Corrected entry: Throughout the film, Merrick's first name is given as "John". His name was actually Joseph.
The Elephant Man (1980)
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Directed by: David Lynch
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud
Continuity mistake: The period of time this movie portrays about Merrick, was in real life a period of seven years. In real life, Merrick's deformations were not so 'big' at 21, and at the date of dying, they were larger than portrayed in the movie. In the movie his deformations never seem to enlarge.
John Merrick: No! I am not an animal! I am a human being! I. Am... A man!
Trivia: Director David Lynch has a cameo as a member of the angry mob who chases John Merrick when he returns to London.
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Correction: That's not a mistake. In real life, Dr. Treves constantly made the mistake of calling him John. Anyone who calls him John in the movie, doesn't know better, because Treves introduced Merrick to them.