| Uniform Title |
The elephant man (Motion picture : 1980) |
| Title |
The elephant man. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, ©2020. |
| ©1980. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (118 minutes) : sound, black & white; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment : DF3698. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 1980. |
| Based on the life of John Merrick, The Elephant Man, and not upon the Broadway play or any other fictional account. |
| "Brand new digital restoration" -- Cover. |
| Credits |
Directed by David Lynch. |
| Performers |
Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt. |
| Summary |
A stunning new restoration of The Elephant Man, with both picture and sound overseen by revered director David Lynch, this collection is the perfect celebration of the film's 40th anniversary. John Merrick (John Hurt) is The Elephant Man, forced into circus sideshows and spurned by society because of the disfiguring disabilities he was born with. Rescued by a well-meaning surgeon (Anthony Hopkins), he tries to escape a life of prejudice and cruelty as he attempts to fit into a world ruled by Victorian sensibilities. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
| System details |
DVD video, Dolby Digital 2.0/mono, Region 2,4, PAL, letterbox 2.35:1. |
| Language note |
English, French, German. Subtitles in English, French, German. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. |
| Subjects |
Merrick, Joseph Carey, -- 1862-1890 -- Drama |
| Neurofibromatosis -- Drama |
| Surgeons -- Drama |
| Freak shows -- Drama |
| Abnormalities, Human -- Patients -- Drama |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| Genre |
Biographical films |
| Historical films |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Lynch, David, 1946- director. |
| Hopkins, Anthony, 1937- actor. |
| Hurt, John, 1940-2017 actor. |
| Series |
Classics remastered |
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