John Hurt
John Merrick, 'The Elephant Man'
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Oct 10, 1980 · John Hurt stars as John Merrick, a severely disfigured man who is exploited as a sideshow freak in Victorian London. He is rescued by a kind doctor (Anthony Hopkins) and becomes a celebrity, but faces new challenges and dilemmas.
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- Biography, Drama
- David Lynch
- 1980-10-10
Anthony Hopkins as Frederick Treves, a doctor who takes John from the freakshow to work in the hospital. John Hurt as John Merrick, an intelligent, friendly, kindhearted man who is feared by most people in his society because of his severe deformity. Hannah Gordon as Ann Treves. Anne Bancroft as Madge Kendal.
92% Tomatometer 63 Reviews 93% Audience Score 50,000+ Ratings Dr. Frederic Treves (Anthony Hopkins) discovers Joseph (John) Merrick (John Hurt) in a sideshow. Born with a congenital disorder...
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- David Lynch
- PG
- John Hurt
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).
Apr 6, 2020 · John Hurt (left) as Joseph Merrick and Anthony Hopkins as Frederick Treves in The Elephant Man. By James Mottram. April 6, 2020 7:25 pm (Updated July 13, 2020 9:48 am) For a film full of...
Jan 28, 2017 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — The versatile actor Sir John Hurt, who could move audiences to tears in “The Elephant Man,” terrify them in “Alien,” and spoof that very same scene in “Spaceballs,” has died. He was 77. Hurt, who battled pancreatic cancer, died Friday in London according to his agent Charles McDonald.
This last is in spite of a real possibility that John Merrick's death at twenty-seven might have been suicide. The film's technical credits are adequate. John Hurt is very good as Merrick, somehow projecting a humanity past the disfiguring makeup, and Anthony Hopkins is correctly aloof and yet venal as the doctor.
