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The Resource The elephant man, cParamount ; a Brooksfilms production ; screenplay by Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren, David Lynch ; produced by Jonathan Sanger ; directed by David Lynch

The elephant man, cParamount ; a Brooksfilms production ; screenplay by Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren, David Lynch ; produced by Jonathan Sanger ; directed by David Lynch

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Summary
When the London surgeon Frederick Treves meets the freak-show performer John Merrick, who has severe skeletal and soft tissue deformities, he assumes that he must be intellectually disabled as well. As the two men spend more time together, though, Merrick reveals the intelligence, gentle nature, and profound sense of dignity that lie beneath his shocking appearance, and he and Treves develop a friendship
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Edition
2-DVD edition.
Extent
2 videodiscs (123 min.)
Note
  • Based on "The elephant man and other reminiscences" by Sir Frederick Treves and in part on "The elephant man: a study in human dignity" by Ashley Montagu
  • Title from sell sheet
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1980
  • Wide screen (2.35:1)
  • Special features: new 4K digital restoration; director David Lynch and critic Kristine McKenna reading from Room to Dream; 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; "Joseph Merrick: the real elephant man," a 2005 program featuring archivist Jonathan Evans; trailer and radio spots; booklet containing excerpts from an interview with Lynch from the 2005 edition of filmmaker and writer Chris Rodley's book Lynch on Lynch, and an 1886 letter to the editor of the London Times concering Merrick by Francis Culling Carr Gomm, chairman of the London Hospital
Isbn
9781681437675
Instance
Label
The elephant man
Title
The elephant man
Statement of responsibility
cParamount ; a Brooksfilms production ; screenplay by Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren, David Lynch ; produced by Jonathan Sanger ; directed by David Lynch
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Actor
Director of photography
Editor of moving image work
Film director
Film distributor
Film producer
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Screenwriter
Subject
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Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
When the London surgeon Frederick Treves meets the freak-show performer John Merrick, who has severe skeletal and soft tissue deformities, he assumes that he must be intellectually disabled as well. As the two men spend more time together, though, Merrick reveals the intelligence, gentle nature, and profound sense of dignity that lie beneath his shocking appearance, and he and Treves develop a friendship
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TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
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-T-VlN0ea0s
Credits note
Director of photography, Freddie Francis ; edited by Anne V. Coates ; music by John Morris
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
Rating: PG
Language note
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.E54 2020
PerformerNote
Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Freddie Jones, Wendy Hiller
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1946-
  • 1937-
  • 1940-2017
  • 1931-2005
  • 1904-2000
  • 1912-2003
  • 1917-2007
  • 1926-2018
  • 1853-1923
  • 1905-1999
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  • Lynch, David
  • De Vore, Christopher
  • Bergren, Eric
  • Sanger, Jonathan
  • Hopkins, Anthony
  • Hurt, John
  • Bancroft, Anne
  • Gielgud, John
  • Hiller, Wendy
  • Francis, Freddie
  • Coates, Anne V.
  • Morris, John
  • Treves, Frederick
  • Montagu, Ashley
  • Paramount Pictures Corporations
  • Brooksfilms (Firm)
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Runtime
123
Series statement
Criterion collection
Series volume
#1051
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  • Merrick, Joseph Carey
  • Neurofibromatosis
  • Abnormalities, Human
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
The elephant man, cParamount ; a Brooksfilms production ; screenplay by Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren, David Lynch ; produced by Jonathan Sanger ; directed by David Lynch
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Based on "The elephant man and other reminiscences" by Sir Frederick Treves and in part on "The elephant man: a study in human dignity" by Ashley Montagu
  • Title from sell sheet
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1980
  • Wide screen (2.35:1)
  • Special features: new 4K digital restoration; director David Lynch and critic Kristine McKenna reading from Room to Dream; 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; "Joseph Merrick: the real elephant man," a 2005 program featuring archivist Jonathan Evans; trailer and radio spots; booklet containing excerpts from an interview with Lynch from the 2005 edition of filmmaker and writer Chris Rodley's book Lynch on Lynch, and an 1886 letter to the editor of the London Times concering Merrick by Francis Culling Carr Gomm, chairman of the London Hospital
Accompanying material
1 booklet (36 pages).
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.+
Dimensions
other
Edition
2-DVD edition.
Extent
2 videodiscs (123 min.)
Isbn
9781681437675
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515251617
Other physical details
sound, black and white
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
13393609
Publisher number
  • CC3189DDVD
  • 13393609
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)on1181960216
  • (OCoLC)1181960216
  • 2578433
System details
DVD, wide screen (2.35:1); stereo
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The elephant man, cParamount ; a Brooksfilms production ; screenplay by Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren, David Lynch ; produced by Jonathan Sanger ; directed by David Lynch
Publication
Note
  • Based on "The elephant man and other reminiscences" by Sir Frederick Treves and in part on "The elephant man: a study in human dignity" by Ashley Montagu
  • Title from sell sheet
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1980
  • Wide screen (2.35:1)
  • Special features: new 4K digital restoration; director David Lynch and critic Kristine McKenna reading from Room to Dream; 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; "Joseph Merrick: the real elephant man," a 2005 program featuring archivist Jonathan Evans; trailer and radio spots; booklet containing excerpts from an interview with Lynch from the 2005 edition of filmmaker and writer Chris Rodley's book Lynch on Lynch, and an 1886 letter to the editor of the London Times concering Merrick by Francis Culling Carr Gomm, chairman of the London Hospital
Accompanying material
1 booklet (36 pages).
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.+
Dimensions
other
Edition
2-DVD edition.
Extent
2 videodiscs (123 min.)
Isbn
9781681437675
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515251617
Other physical details
sound, black and white
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
13393609
Publisher number
  • CC3189DDVD
  • 13393609
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)on1181960216
  • (OCoLC)1181960216
  • 2578433
System details
DVD, wide screen (2.35:1); stereo
Video recording format
DVD

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