It’s a very sensory depiction of the werewolf curse, but understated, in the sense that Blake doesn’t really resemble an animal, but a deformed man. Of course, it’s really a heavy-handed ...

Mel Brooks then hired Lynch to direct 1980's "The Elephant Man," which chronicles the life of a severely deformed man (played by John Hurt) living in 19th-century London. It garnered eight Oscar ...

Then came his Mel Brooks-produced breakout hit The Elephant Man in 1980, a portrait loosely-based on the life of Joseph Merrick, a deformed man working as a sideshow performer in Victorian England.

ZUMAPRESS.com Lynch’s next film was 1980’s “The Elephant Man,” about a severely deformed man living in London. The movie, starring John Hurt and Anthony Hopkins, was nominated for eight ...

He also directed The Elephant Man in 1980, a masterpiece film loosely based on the story of Joseph Merrick, a severely deformed man who was ­rescued from a freak show. Lynch told last August how ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The death of American filmmaker David Lynch, who was also a painter, musician, sound designer, actor, singer and photographer ...

David Lynch’s passing wasn’t expected, exactly. In the past few years, he had been battling crippling emphysema after a lifetime of smoking. In November he told People that he could “hardly ...

From a land of dinosaurs to a secret military base, science fiction has speculated wildly about what might be hiding at the centre of the Earth. Now, a study suggests that our planet's innermost ...

Producer Mel Brooks tapped into his genius when he hired him to helm 1980's "The Elephant Man," a real-life period piece starring John Hurt and Anthony Hopkins about a deformed man named John ...

Major success came in the 1980s with the release of The Elephant Man, loosely based on the life of Joseph Merrick, a severely deformed man who lived in London in the late 19th century, and Blue ...

I guess ‘Eraserhead’ spoke to him, and off we went.” “The Elephant Man,” about Joseph Merrick, a severely deformed man who became a circus attraction in 19th century Europe, earned eight ...

“The Elephant Man,” about a severely deformed man in Victorian London, was nominated for eight Academy Awards in 1981. Although it failed to win an Oscar, it launched Lynch into the mainstrea ...