The Elephant Man (film) use of the title. "The Elephant Man" was met with critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds a 90% rating, based on 42 reviews, with an average score of 8.4/10. The site's consensus reads, "David Lynch's relatively straight second feature finds an admirable synthesis of compassion and restraint in treating its subject, and features outstanding performances by John Hurt and Anthony Hopkins." Vincent Canby wrote: "Mr. Hurt is truly remarkable. It can't be easy to act under such a heavy mask ... the physical production is beautiful, especially Freddie Francis's black-and-white photography." A small number of critics were less
The Iron Man (1930 film) The Iron Man (1930 film) The Iron Man is a 1930 animated film which was directed by John Foster and Harry Bailey. It was produced by The Van Beuren Corporation, and released by Pathe, a film distributor which had the newsreel Pathe News. The film was also part of the early sound cartoon series entitled "Aesop's Sound Fables". However, although the film is part of that-said series, the film is actually not based on a fable written by Aesop. Another abnormality with this film is that although it was released in 1930, the copyright notice on the actual film reads