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.
The Elephant Man (1980)
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Directed by: David Lynch
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud
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John Merrick: No! I am not an animal! I am a human being! I. Am... A man!
Trivia: Mel Brooks was Executive Producer but was uncredited so people wouldn't think the movie was a comedy.