The Elephant Man (film) - Wikipedia
The Elephant Man is a 1980 biographical drama film loosely based on the life of Joseph Merrick (referred to as "John" in the film), a severely deformed man who lived in London in the late 19th century.
Joseph Merrick - Wikipedia
Merrick's life is the subject of Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man, an opera by composer Laurent Petitgirard, set to a French libretto by Eric Nonn. Starring contralto Jana Sykorova in the title role, it premiered on 7 February 2002 at the State Opera House, Prague .
The Elephant Man (1980) - IMDb
Oct 10, 1980 · The Elephant Man: Directed by David Lynch. With Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud. A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak.
The Elephant Man movie review (1980) - Roger Ebert
The film of The Elephant Man is not based on the successful stage play of the same name, but they both draw their sources from the life of John Merrick, the original “elephant man,” whose rare disease imprisoned him in a cruelly misformed body.
The Elephant Man - Rotten Tomatoes
Born with a congenital disorder, Merrick uses his disfigurement to earn a living as the "Elephant Man." Treves brings Merrick into his home, discovering that his rough...
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- Category: Biography, Drama
Joseph Merrick - Death, Disease & Elephant Man - Biography
Nov 10, 2014 · Best known as the "Elephant Man," Joseph Carey Merrick has been the subject of many medical studies, documentaries and works of fiction. By David Blatty Updated: Feb 11, 2022 11:55 AM EST...
The Elephant Man (1980) - Plot - IMDb
In 19th Century Victorian England, Dr. Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins) wanders through an urban carnival in search of freak shows. He happens on a hideously deformed creature called The Elephant Man (John Hurt), and pays the owner Mr. Bytes (Freddie Jones) to examine it.
The Elephant Man (1980) - The Criterion Collection
When the London surgeon Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins) meets the freak-show performer John Merrick (John Hurt), who has severe skeletal and soft-tissue deformities, he assumes that he must be intellectually disabled as well.
Joseph Merrick And The True Story Behind 'The Elephant Man'
Mar 16, 2024 · Riddled with severe deformities all over his body, Joseph Merrick became a human exhibit known as "the Elephant Man" before dying at 27 in 1890.
The Elephant Man (film) - Wikiwand
The Elephant Man is a 1980 biographical drama film based on the life of Joseph Merrick (referred to as "John" in the film), a severely deformed man who lived in London in the late 19th century.
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