The Elephant Man DVD

Advantages: mixed emotions? makes you feel involved. great actors and costumes. Remarakble storyline
Disadvantages: has to end. black and white

...The Elephant Man is an absoulutely fantastic movie and will have you gripped to your seat at some point, laughing at some point and crying at some points. It is very appelaing to every audience and is a must-see in my opinion and it just makes you realise how lucky you are and I think everyone can relate to John Merrick (The Elephant Man). Anthony Hopkins stars in the movie at a young age and is The Elephant Man's doctor and plays a very good role in the movie. Also you get to see what it was like in the olden days with freak shows and live circus acts which is very interesting and a major contrast to now. The plot in the story starts with a scary timid man who is scared to be seen so wears a mask and he comes into a hospital with a little hope that they could help him and this is what Dr Reeves does and you really get to know... Read review

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Advantages: Sensitive direction, superb performances
Disadvantages: For once I'm stumped!

...It's almost astonishing that professional weirdo David Lynch could possibly have made a film of this sensitivity. The film tells the story of the real-life Victorian John Merrick, a man who was born so deformed that he was reduced to a circus freak. Only when rescued by Anthony Hopkins and John Gielgud does it become clear that far from being mentally subnormal as supposed, Merrick (played wonderfully by John Hurt) was quite capable of holding his own in high society, and became a social sensation; until he finally kills himself by going one step too far in his attempts to fit as a normal human being. One cannot help but being moved by John Hurt's portrayal of a man struggling to overcome the most hideous prejudice and ignorance, nor of the heroic efforts of those who help him into normal society - Merrick is almost a symbol... Read review

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Advantages: Brilliant
Disadvantages: ---

...THE ELEPHANT MAN When I read the title of this film, I said…hey lets see a movie about a monster…boy I was wrong. PLOT Dr.Frederic Treves in one of his visits to a freak show discovers a really disturbing entity, completely deformed. Feeling that this creature is in a real pain inside he decides to help him. This entity had a name; it was called "Elephant Man" by his owner in the freak show. As time passes by, Dr Frederic slowly understands that "Elephant Man" hides a lot of human feelings inside, he is not only a man with a real name (Merrick) but he is also an extraordinary human being. In order to help him recover from all the sufferings he was gaining in the freak show, Dr. Frederic tries to fit him in the society. REVIEW David Lynch is taking us on a trip of human nature. Merrick is a monster outside but inside he... Read review

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Advantages: mixed emotions? makes you feel involved. great actors and costumes. Remarakble storyline
Disadvantages: has to end. black and white

...The Elephant Man is an absoulutely fantastic movie and will have you gripped to your seat at some point, laughing at some point and crying at some points. It is very appelaing to every audience and is a must-see in my opinion and it just makes you realise how lucky you are and I think everyone can relate to John Merrick (The Elephant Man). Anthony Hopkins stars in the movie at a young age and is The Elephant Man's doctor and plays a very good role in the movie. Also you get to see what it was like in the olden days with freak shows and live circus acts which is very interesting and a major contrast to now. The plot in the story starts with a scary timid man who is scared to be seen so wears a mask and he comes into a hospital with a little hope that they could help him and this is what Dr Reeves does and you really get to know... Read review

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Advantages: Brilliant
Disadvantages: ---

...THE ELEPHANT MAN When I read the title of this film, I said…hey lets see a movie about a monster…boy I was wrong. PLOT Dr.Frederic Treves in one of his visits to a freak show discovers a really disturbing entity, completely deformed. Feeling that this creature is in a real pain inside he decides to help him. This entity had a name; it was called "Elephant Man" by his owner in the freak show. As time passes by, Dr Frederic slowly understands that "Elephant Man" hides a lot of human feelings inside, he is not only a man with a real name (Merrick) but he is also an extraordinary human being. In order to help him recover from all the sufferings he was gaining in the freak show, Dr. Frederic tries to fit him in the society. REVIEW David Lynch is taking us on a trip of human nature. Merrick is a monster outside but inside he... Read review

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Advantages: Everything about this movie was well done from the plot to acting to directing.
Disadvantages: It can be a bit depressing.

...I saw ‘The Elephant Man’ when it first came out in 1980. I would definitely say that this is one of the best movies that I’ve ever seen. The plot, the acting, cinematography, and direction were excellent. THE PLOT. This movie is about the life of John Merrick, better known as “The Elephant Man.” The man was living in Victorian England with grotesque physical deformities from head to toe. He was making his living in the circus ‘freak’ shows of the period. It was an extremely cruel living. Especially while he was with his ‘owner,’ a man who was drunk a lot of the time and beat poor John excessively over nothing at all, like collapsing on stage during a ‘performance.’ One day a doctor named Treves sees the Elephant Man and starts crying over this poor man’s condition... Read review

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