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The Elephant Man
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
David Lynch
Casts & Crew
Anthony Hopkins
John Hurt
Anne Bancroft
John Gielgud
Wendy Hiller
Freddie Jones
Michael Elphick
Hannah Gordon
Helen Ryan
John Standing
Dexter Fletcher
Lesley Dunlop
Phoebe Nicholls
Pat Gorman
Kenny Baker
Claire Davenport
Orla Pederson
Patsy Smart
Kathleen Byron
William Morgan Sheppard
Frederick Treves
Richard Hunter
Robert Lewis Bush
Roy Evans
Joan Rhodes
Nula Conwell
Tony London
Alfie Curtis
Bernadette Milnes
Carol Harrison
Hugh Manning
Dennis Burgess
Fanny Carby
Gerald Case
David Ryall
Deirdre Costello
Pauline Quirke
Marcus Powell
Lesley Scoble
Eiji Kusuhara
Patricia Hodge
Tommy Wright
Peter Davidson
John Rapley
Janie Kells
Lydia Lisle
Eric Bergren
Christopher De Vore
Harry Fielder
David Lynch
Ralph Morse
Fred Wood
Stromboli
James Cormack
Brenda Kempner
Chris Greener
Gilda Cohen
Teri Scoble
Robert Day
Hugh Spight
Teresa Codling
Marion Betzold
Caroline Haigh
Florenzio Morgado
Victor Kravchenko
Beryl Hicks
Michele Amas
Lucie Alford
Penny Wright
Jack Armstrong
Adam Caine
Tony Clarkin
Dave Cooper
Chick Fowles
Norman Gay
Juba Kennerley
Jay McGrath
Henry Roberts
Kevin Schumm
Ian Selby
Guy Standeven
Reg Thomason
Also Directed by David Lynch
Short documentary of David Lynch building a lamp.
Short piece for the collective film "One Dream Rush."
A series of eight crudely animated shorts written, directed, and voiced by director David Lynch in 2002. The series details the daily routines of a dull-witted white trash man. The man lives in a house along with his frazzled wife and squeaky-voiced child, both of whom are nameless as is the man in the shows.
A short film by David Lynch featuring his son Austin, originally filmed for davidlynch.com
A surreal short film that Lynch made for the 2008 Twin Peaks Festival. It only screened once and is in Black and white. In this film, Lynch is speaking backwards in what looks to be a cross between the floors of Eraserhead and the Twin Peaks Red Room. Sitting next to him is a plastic doll with the face of Laura Palmer.
A short film directed by David Lynch.
A film about a flight of stairs. Directed by David Lynch.
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgangers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver's license. Then he hits on the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.
Two young women find themselves in a dark room where there is a distinctly strange feeling.