The elephant man
By: a Brooksfilms production ; screenplay by Christopher DeVore, Eric Bergren, David Lynch ; produced by Jonathan Sanger ; directed by David Lynch
Contributors: Hurt, John, 1940-2017; Bancroft, Anne, 1931-2005; Gielgud, John, 1904-2000; Hiller, Wendy; Jones, Freddie, 1927-; De Vore, Christopher; Morris, John, 1926-2018; Treves, Frederick, 1853-1923; Montagu, Ashley, 1905-1999; Paramount Pictures Corporation; Brooksfilms (Firm)
Edition: Widescreen format.
Series: Widescreen DVD collection
Publisher: Paramount Home Video
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Beverly Hills, CA
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 124
Subjects: Drama; Neurofibromatosis
Description: A dramatization of Joseph Merrick who suffered from neurofibromatosis which disfigured him but never conquered his spirit.
Notes: Based on the books: The elephant man and other reminiscences / Sir Frederick Treves and The elephant man : a study in human dignity / Ashley Montagu.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1980.

"Enhanced for 16:9 TVs"--Container.

Includes production featurette, make-up featurette, production stills, theatrical trailer.

Director of photography, Freddie Francis ; editor, Anne V. Coates ; music, John Morris.

Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Freddie Jones.

MPAA rating: PG.

DVD player required; Dolby digital 5.1 surround in English; Dolby surround in English; mono. in French; region 1.

Soundtrack in English or French; subtitles in English.

Closed captioned.