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Joseph Carey Merrick (5 August 1862 – 11 April 1890), often erroneously called John Merrick, was an English artist known for his severe physical deformities.He was first exhibited at a freak show under the stage name "the Elephant Man", and then went to live at the London Hospital, in Whitechapel, after meeting Sir Frederick Treves, subsequently becoming well known in London society.
The Elephant Man. With this poignant second feature, David Lynch brought his atmospheric visual and sonic palette to a notorious true story set in Victorian England. When the London surgeon Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins) meets the freak-show performer John Merrick (John Hurt), who has severe skeletal and soft-tissue deformities, he assumes ...
En 1980, Michael Howell y Peter Ford publicaron The True History of Elephant Man, fruto de su detallada investigación en los archivos. Además de demostrar que su nombre era Joseph y no John, pudieron reconstruir muchos detalles de su vida y refutaron las inexactitudes del relato de Treves, demostrando que su madre era cultivada y cariñosa y que Merrick eligió deliberadamente exhibirse para ...
10 de nov. de 2014 · Gender: Male. Best Known For: Best known as "The Elephant Man," Joseph Carey Merrick has been the subject of many medical studies, documentaries and works of fiction. Industries. Science and ...
22 de ene. de 2020 · Experience the stunning 4K restoration of the award winning, critically acclaimed David Lynch masterpiece The Elephant Man starring John Hurt and Anthony Hop...
In 19th Century Victorian England, Dr. Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins) wanders through an urban carnival in search of freak shows. He happens on a hideously deformed creature called The Elephant Man (John Hurt), and pays the owner Mr. Bytes (Freddie Jones) to examine it. Treves purpose is to present a paper to the Pathological Society and ...
All the human spirit needs to thrive...is a chance. In one of his most legendary films, director David Lynch chronicles the intense emotional journey of...
