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
There are 2 editions of this movie (including the current edition) in the current region (region 1)
There are 3 additional editions of this movie in other regions
- 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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