| Description |
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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video file rdaft |
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Blu-ray |
| Series |
Criterion collection.
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| System Details |
Blu-ray, wide screen (2.35:1); stereo; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Language |
subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1980. |
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Title from container. |
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Rating : PG |
| Cast |
Anne Bancroft, Sir John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt. |
| Audience |
Rating: PG. |
| Summary |
When the London surgeon Frederick Treves meets the freak-show performer John Merrick, who has severe skeletal and soft tissue deformities, he assumes that he must be intellectually disabled as well. As the two men spend more time together, though, Merrick reveals the intelligence, gentle nature, and profound sense of dignity that lie beneath his shocking appearance, and he and Treves develop a friendship. |
| Subject |
Merrick, Joseph Carey, 1862-1890 -- Drama.
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Neurofibromatosis -- Biography -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Abnormalities, Human -- Patients -- England -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Biographical films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Blu-ray discs.
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| Added Author |
Lynch, David, 1946- film director.
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Bancroft, Anne, 1931-2005, actor.
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Gielgud, John, 1904-2000, actor.
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Hiller, Wendy, 1912-2003, actor.
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Hopkins, Anthony, 1937- actor.
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Hurt, John, 1940-2017, actor.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| ISBN |
9781681437668 |
| Standard No. |
715515251518 |
| Music No. |
CC3188BD The Criterion Collection |
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