The Elephant Man 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray presents David Lynch’s profoundly moving second feature, a haunting and compassionate work that transforms a notorious true story into a meditation on dignity, empathy and human connection.
 
Set in Victorian England, the film follows surgeon Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins), whose encounter with John Merrick (John Hurt), a man cruelly exploited as a sideshow attraction, begins as clinical curiosity and grows into a deeply affecting friendship. As Merrick’s intelligence, sensitivity and humanity emerge, the film challenges the prejudice and spectacle surrounding him, revealing something far more powerful beneath his public image.
 
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FILM INFO
United Kingdom, United States
1980
123 minutes
Black & White
2.35:1
English
Spine #1051

The Elephant Man [4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray] w/slip

Name: The Elephant Man [4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray] w/slip
Brand: Criterion Collection

$56.99

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DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
• Director David Lynch and critic Kristine McKenna reading from Room to Dream, a 2018 book they coauthored
• Archival interviews with Lynch, actor John Hurt, producers Mel Brooks and Jonathan Sanger, director of photography Freddie Francis, stills photographer Frank Connor, and makeup artist Christopher Tucker
• Audio recording from 1981 of an interview and Q&A with Lynch at the American Film Institute
• The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed, a 2001 documentary about the film
• Joseph Merrick: The Real Elephant Man, a 2005 program featuring archivist Jonathan Evans
• Trailer and radio spots
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: Excerpts from an interview with Lynch from the 2005 edition of filmmaker and writer Chris Rodley’s book Lynch on Lynch, and an 1886 letter to the editor of the London Times concerning Merrick by Francis Culling Carr Gomm, chairman of the London Hospital
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