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The Elephant Man David Lynch directs the 8 times Oscar nominated true and poignant story of The Elephant Man. Joseph Carey Merrick played by John Hurt is severely deformed at birth by a rare disease called multiple neurofibromatosis or von Recklinghausens disease, which produced tumerous deformities of head, face, and body. Through horrible physical deformities, which were almost impossible to describe, he spent most of his life exhibited as a fairground freak. Hounded, persecuted, and starving, he was rescued, taken in, and fed by the young successful surgeon Dr. Frederick Treves played by Sir Anthony Hopkins. To Dr. Treves's surprise, he discovers during the course of their friendship that lurking beneath the mass of Merrick's corrupting flesh lives a spirit that is as courageous as it has been tormented, and a nature as gentle and as dignified as it has been deprived and tortured. I liked this film because it was based on...

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