The Elephant Man (film) Out" (where it placed 19th) and "Paste" (56th). The film also received five votes in the 2012 "Sight & Sound" polls. "The Elephant Man" was nominated for eight Academy Awards, tying with "Raging Bull" at the 53rd Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Actor in a Leading Role (John Hurt), Art Direction-Set Decoration (Stuart Craig, Robert Cartwright, Hugh Scaife), Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Music: Original Score, and Writing: Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. However, the film did not win any. People in the industry were appalled that the movie was not going to be honored
The Elephant Man (film) Bergen after receiving the script from his babysitter. Sanger had been working as Mel Brooks' assistant director on "High Anxiety". Sanger showed Brooks the script, which he read and decided to help finance the film through Brooksfilms, his new company. Brooks' personal assistant, Stuart Cornfeld, suggested David Lynch to Sanger. Sanger met Lynch and they shared scripts they were working on ("The Elephant Man" and Lynch's "Ronnie Rocket"). Lynch told Sanger that he would love to direct the script after reading it, and Sanger endorsed him after hearing Lynch's ideas. However, Brooks had not heard of David Lynch at the