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Overview
Release Date:
10 October 1980 (USA) moreTagline:
I am not an animal! I am a human being! I...am...a man!Plot:
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous facade, there is revealed a person of intelligence and sensitivity. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 8 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 13 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(6 articles)
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Nothing Will Die. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Anthony Hopkins | ... | Frederick Treves | |
| John Hurt | ... | John Merrick | |
| Anne Bancroft | ... | Mrs. Kendal | |
| John Gielgud | ... | Carr Gomm | |
| Wendy Hiller | ... | Mothershead | |
| Freddie Jones | ... | Bytes | |
| Michael Elphick | ... | Night Porter | |
| Hannah Gordon | ... | Mrs. Treves | |
| Helen Ryan | ... | Princess Alex | |
| John Standing | ... | Fox | |
| Dexter Fletcher | ... | Bytes' Boy | |
| Lesley Dunlop | ... | Nora | |
| Phoebe Nicholls | ... | Merrick's Mother | |
| Pat Gorman | ... | Fairground Bobby | |
| Claire Davenport | ... | Fat Lady |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
124 minLanguage:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Iceland:LH | Portugal:M/12 | Italy:VM14 | USA:PG (Approved No.26063) | Spain:T | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A | Finland:K-16 | Ireland:12 | Norway:16 (original rating) | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:AA (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) | West Germany:12MOVIEmeter: 
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[first lines]Skeleton Man: Get rid of them! I don't want to see them!
Fat Lady: Darling, don't be difficult! Let's take our sweet lovely children on an outing.
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Adagio For Strings moreFAQ
A NOTE REGARDING SPOILERSHow much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
Did everything happen to Merrick just like in the film?
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This movie changed my life forever. To see someone so beautiful, dignified, and unique, hidden behind a body and face that society considers ugly, made me realize how the body is a decaying pile of dust, but the soul is a breath-taking and uniquely formed indestructible diamond.
I believe that everyone should get a chance to see this film, for those of an open mind, and a caring soul, there is nothing else like it.
It also shows the detestable ways some people treat others. I felt at first pity for John Merrick, but then my feelings changed to admiration, as the film went on. John, in the film starts as a severely deformed mute figure being badly mistreated, as the story progresses, he becomes the hero. A bold and courageous man, standing against the evils of modern society.
Joseph (John) Merrick, was a man so one-of-a-kind, that someone else like him physically or emotionally will never appear again. His life should be taken as an example to everyone.
As in the film, John's mother says "Nothing will Die", Joseph Merrick will live on in the hearts and souls of everyone who has witnessed the story of his life.
My love goes to Joseph Merrick, where ever he may be.