SCREENING IN THE BERNARD OSHER FOUNDATION AUDITORIUM
“A very pleasurable surprise. Lighted by Freddie Francis, this film is perhaps the most beautiful example of black-and-white cinematography in about 15 years.”
124 minutes. Rated PG. Directed by David Lynch. In English. DCP.
This is the story of a brilliant young surgeon, who finds in a Victorian circus side-show a man so hideously deformed that he is condemned to a life of degradation as a freak. He is John Merrick, known to circus audiences throughout the country as 'The Elephant Man'. Although Merrick cannot be cured, Treves battles to rescue him from the squalor of his surroundings and give him a life of dignity and comfort...
ADDITIONAL SCREENINGS in this series:
The Straight Story (1999): Sunday, June 15 at 4 p.m.
Inland Empire (2006): Sunday, June 22 at 2:30 p.m.
Wild at Heart (1990): Sunday, June 29 at 3 p.m.