Project Detail

The Elephant Man

Synopsis

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Treasures Strand - Restoration World premiere

Details

Year: 1980
Type of project: Features
Running time: 123 mins
Director: David Lynch
Producer: David Lynch, Jonathan Sanger
Editor: Anne V. Coates
Screenwriter: Christopher De Vore (screenplay), Eric Bergren (screenplay), David Lynch (screenplay), Frederick Treves (book), Ashley Montagu (book)
Director of Photography: Freddie Francis
Production Designer: Stuart Craig
Composer: John Morris
Principal cast: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

4K restoration supervised by David Lynch, graded in Fotokem LA, managed, restored and finished by L’Immagine Ritrovata

US, UK co-production

Brooksfilms (1980)

Sales Company

STUDIOCANAL

1, Place du Spectacle
92130 Issy les Moulineaux
France

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