely based on the life of Joseph Merrick, a severely deformed man who lived in London in the late 19th century, and Blue ...

Based on the diary of Joseph Merrick, the so-called "Elephant Man" born in the United States in 1862 with a condition that gave him a severely deformed physical appearance, it starred Anthony ...

“The Elephant Man” was loosely based on the life of Joseph Merrick, a physically deformed British artist who was exhibited at London “freak shows” under the stage name that gives Lynch’s ...