The Elephant Man (PG)
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud
Release Date: January 1, 1980
Runtime: 2 hr. 5 mins.
Genre: Drama, Biopic
John Hunt starts as the elephant man, John Merrick, in this moving and unforgettable true story of cruelty, humanity and survival. Merrick, a man affected with a terrible disability, is shunned by Victorian Society. An ambitious young doctor (Hopkins) sets out to help him, and discovers a man of sensibility and kindness beneath the surface.
Synopsis
John Hunt starts as the elephant man, John Merrick, in this moving and unforgettable true story of cruelty, humanity and survival. Merrick, a man affected with a terrible disability, is shunned by Victorian Society. An ambitious young doctor (Hopkins) sets out to help him, and discovers a man of sensibility and kindness beneath the surface.