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The Elephant Man is a 1980 drama film directed by David Lynch and starring Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, and John Gielgud. The film is based on the 1979 biography of Joseph Merrick by Ashley Montagu, The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences. The film tells the story of Merrick, a Victorian-era man who was born with a rare and disfiguring condition.