The Elephant Man

  • Rated PG
  • 2hr 4m
  • 78

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

David Lynch

Producer:

Jonathan Sanger

Writer:

Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren, Frederick Treves

Release Date:

Jan 1, 1980

Runtime:

2hr 4m

Synopsis

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.

Cast

  • Anthony Hopkins
  • John Hurt
  • Anne Bancroft
  • John Gielgud
  • Wendy Hiller
  • Freddie Jones
  • Michael Elphick
  • Hannah Gordon
  • Helen Ryan
  • John Standing

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Metacritic

78
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Based on 16 Critics
8.5

USER SCORE (75)

Universal acclaim based on 75 Reviews
100

This is a tale of redemption and transcendence, of the hunchback of London Hospital, of the noble phantom who want to go to the opera, of Beauty and the Beast. In Treves' account, though, the Beast was a Beauty. In Lynch's hands, so is this film.

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