SESSION: Saturday 22nd February at 3:30pm



The Elephant Man

(1980, dir. David Lynch, w/ Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud)

The Elephant Man will finish at approximately 5:42pm.

John Merrick (whose real name was Joseph, as this is based on a true story) is an intelligent and friendly man, but he is hated by his Victorian-era English society because he is severely deformed. Once he is discovered by a doctor, however, he is saved from his life in a freak show and he is treated like the human being that he really is. (IMDB)

FILM INFO 4.14.14.14.1(IMDB rating)