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Movie
The Elephant Man
Synopsis
John Hurt stars as John Merrick, the hideously deformed 19th century Londoner known as "The Elephant Man". Treated as a sideshow freak, Merrick is assumed to be retarded as well as misshapen because of his inability to speak coherently. In fact, he is highly intelligent and sensitive, a fact made public when one Dr. Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins) rescues Merrick from a carnival and brings him to a hospital for analysis. Alas, even after being recognized as a man of advanced intellect, Merrick is still treated like a freak; no matter his station in life, he will forever be a prisoner of his own malformed body. Unable to secure rights for the famous stage play The Elephant Man, producer Mel Brooks based his film on the memoirs of Frederick Treves and a much later account of Merrick's life by Ashley Montagu. The film is lensed in black and white by British master cinematographer Freddie Francis. Though nominated for eight Academy Awards, the film was ultimately shut out in every category.
Cast
- John Hurt
- Anthony Hopkins
- Anne Bancroft
- John Gielgud
- Wendy Hiller
- Freddie Jones
- Michael Elphick
- Hannah Gordon
- Helen Ryan
- John Standing
- Dexter Fletcher
- Lesley Dunlop
- Phoebe Nicholls
- Pat Gorman
- Claire Davenport
- Orla Pederson
- Patsy Smart
- Frederick Treves
- Stromboli
- Richard Hunter
- James Cormack
- Robert Bush
- Roy Evans
- Joan Rhodes
- Nula Conwell
- Tony London
- Alfie Curtis
- Bernadette Milnes
- Brenda Kemper
- Carole Harrison
- Hugh Manning
- Dennis Burgess
- Fanny Carby
- William Morgan Sheppard
- Dierdre Costello
- Kathleen Byron
- Gerald Case
- David Ryall
- Deidre Costello
- Pauline Quirke
- Kenny Baker
- Chris Greener
- Marcus Powell
- Gilda Cohen
- Eiji Kusuhara
- Robert Day
- Patricia Hodge
- Tommy Wright
- Peter Davidson
- John Rapley
- Hugh Spight
- Teresa Codling
- Marion Betzold
- Beryl Hicks
- Victor Kravchenko
- Florenzio Morgado
- Caroline Haigh
- Antony Hopkins
- Danny Lynch
- Robert Lewis Bush
- David Lynch
- Alan Splet
- Frederick Treves
- Stuart Craig
- Robin Gregory
- Hugh Scaife
- Wally Schneiderman
- Robert Cartwright
- Mel Brooks
- Stuart Cornfeld
- Pat Norris
- Peter Horrocks
- Graham Longhurst
- Eric Bergren
- Patricia Norris
- Christopher Tucker
- Anne V. Coates
- Bob Cartwright
- Hugh Scaife
- Ashley Montagu
- Christopher De Vore
- Freddie Francis