The Elephant Man Blu-ray

Release Year: 1980

Runtime: 124 min

Rating: PG

Director: David Lynch

Cast: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller

Studios: Brooksfilms

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.

Special Features:

New 4K digital restoration

with uncompressed stereo soundtrack

Director David Lynch and critic Kristine McKenna reading from Room to Dream

a 2018 book they coauthored

Archival interviews with Lynch and actor John Hurt

producers Mel Brooks and Jonathan Sanger, director of photography Freddie Francis, stills photographer Frank Connor, and makeup artist Christopher Tucker

Audio recording from 1981 of an interview and Q&A with Lynch at the American Film Institute

The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed

a 2001 documentary about the film

Joseph Merrick: The Real Elephant Man

a 2005 program featuring archivist Jonathan Evans

Trailer and radio spots

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

PLUS: Excerpts from an interview with Lynch from the 2005 edition of filmmaker and writer Chris Rodley’s book Lynch on Lynch, and a 1886 letter to the editor of the London Times concerning Merrick by Francis Culling Carr Gomm, chairman of the London Hospital

Technical Specifications:

• Black & White
• Stereo
• 2.35:1 Aspect Ratio