The Elephant Man (Criterion Collection)

Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller. The horrifying yet uplifting story of John Merrick, a hideously deformed man dubbed "The Elephant Man" during his years in a circus freak show, who is ultimately treated with dignity by a compassionate surgeon and London high society. Directed by David Lynch. The new 4K digital restoration includes a reading from Room to Dream, a 2018 book coauthored by director Lynch and critic Kristine McKenna, archival interviews with Lynch, John Hurt, producers Mel Brooks and Jonathan Sanger, director of photography Freddie Francis, stills photographer Frank Connor and makeup artist Christopher Tucker, a 1981 audio recording of an interview and Q&A with Lynch at the American Film Institute, the 2001 documentary The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed, an 1886 letter to the editor of the London Times concerning Joseph Merrick, the "elephant man," by Francis Culling Carr Gomm, the chairman of the London Hospital at the time, trailer, radio spots, and more. 1980/b&w/123 min/PG/widescreen.