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The Elephant Man (1980)
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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...
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| The Elephant Man Movie Review by Jarrod (9/5/2007) |
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'The Elephant Man' is one of my favorite movies, heart-wrenching, sad, and poignant, the most mature and satisfying of all David Lynch films, and certainly quite different from all the rest of them. Luscious black-and-white cinematography is used to tell the story of John Merrick (Hurt), a hideously deformed man, orphaned...
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