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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.