The Elephant Man [Region 2]
starring: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller
directed by: David Lynch
directed by: David Lynch
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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5060021171375
Format: PAL
Number Of Discs: 1
Region Code: 2
Sales Rank: 121229
Theatrical Release Date: October 10, 1980
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
You could only see his eyes behind the layers of makeup, but those expressive orbs earned John Hurt a well-deserved Oscar nomination for his moving portrayal of John Merrick, the grotesquely deformed Victorian-era man better known as The Elephant Man. Inarticulate and abused, Merrick is the virtual slave of a carnival barker (Freddie Jones) until dedicated London doctor Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins in a powerfully understated performance) rescues him from the life and offers him an existence with dignity. Anne Bancroft costars as the actress whose visit to Merrick makes him a social curiosity, with John Gielgud and Wendy Hiller as dubious hospital staffers won over by Merrick. David Lynch earned his only Oscar nominations as director and cowriter of this somber drama, which he shot in a rich black-and-white palette, a sometimes stark, sometimes dreamy visual style that at times recalls the offbeat expressionism of his first film, Eraserhead. It remains a perfect marriage between traditional Hollywood historical drama and Lynch's unique cinematic eye, a compassionate human tale delivered in a gothic vein. The film earned eight Oscar nominations in all, and though it left the Oscar race empty-handed, its dramatic power and handsome yet haunting imagery remain just as strong today. --Sean Axmaker
Average Rating: 
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- 4 stars out of 4The Bottom Line:
Expertly directed, painfully acted, and shot in a way that makes the ... Read More
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- Painfully sad to watch but a true classicRightly regarded as one of the classic British films of the last decades, this broadly true tale of ... Read More
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- One of the most powerful films in existenceThis is an incredible film and one of my all time favorites. I first saw it on cable TV when I was only ... Read More
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- A sad, sad film....The film opens under the tent of a circus. The Elephant Man is the main attraction of the freak shows. A ... Read More
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- Too melodramatic and predictableA man and the lifetime conflict of his existence and the self acception... Despite the fact it was based ... Read More
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