The Elephant Man (film) me hate acting." Because of the strain on the actor, he worked alternate days. Lynch originally wanted Jack Nance for the title character. "But it just wasn't in the cards," Lynch says; the role went to John Hurt after Brooks, Lynch and Sanger saw his performance in "The Naked Civil Servant" as Quentin Crisp. Lynch bookended the film with surrealist sequences centered around Merrick's mother and her death. Lynch used Samuel Barber’s "Adagio for Strings" to underline the end of the film and Merrick's own death. The film's composer, John Morris, argued against using the music, stating that "this piece
The Golden Elephant Arun Jaitley unveiled a mobile app for the festival on the inaugural day. The arts, crafts and cultural village of Shilparamam in Hyderabad was a set for screenings of children's movies in multiple venues in the city. The Golden Elephant International Children's Film Festival India (ICFFI), popularily known as the Golden Elephant, is a festival conducted every two years which is aimed to bring together national and international children's cinema to young audiences in India. Children's Film Society which was formed in 1955 organizes the festival. The society is currently chaired by Mukesh Khanna. Awards for films in Competition Little