Synopsis: Atmospheric, visually stunning, fact-based story of turn-of-century Englishman born with hideously disfiguring disease. A pleasure for fans of bold cinematography, strong acting, serious drama. May be too slow-paced for some.
Alternate Title(s): ABC Theatre of the Month: The Elephant Man
New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack
Director David Lynch and critic Kristine McKenna reading from Room to Dream, a 2018 book they coauthored
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
Trailer and radio spots
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
A booklet featuring excerpts from an interview with Lynch from the 2005 edition of filmmaker and writer Chris Rodley’s book Lynch on Lynch
An 1886 letter to the editor of the London Times concerning Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man, by Francis Culling Carr Gomm, chairman of the London Hospital at the time
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