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THE ELEPHANT MAN opens in NY. Directed by David Lynch. Written by Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren and David Lynch. Based on The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences by Frederck Treves and The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity by Ashley Montagu. John Hurt & Anthony Hopkins excel in singularly poignant, heart-wrenching, Victorian London-set tale recounting the brief tortured life of horribly deformed young man rescued from carnival freak show by kindly doctor. With Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud and Wendy Hiller.
