The Elephant Man (trailer)

Life! Surprises. Ladies and gentlemen. The terrible. Elephant. Man. At first, you will want to turn away from him. Then, you may find him a silent, un-resisting target for your ridicule. Stand up.

Mr. Why'd you hate so big Mr. Ha ha! But if you come to know him, have you always been the way, Lana? You will begin to see beyond the perversion of his form. I am in any pain, are your parents still alive, your father, your mother?

And discover the beauty in the beast. His English? He is 21. His name is John Merrick. Did no time have I met with such a perverted or degraded version of a human being is this man?

Might have assumed then that he is ultimately incurable? Yes, sir. This hospital doesn't accept incurable. It's the free-counting. This is monster! If you ask my opinion, he's only being scared at all over again. People pay money to see your monster, Mr. Treaks, are collected.

You're the monster, you're the freak! What was it all for? Why did I do it? And perhaps for the first time, you will understand the true meaning of courage and human dignity. I...I'm not a animal.

I...I'm a human being. You are not an elephant, Peril. Anthony Hopkins and Bankrupt. Sir John Gielgood, Wendy Hiller, and John Hurt as the elephant man coming from Paramount Pictures.