The Elephant Man
David Lynch, 1980
The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences
Frederick Treves, 1923
The Elephant Man is a movie directed by David Lynch in 1980 and based on the book The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences by Frederick Treves, first published in 1923. The movie features Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Freddie Jones, and others.
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Storyline
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.
Movie vs Book
Year
1980
Minutes
124
Movie Rate
8.10
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Elephant Man
Director: David Lynch
Country: USA
Year: 1980
Length: 2h4m
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Year
1923
Pages
222
Book Rate
7.86
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Book
The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences
Author: Frederick Treves
Country: UK
First published in: 1923
Length: 222 pages
Genre: Biography
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“In screenplay terms, writing a novel is more like writing a full 22 episode season of a TV series, than it is a movie.”
JEFF LYONS (Screenwriter)
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