Brutish Bytes, his "owner", only wants whatever he can get economically by presenting Merrick as a freak. Treves manages to bring Merrick under his care at the hospital, not without several of its ...

When the London surgeon Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins) meets the freak-show performer John Merrick (John Hurt), who has severe skeletal and soft-tissue deformities, he assumes that he must be ...

This poignant movie draws inspiration from the life of Joseph Merrick, a British artist who had extreme physical deformities, portrayed by the Oscar-nominated actor John Hurt. Frederick Treves ...

The Elephant Man,' based on Joseph Merrick's heartbreaking life story, will get another biopic treatment from the director of ...