Elephant Man

Titre original : The Elephant Man

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Un chirurgien de l'époque victorienne sauve un homme défiguré et maltraité gagnant sa vie comme monstre de foire. Derrière sa façade monstrueuse se dévoile une personne empreinte de gentille... Tout lireUn chirurgien de l'époque victorienne sauve un homme défiguré et maltraité gagnant sa vie comme monstre de foire. Derrière sa façade monstrueuse se dévoile une personne empreinte de gentillesse, d'intelligence et de sophistication.Un chirurgien de l'époque victorienne sauve un homme défiguré et maltraité gagnant sa vie comme monstre de foire. Derrière sa façade monstrueuse se dévoile une personne empreinte de gentillesse, d'intelligence et de sophistication.

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Film noté 159 parmi les meilleurs

Nommé pour 8 Oscars
- 11 victoires et 22 nominations au total

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9/10

Almost Too Heart-Wrenching To Watch

Man, this is a powerful and great movie. We are all moved different degrees by different things, but to witness sincerely nice people being treated cruelly always bothers me big- time....so this film is tough to watch in spots. Some scenes are just painful and depressing to view.

Whatever your sensitivity, the movie is very involving and hauntingly shown with eerie black-and-white photography. Eerie, and downright beautiful camera-work in here, so kudos to cinematographer Freddie Francis, one of the best in the business.

A young Anthony Hopkins is very likable and John Hurt is, well, someone you won't soon forget as John Merrick, "The Elephant Man."

This is an uplifting movie at times, too, not just a tear-jerker or horrific in showing man's cruelty to man. Be prepared for an emotional experience and an amazing story.

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Remembering David Lynch

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Remembering David Lynch

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'The Elephant Man' | Anniversary Mashup

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Anecdotes
This movie was executive produced by Mel Brooks, who was responsible for hiring writer and director David Lynch, and obtaining permission to film in black-and-white. He deliberately left his name off of the credits, as he knew that people would get the wrong idea about the movie if they saw his name on the movie, given his fame as a satirist.

Gaffes
During Merrick's visit with Treves and his wife at their home, he shows them a picture of his mother. He expresses his desire to find her someday, but in reality his mother died when he was 11 years of age from bronchial pneumonia.

Citations
John Merrick: I AM NOT AN ELEPHANT! I AM NOT AN ANIMAL! I AM... A HUMAN BEING! I... AM... A... MAN!

Crédits fous
Closing disclaimer: This has been based upon the true life story of John Merrick, known as The Elephant Man, and not upon the Broadway play of the same title or any other fictional account.

Versions alternatives
In the ending scene of the extended edition after Merrick's mother recites Lord Tennyson's "Nothing Will Die", we see the African elephants from the opening scene striking down Merrick's mother. After the elephant attack, we see the smoke/dust rising upward, with a baby wailing in the background ending the extended edition (coming on December 2024).