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  1. Oct 10, 1980 · The Elephant Man: Directed by David Lynch. With Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud. A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak.

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  2. The Elephant Man is a 1980 biographical drama film based on the life of Joseph Merrick (referred to as "John" in the film), a severely deformed man who lived in London in the late 19th century. The film was directed by David Lynch, produced by Mel Brooks (who was uncredited, to avoid audiences anticipating the film being in the vein of his ...

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › John_HurtJohn Hurt - Wikipedia

    The following year, Hurt appeared as Anthony John Grey, a crooked computer programming expert in The Sweeney episode Tomorrow Man. 1976–1980 Hurt portrayed Joseph Merrick in The Elephant Man (1980) He won further acclaim for his bravura performance as the Roman emperor Caligula in the BBC drama serial I, Claudius (1976).

  4. Aug 16, 2022. Oct 7, 2023. Rated: 4/5 • May 9, 2023. Mar 13, 2023. Dr. Frederic Treves (Anthony Hopkins) discovers Joseph (John) Merrick (John Hurt) in a sideshow. Born with a congenital ...

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  5. Mar 12, 2020 · Four decades on, John Hurt’s performance gives this biopic a poignancy that marks it apart from the rest of director’s work. ... It tells the story of John Merrick, the “Elephant Man”, a ...

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  7. Jan 28, 2017 · He was 77. Hurt, who battled pancreatic cancer, died Friday in London according to his agent Charles McDonald. Twice nominated for an Oscar for playing the tortured John Merrick in David Lynch’s “The Elephant Man” and for his role as the heroin addict Max in “Midnight Express,” Hurt’s career spanned over 50 years.

  8. Jan 28, 2017 · Hurt plays an excruciatingly civilized British writer named Giles De’Ath who has lost his place in the modern world. One day, he wanders into the wrong theater at a multiplex and winds up ...

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