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All the books by Ashley Montagu adapted to cinema and television
Ashley Montagu is known for being the author of the book The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity, first published in 1971, which was adapted to cinema by David Lynch in 1980.
We invite you to watch, read, and vote for either the adaptation or the original, and join the debate on whether the book or the movie is better.
The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity
Ashley Montagu, 1971
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David Lynch, 1980
Frederick Treves, a surgeon at the London Hospital, finds Joseph Merrick in a Victorian freak show in London’s East End, where he is kept by Mr. Bytes, a greedy, sadistic, psychopathic, despicable, violent and heartless ringmaster. Carr Gomm permits him to stay, and Merrick spends his time practising conversation with Treves and building a model of a cathedral he sees from his window.