The Elephant Man

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biographical drama film film

The Elephant Man is a 1980 biographical drama film directed by David Lynch that tells the story of Joseph Merrick, a severely deformed man in Victorian London, and stars John Hurt in a critically acclaimed leading role.

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Label Occurrences
The Elephant Man canonical 14
Joseph Merrick 2
The Elephant Man (1980 film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biographical drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn life of Joseph Merrick ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
character Bytes ⓘ
Frederick Treves ⓘ
cinematographyBy Freddie Francis ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception critically acclaimed ⓘ
director David Lynch ⓘ
distributor EMI Films ⓘ
Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Anne V. Coates ⓘ
filmFormat black-and-white 35 mm ⓘ
genre biographical film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
hasTheme compassion ⓘ
exploitation ⓘ
human dignity ⓘ
inspiredCreationOf Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Makeup
language English ⓘ
leadPerformanceReception John Hurt performance widely praised ⓘ
mainCharacter The Elephant Man self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Joseph Merrick
musicBy John Morris ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Costume Design ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
producer Jonathan Sanger ⓘ
Mel Brooks ⓘ
productionCompany Brooksfilms ⓘ
publicationDate 1980 ⓘ
releaseDate 1980-10-10 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 124 ⓘ
screenwriter Christopher De Vore ⓘ
David Lynch ⓘ
Eric Bergren ⓘ
settingPlace London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
settingTime Victorian era ⓘ
starring Anne Bancroft ⓘ
Anthony Hopkins ⓘ
John Gielgud ⓘ
John Hurt ⓘ

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John Hurt → knownFor → The Elephant Man ⓘ
The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity → mainSubject → The Elephant Man ⓘ
this entity surface form: Joseph Merrick
Phoebe Nicholls → notableWork → The Elephant Man ⓘ
Kenny Baker → appearedIn → The Elephant Man ⓘ
Anne V. Coates → notableWork → The Elephant Man ⓘ
Anne V. Coates → workedOn → The Elephant Man ⓘ
David Lynch → notableWork → The Elephant Man ⓘ
Dexter Fletcher → actedIn → The Elephant Man ⓘ
John Gielgud → notableWork → The Elephant Man ⓘ
The Elephant Man → mainCharacter → The Elephant Man self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Joseph Merrick
Freddie Jones → notableWork → The Elephant Man ⓘ
Kate Burton → theatreWork → The Elephant Man ⓘ
John Hurt (voice, audio dramas) → hasPartInFilmography → The Elephant Man ⓘ
subject surface form: John Hurt
Stuart Cornfeld → notableWork → The Elephant Man ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Elephant Man (1980 film)
Philip Anthony Hopkins → notableWork → The Elephant Man ⓘ
Patricia Hodge → notableWork → The Elephant Man ⓘ
Patricia Hodge → appearedIn → The Elephant Man ⓘ