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The Elephant Man (1980)
Directed by David Lynch
“A true story of courage and human dignity.”
Drama, History · 2h 04m
A 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.
Cast
Anthony Hopkins
John Hurt
Anne Bancroft
John Gielgud
Wendy Hiller
Freddie Jones
Michael Elphick
Hannah Gordon
Helen Ryan
John Standing
Dexter Fletcher
Lesley Dunlop
Crew
- Director
- David Lynch
- Screenplay
- David Lynch, Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren
- Director of Photography
- Freddie Francis
- Original Music Composer
- John Morris
- Editor
- Anne V. Coates
- Producer
- Jonathan Sanger
Details
- Release date
- 1980-10-09
- Runtime
- 2h 04m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America, United Kingdom
- Production
- Brooksfilms, EMI Films
- Budget
- $5,000,000
- Box office
- $26,000,000