The Elephant Man (Criterion Collection) (2-DVD) PG

I am not an animal! I am a human being! I … am … a man!
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  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Rated: PG
  • Video: Black & White
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: September 29, 2020
  • Originally Released: 1980
  • Label: Criterion Collection

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Director David Lynch has created an eerily compelling atmosphere in recounting a hideously deformed man's perilous life in Victorian England. Full Review
Variety
Apr 30, 2008
From deep beneath layers of latex makeup, Hurt inhabits a highly specific physical and behavioral characterization, while also conveying the essential, universal loneliness of the human soul. Full Review
The Ringer
Apr 15, 2019
The theme is something of a self-pitying cliché, and yet Lynch takes such a novel path to it that the film has a hypnotic, transcendent force. Full Review
National Review
May 22, 2018
Director David Lynch does a great job, John Hurt is completely committed, and the mise-en-scène is excellent. [Full Review in Spanish] Full Review
El Pais (Spain)
Aug 15, 2019
...THE ELEPHANT MAN remains one of Lynch's most outstanding dramas...
Total Film
Mar 1, 2001
...Moving...
Sight and Sound
Dec 1, 1980
Hurt brings an almost divine grace to Merrick....The film is among the more tender and restrained efforts from director David Lynch.
Premiere
Apr 1, 2006

Product Description:

David Lynch brings his own dreamlike style to the heartbreaking yet somehow uplifting story of John Merrick (John Hurt), a hideously deformed individual dubbed the Elephant Man during his years in a circus freak show in Victorian England. After suffering for years at the hands of his circus "master," the eloquent, soft spoken Merrick is "rescued" by compassionate surgeon Dr. Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins), who allows him to live at the hospital where he works. Merrick becomes a social celebrity when he meets a popular stage performer (Anne Bancroft), but he must continue to fight for his dignity with those who still choose to view him as a freak. Meanwhile, Treves begins to question whether his supposed act of humanity has been just as exploitative as Merrick's former caretaker's.

Lynch's follow-up to his 1978 cult classic ERASERHEAD is a seamless blend of art and entertainment, which earned the film eight Academy Award nominations in 1980. Freddie Francis's breathtaking black-and-white cinematography combines with John Morris's score to re-create Victorian England with a deeply haunting beauty. It is the compassionate performances of Hurt and Hopkins that lift THE ELEPHANT MAN to a more emotional level, however, bringing an inspired sadness to Lynch's striking vision.

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  • UPC: 715515251617
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