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The Elephant Man is a 1980 biopic loosely based on the story of the 19th century British deformed celebrity, Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film). The film was directed by David Lynch and stars John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Michael Elphick, Hannah Gordon and Freddie Jones. The screenplay was adapted by Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren and David Lynch from the books The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences (1923) by Sir Frederick Treves and... full article at wikipedia

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Initial release date
  • Oct 3, 1980
Tagline
  • I am not an animal! I am a human being! I...am...a man!
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Runtime
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  • 124.0min
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  • 5,000,000.0
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Netflix ID
  • 60011111
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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by merge_bot Jun 4, 2008

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