Andy Serkis perfectly played the Mo-cap and voice role of Gollum in LOTR and Peter Jackson expected an Oscar nod for the role ...

John Hurt as Joseph Merrick in The Elephant Man Credit: Images Press Other performers soon joined the cast, including Hopkins – then a respected British character actor rather than an Oscar ...

The score and editing create a dreamy atmosphere that makes the film feel almost like a fairytale or urban legend. And of course, the legendary prosthetic work by Christopher Tucker was so outstanding ...

The supervillain inspired by David Lynch's 'The Elephant Man' is Barry Keoghan's Joker in 'The Batman' because he has a congenital disease causing his deformity ...

The Elephant Man is loosely based on the life of Joseph Merrick, a British artist with severe physical deformities, played by Oscar-nominated actor John Hurt. Frederick Treves, played by Anthony ...

Jack Nance played Henry, a loner who lives in a depressing ... a severely deformed man who lived in London in the late 19th century, The Elephant Man starred Anthony Hopkins as Dr Frederick ...

Naomi Watts, who played a dual role as doppelgängers Betty ... Lynch kept the black-and-white cinematography for his next film, The Elephant Man, which was much more mainstream than Eraserhead ...

Besides realizing experiences of surreal psychological insanity, David Lynch wonderfully portrayed tragedy and human emotion ...

Spielberg noted that he had cast Lynch as director John Ford in ... hobbies included furniture design), called “The Elephant Man” a perfect film. “He’s one of those filmmakers who was ...

Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive and Elephant Man defined him as a singular, visionary dreamer who directed films that felt handmade. “I got to know David when he played John Ford in The Fabelmans.

While Kyle MacLachlan, who played lead star FBI agent Dale Cooper ... epitomised in 1980 film The Elephant Man - which secured Lynch Oscar nods for best director and best writing.