The latter, in particular, remains one of the most poignant biopics ever made, telling the tragic tale of Joseph Merrick, the ...

The unmarked grave of Joseph Merrick, who is better known as the Elephant Man, has been traced after nearly 130 years, it has been claimed. Merrick had a skeletal and soft tissue deformity which ...

The so-called Elephant Man was born Joseph Merrick at Leicester, England, in 1862. Up until the age of 5, Merrick’s physiognomy was, from all accounts, that of any healthy child. The subsequently ...

David Lynch directed an Oscar-nominated biopic that starred John Hurt in 1980, titled The Elephant Man, and Merrick has appeared in countless books, shows, plays and even an opera. According to ...

David Lynch's 1980 movie 'The Elephant Man', starring John Hurt and Anthony Hopkins, is a cautionary tale about those who lack humanity and kindness.

27-year-old Brian Richards suffers from the same disorder as Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man – an individual with horrific disfigurements who rose to become a celebrity in Victorian times.

As the two men spend more time together, Merrick reveals the intelligence ... and Wendy Hiller, "The Elephant Man" was nominated for eight Academy Awards, cementing Lynch’s reputation as ...

Here are some of the films Albuquerque’s Guild Cinema — a short distance from the University of New Mexico campus — will show ...

The case of the Elephant Man is one of the great unsolved mysteries of medicine What was the terrible curse that turned Joseph Merrick into historys most horribly deformed man How did he keep his ...