The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed

Overview

This collage of interviews with the producers, John Hurt, and the makeup man comes off as both interesting and informative. Hurt's recollections about the role and the crazy makeup he worked in, are fascinating, as are the stories about the makeup artist using the real remains of John Merrick archived in the London hospital. A shorter bit has the artist explaining the exact construction of his amibitious makup, and he also narrates a slide show that includes color photos of the finished work. There are some mind-boggling stills of the real Merrick's grotesquely contorted skull, where excess bone seems to have grown like tallow dripping from a horrible candle, or a foaming tumor of excess calcification.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 11, 2001

Original language

English

Spoken languages

english

Countries

United States of America

Production

Paramount Home Entertainment

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1266715