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1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
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A Brooksfilms production
Based on the true story of John Merrick, a 19th century Englishman afflicted with a disfiguring congenital disease. With the help of a kindly doctor, he regains some of the dignity he lost during years as a side-show freak
Based on: The elephant man and other reminiscences / Sir Frederick Treves; and in part on The elephant man : a study in human dignity / Ashley Montagu
Date on container, c2006. Date on DVD label, c2007
DVD version of a 1980 motion picture
Special features (c2001; standard presentation; col. and b & w): The elephant man revealed / with Jonathan Sanger and Mel Brooks (30 min.); Christopher Tucker's workshop (3 min.); narrated photo gallery (5 min.)
Executive producers, Stuart Cornfeld, Mel Brooks ; director of photography, Freddie Francis ; editor, Anne V. Coates ; music, John Morris ; elephant man makep, Christopher Tucker
Wendy Hiller, Sir John Gielgud, Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft, John Hurt, Freddie Jones, John Standing, Michael Elphick, Hannah Gordon, Helen Ryan, Dexter Fletcher, Leslie Dunlop
MPAA rating: PG
DVD format. Enhanced for 16:9 TVs. Dolby digital stereo. No chapter access
Closed-captioned. Sound track, English 5.1 surround, English 2.0 surround, or French mono. With optional English subtitles. Closed-captioned