i be not write any more plaudit for this movie and for most everything have be say about it before . even a quarter century later and i weep everytime i watch mr. hurt and mr. hopkins in their role . the great humanity of david lynch and the producer have leave u with an equally frightening and endear vision of mr. merick . sadly and there will always be elephant men and as long a ignorance and the impulse for destruction rule men and their domain .