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Elephant Man, the (DVD, 1980)
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Explore the poignant narrative of 'The Elephant Man' on DVD, a compelling drama that delves into the life of 19th-century circus performer Joseph Merrick. Directed by the visionary David Lynch, this 1980 film features a stellar cast including Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft, and Wendy Hiller, bringing to life a story of courage and compassion. This brand-new, sealed DVD edition presents the film in its original aspect ratio of 16:9, ensuring an engaging viewing experience. It's formatted for Region 4 compatibility (AU, NZ, Latin America) and comes with English subtitles, making it accessible for a wider audience. With a run time of 118 minutes, this standard edition DVD is a must-have for enthusiasts of profound storytelling and historical biopics.
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The Elephant Man is as bizarre a story as anything Charles Dickens ever imagined. What is more, it's true. John Merrick (John Hurt) was the worst 'freak' case known to Victorian medicine. A hideous disease had distorted his face and body from birth into a physical parody of a pachyderm, and he remained a prize 'specimen' in a travelling sideshow until a young surgeon called Treves (Anthony Hopkins) salvaged him from the circus tent and coaxed out of the swollen husk a strangely sweet and unembitted personality.A finely attuned cast support Hopkins and Hurt: John Gielgud, Anne Bancroft and Wendy Hiller among them. And photographer Freddie Francis' black and white camera work, distancing us from the Technicolor present, registers a Victorian era of industrial pollution and human exploitation in which a case like Merrick's seems almost a mutation caused by the sacrilegious elements that turned men into machines and set machines against men. It is, in every sense of the word, a luminous film.Product Identifiers
UPC0044007834121
eBay Product ID (ePID)5051097241
Product Key Features
ActorAnne Bancroft, John Gielgud, John Hurt, Wendy Hiller, Anthony Hopkins
RatingM
Movie/TV TitleElephant Man, the
DirectorDavid Lynch
FormatDVD
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
StudioUniversal
Run Time118 Mins
TypeDvd
Additional Product Features
Release Year1980
Number of Discs1
DistributorUniversal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd
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- 15 Aug, 2024
Best movie ever
It was the best movie I’ve ever seen. The actor who played the elephant man and the doctor were brilliant.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 24 Oct, 2019
Excellent movie. Makes you think how we all could be more accepting of people with disabilities.
Excellent dvd. Very interesting to know that John Merrick was a real person.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 24 Nov, 2022
Great classic
Moving, Brilliantly acted.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 02 Aug, 2019
Excellent movie
Great movie humorous but sensitively done.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 30 Apr, 2020
Brilliant. Historically accurate.
Historically accurate.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
