Jack Huston, known for his acting work in Boardwalk Empire and American Hustle, has come aboard to direct a biopic centered ...

Phoenix Pictures has set Jack Huston to direct the upcoming feature film Joseph Merrick, revolving around the individual ...

In Victorian London, Dr. Frederick Treves with the London Hospital comes across a circus sideshow attraction run by a man named Bytes called "The Elephant Man". In actuality, the creature on ...

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: Philip Anglim was nominated but did not win. Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play: Carole Shelley won.

The Elephant Man is loosely based on the life of Joseph Merrick, a British artist with severe physical deformities, played by Oscar-nominated actor John Hurt. Frederick Treves, played by Anthony ...

the film follows renowned doctor Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins), who rescues the titular Elephant Man (here called “John,” and played by John Hurt) from a carnival in order to study him ...

In 1884, an ambitious young surgeon is intrigued by a sideshow freak billed as the Elephant Man. He finds, behind the disfigured exhibit, an intelligent person whose rehabilitation he undertakes.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: Philip Anglim was nominated but did not win. Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play: Carole Shelley won.