The Elephant Man (film) The Elephant Man (film) The Elephant Man is a 1980 American historical drama film about Joseph Merrick (whom the script calls John Merrick), a severely deformed man in late 19th century London. The film was directed by David Lynch and stars John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Michael Elphick, Hannah Gordon, and Freddie Jones. It was produced by Jonathan Sanger and Mel Brooks, the latter of whom was intentionally left uncredited to avoid confusion from audiences who possibly would have expected a comedy. The screenplay was adapted by Lynch, Christopher De Vore, and Eric Bergren from
The Iron Man (1930 film) short dramatic number will go along well with this." 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