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The Elephant Man
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The Elephant Man is a 1980 American biographical drama film directed and written by David Lynch. The cast includes Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, and John Gielgud. Produced by Stuart Cornfeld, Jonathan Sanger, and Mel Brooks, the film was shot in London and features music by John Morris. It was distributed by Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, and Netflix.
The black-and-white film has a runtime of 124 minutes. It received nominations for the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Film Editing. Additionally, the film won the César Award for Best Foreign Film and was named to the National Board of Review's Top Ten Films.
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Film · TMDB
8.0A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
Cast
- Anthony Hopkins as Frederick Treves
- John Hurt as John Merrick
- Anne Bancroft as Mrs Kendal
- John Gielgud as Carr Gomm
- Wendy Hiller as Mothershead
- Freddie Jones as Bytes
Themes
- friendship
- london, england
- escape
- nurse
- exploitation
- biography
- based on true story
- tragedy
- hospital
- black and white
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- disability
- Director
- David Lynch
- Cast member
- W. Morgan Sheppard
- Composer
- John Morris
- Producer
- Mel Brooks
- Cinematographer
- Freddie Francis
- Narrative location
- London
- Filming location
- London
- Duration
- 124
- FilmAffinity ID
- 418539
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1980-10-16
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Score
- film editor
- Anne V. Coates
- title
- The Elephant Man
- color
- black-and-white
- production designer
- Stuart Craig
- costume designer
- Patricia Norris
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film format
- 35 mm format
- budget
- 5000000
- box office
- 26010864
- set in period
- 18th century
- review score
- 78/100
- capital cost
- 5000000
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