The Elephant Man
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]
Format: Blu-ray Disc
Edition: Blu-ray edition.
Description: 1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages ; 12 x 17 cm).
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.
Series: Criterion collection ; 1051.
Other Authors:
Lynch, David, 1946- film director.
De Vore, Christopher, screenwriter.
Bergren, Eric, screenwriter.
Bancroft, Anne, 1931-2005, actor.
Gielgud, John, 1904-2000, actor.
Hiller, Wendy, 1912-2003, actor.
Hopkins, Anthony, 1937- actor.
Hurt, John, 1940-2017, actor.
Sanger, Jonathan, film producer.
Morris, John, 1926-2018, composer (expression)
Francis, Freddie, 1917-2007, director of photography.
Paramount Pictures Corporation, presenter.
Brooksfilms (Firm), production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Lynch, David, 1946- film director.
De Vore, Christopher, screenwriter.
Bergren, Eric, screenwriter.
Bancroft, Anne, 1931-2005, actor.
Gielgud, John, 1904-2000, actor.
Hiller, Wendy, 1912-2003, actor.
Hopkins, Anthony, 1937- actor.
Hurt, John, 1940-2017, actor.
Sanger, Jonathan, film producer.
Morris, John, 1926-2018, composer (expression)
Francis, Freddie, 1917-2007, director of photography.
Paramount Pictures Corporation, presenter.
Brooksfilms (Firm), production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Subjects:
Merrick, Joseph Carey, 1862-1890 -- Drama.
Neurofibromatosis -- Biography -- Drama.
Abnormalities, Human -- Patients -- England -- Drama.
Merrick, Joseph Carey, 1862-1890 -- Drama.
Neurofibromatosis -- Biography -- Drama.
Abnormalities, Human -- Patients -- England -- Drama.
Target Audience: Rating: PG.
ISBN:
9781681437668
UPC: 715515251518
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BD DRAMA Elephant | Blythewood | Blu-ray Disc | In |
BD DRAMA Elephant | North Main | Blu-ray Disc | In |
Title from sell sheet.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1980.
Wide screen (2.35:1).
Special features: Director David Lynch and Kristine McKenna reading from Room to Dream; archival interviews; audio recording from 1981 of an interview and Q&A with Lynch at The American Film Institute; The terrible elephant man revealed; trailer and radio spots; booklet.
Blu-ray disc.
Music, John Morris ; director of pphotography, Freddie Francis.
Anne Bancroft, Sir John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt.
Blu-ray, wide screen (2.35:1); stereo; requires Blu-ray player.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1980.
Wide screen (2.35:1).
Special features: Director David Lynch and Kristine McKenna reading from Room to Dream; archival interviews; audio recording from 1981 of an interview and Q&A with Lynch at The American Film Institute; The terrible elephant man revealed; trailer and radio spots; booklet.
Blu-ray disc.
Music, John Morris ; director of pphotography, Freddie Francis.
Anne Bancroft, Sir John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt.
Blu-ray, wide screen (2.35:1); stereo; requires Blu-ray player.