The Elephant Man
Trama
Londra, seconda metà dell'Ottocento. A causa di una malattia molto rara, la neurofibromatosi, che gli ha dato sembianze mostruose, il giovane John Merrick viene esposto come "uomo elefante" nel baraccone di Bytes, un alcolizzato che campa sfruttando la sua mostruosità e lo tratta come una bestia. E' qui che Merrick viene scoperto dal dottor Frederick Treves, un chirurgo del London Hospital che convince Bytes a cederglielo per qualche tempo in modo da poterlo studiare e curare. Portato in ospedale e presentato a un congresso di scienziati, John si rivela ben presto agli occhi di Treves come un uomo di intelligenza superiore e di animo raffinato e sensibile.
Io non sono un elefante... Io non sono un animale! Sono un essere umano! Un uomo... Un uomo.
(1980) Dramma , Storia
Data rilascio : 09/10/1980
regia di David Lynch
Budget : 5.000.000,00 $
Incasso : 26.000.000,00 $
Cast
Anthony Hopkins - Dr. Frederick Treves
John Hurt - John Merrick
Anne Bancroft - Mrs. Kendal
John Gielgud - Carr Gomm
Wendy Hiller - Mothershead
Freddie Jones - Bytes
Michael Elphick - Night Porter
Hannah Gordon - Mrs. Anne Treves
Helen Ryan - Princess Alex
John Standing - Dr. Fox
Dexter Fletcher - Bytes' Boy
Lesley Dunlop - Nora
Phoebe Nicholls - Merrick's Mother
Pat Gorman - Fairground Bobby
Claire Davenport - Fat Lady
Orla Pederson - Skeleton Man
Patsy Smart - Distraught Woman
Frederick Treves - Alderman
Stromboli - Fire Eater
Richard Hunter - Hodges
James Cormack - Pierce
Robert Lewis Bush - Messenger
Roy Evans - Cabman
Joan Rhodes - Cook
Nula Conwell - Nurse Kathleen
Tony London - Young Porter
Alfie Curtis - Milkman
Bernadette Milnes - 1st Fighting Woman
Brenda Kempner - 2nd Fighting Woman
Carol Harrison - Tart
Hugh Manning - Broadneck
Dennis Burgess - 1st Committee Man
Fanny Carby - Mrs. Kendal's Dresser
William Morgan Sheppard - Man In Pub
Kathleen Byron - Lady Waddington
Gerald Case - Lord Waddington
David Ryall - Man With Whores
Deirdre Costello - 1st Whore
Pauline Quirke - 2nd Whore
Kenny Baker - Plumed Dwarf
Chris Greener - Giant
Marcus Powell - Midget
Gilda Cohen - Midget
Lesley Scoble - Siamese Twin
Teri Scoble - Siamese Twin
Eiji Kusuhara - Japanese Bleeder
Robert Day - Little Jim
Patricia Hodge - Screaming Mum
Tommy Wright - First Bobby
Peter Davidson - Second Bobby
John Rapley - King In Panto
Hugh Spight - Puss In Panto
Teresa Codling - Princess In Panto
Marion Betzold - Principal Boy
Caroline Haigh - Tree
Florenzio Morgado - Tree
Victor Kravchenko - Lion / Coachman
Beryl Hicks - Fairy
Michele Amas - Horse
Lucie Alford - Horse
Penny Wright - Horse
Janie Kells - Horse
Lydia Lisle - Merrick's Mother
David Lynch - Man in the Bowler Hat in the Mob Chasing Merrick (uncredited)
Harry Fielder - Policeman (uncredited)
Jack Armstrong - Man at Lecture (uncredited)
Ralph Morse - Young Aristocrat (uncredited)
Fred Wood - Injured Man (uncredited)
Adam Caine - Kid at Train Station (uncredited)
Tony Clarkin - Thug from Pub (uncredited)
Dave Cooper - Man in crowd (uncredited)
Chick Fowles - Man in Pub (uncredited)
Juba Kennerley - Committee Member (uncredited)
Eric Bergren - Lyra Box Player #1 (uncredited)
Christopher De Vore - Lyra Box Player #2 (uncredited)
Jay McGrath - Man at Lecture (uncredited)
Henry Roberts - Man at Lecture (uncredited)
Kevin Schumm - Kid at Train Station #2 (uncredited)
Ian Selby - Courtier (uncredited)
Guy Standeven - Committee Member (uncredited)
Reg Thomason - Lecture Assistant (uncredited)
Jill Goldston - Nurse (uncredited)