The Elephant Man

1980
VM14
2h 4min

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8,2/10

265.583

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1.704

331

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John Merrick è un uomo che dalla nascita si porta dietro una malformazione al corpo, per questo tutti lo chiamano l'uomo elefante. Viene trattato come fenomeno da baraccone da un individuo s... Leggi tuttoJohn Merrick è un uomo che dalla nascita si porta dietro una malformazione al corpo, per questo tutti lo chiamano l'uomo elefante. Viene trattato come fenomeno da baraccone da un individuo senza scrupoli, ma Il Dottor Treves decide di prendersi cura di lui.John Merrick è un uomo che dalla nascita si porta dietro una malformazione al corpo, per questo tutti lo chiamano l'uomo elefante. Viene trattato come fenomeno da baraccone da un individuo senza scrupoli, ma Il Dottor Treves decide di prendersi cura di lui.

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VALUTAZIONE IMDb

8,2/10

265.583

LA TUA VALUTAZIONE

POPOLARITÀ

1.704

331

Vedi le informazioni sulla produzione su IMDbPro

Film più votato #160

Candidato a 8 Oscar
- 11 vittorie e 22 candidature totali

Quiz
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.

Blooper
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.

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

Curiosità sui crediti
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.

Versioni alternative
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).

Connessioni
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Colonne sonore
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
Composed by Samuel Barber
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by André Previn

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10/10

Nothing Will Die.

This movie changed my life forever. To see someone so beautiful, dignified, and unique, hidden behind a body and face that society considers ugly, made me realize how the body is a decaying pile of dust, but the soul is a breath-taking and uniquely formed indestructible diamond.

I believe that everyone should get a chance to see this film, for those of an open mind, and a caring soul, there is nothing else like it.

It also shows the detestable ways some people treat others. I felt at first pity for John Merrick, but then my feelings changed to admiration, as the film went on. John, in the film starts as a severely deformed mute figure being badly mistreated, as the story progresses, he becomes the hero. A bold and courageous man, standing against the evils of modern society.

Joseph (John) Merrick, was a man so one-of-a-kind, that someone else like him physically or emotionally will never appear again. His life should be taken as an example to everyone.

As in the film, John's mother says "Nothing will Die", Joseph Merrick will live on in the hearts and souls of everyone who has witnessed the story of his life.

My love goes to Joseph Merrick, where ever he may be.