The elephant man

Blu-ray 2020

When the London surgeon Frederick Treves meets the freak-show performer John Merrick, who has severe skeletal and soft tissue deformities, he assumes that he must be intellectually disabled as well. As the two men spend more time together, though, Merrick reveals the intelligence, gentle nature, and profound sense of dignity that lie beneath his shocking appearance, and he and Treves develop a friendship.

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ISBN:

9781681437668

Edition:

Director-approved Blu-ray special edition

Description:

1 videodisc (123 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
wide screen
HDTV
video file
Blu-ray video
region A

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A
MPAA rating: PG

Other Title:

Elephant man (Motion picture) [Blu-ray]

Notes:

Based on the books "The elephant man and other reminiscences" by Sir Frederick Treves, and "The elephant man : a study in human dignity" by Ashley Montagu
Booklet includes excerpts from an interview with Lynch from the 2005 edition of filmmaker and writer Chris Rodley's book Lynch on Lynch, and an 1886 letter to the editor of the London Times concerning Merrick, by Francis Culling Carr Gomm, chairman of the London Hospital
Originally released as a motion picture in 1980
Special features: New 4K digital restoration; director David Lynch and critic Kristine McKenna reading from Room to Dream, a 2018 book they co-authored; archival interviews with Lynch, actor John Hurt, producers Mel Brooks and Jonathan Sanger, director of photography Freddie Francis, stills photographer Frank Connor, and makeup artist Christopher Tucker; audio recording from 1981 of an interview and Q&A with Lynch at the American Film Institute; The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed, a 2001 documentary about the film; Joseph Merrick: The Real Elephant Man, a 2005 program featuring archivist Jonathan Evans; Mike Figgis and David Lynch 2006; Clapper board; John Hurt; Skintricks: Christopher Tucker and John Hurt; trailer and radio spots
Title from container
Director of photography, Freddie Francis ; editor, Anne V. Coates ; composer, John Morris ; production design, Stuart Craig ; costume designer, Patricia Norris
Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Freddie Jones
Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)
Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic wide screen format (2.35:1 aspect ratio) ; stereophonic
For private home use only
Audio track in English, captions in English

Control Number:

3186488

UPC:

715515251518

Other Authors:

Bancroft, Anne, 1931-2005, actor
Bergren, Eric, screenwriter
Brooksfilms (Firm), production company
Coates, Anne V., editor of moving image work
Craig, Stuart, 1942- production designer
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
De Vore, Christopher, screenwriter
Francis, Freddie, 1917-2007, director of photography
Gielgud, John, 1904-2000, actor
Hiller, Wendy, 1912-2003, actor
Hopkins, Anthony, 1937- actor
Hurt, John, 1940-2017, actor
Lynch, David, 1946- film director, screenwriter
Morris, John, 1926-2018, composer (expression)
Norris, Patricia, costume designer
Paramount Pictures Corporation, production company
Sanger, Jonathan, film producer
motion picture adaptation of (work): Montagu, Ashley, 1905-1999. Elephant man
motion picture adaptation of (work): Treves, Frederick, 1853-1923. Elephant man

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