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- In my opinion, this is the most powerful scene in the film; quiet but powerful.
If you ever want to learn acting watch Hannah Gordon, the woman, from 0:58 on-- she can act (face expression, voice inflections, 'Oxford English' are dead-on). The Elephant Man is a 1980 drama film based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 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.
London Hospital surgeon Frederick Treves discovers John Merrick in a Victorian freak show in London's East End, where he is managed by the brutish Bytes. Merrick is so deformed that he must wear a hood and cap when in public, and Bytes claims he is an imbecile. Treves is professionally intrigued by Merrick's condition and pays Bytes to bring him to the Hospital so that he can examine him.
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John Hurt as John Merrick - (Actually named Joseph Merrick) An intelligent, friendly and kind-hearted man who is feared by most people in his society because of his severe deformity.
Anthony Hopkins as Frederick Treves- a doctor who takes John from the freakshow to work in the hospital.
Anne Bancroft as Madge Kendal
John Gielgud as Francis Carr-Gomm
Wendy Hiller as Mrs Mothershead
Freddie Jones as Mr. Bytes,
Dexter Fletcher as Bytes’ Boy
Michael Elphick as Jim, The Night Porter
Hannah Gordon as Ann Treves
Helen Ryan as Alexandra, Princess of Wales
John Standing as Fox
Lesley Dunlop as Nora, Merrick’s Nurse
Phoebe Nicholls as Mary Jane Merrick
Morgan Sheppard as Man In Pub
Kenny Baker as Plumed Dwarf - Фільми й анімація
*Merrick was the representation that suffering is no reason to become a bad person.*
Very, very well said
Yes it takes great character to do that I think.
Look up Prince Phillips mother, Princess Alice of Greece and Denmark
She was dubbed the Royal Saint
She was declared insane
Subject to torture
They even x-rayed her uterus to bring on menopause
She stayed in Greece despite a coup and the Italian/Nazi invasions
She risked her life to help victims of war and occupation
She sold her personal fortune to help the needy
She forgave everyone from her ex husband to the doctors who tortured her to the fascists and Nazis who harmed her to the Greeks who ousted and threatened her family
Same with MLK
He was a very strong man. Very very strong.
The way he says "Would you care to see my mother?.." Is the sweetest thing in this entire world! So, sweet, polite, innocent and shy. During the whole movie I just wanted to hug Mr. Merrick! He seemed like the sweetest person that ever existed!
"No son as loving as you could ever be a disappointment." Greatest line in all the history of movies. It is the divine light within all of us, the key to human redemption.
god bless you brother
@@nicolasnouvion4097 May our Sweet Jesus bless you, Nicolas
It’s such a beautiful line and it’s completely true as well
The key to human redemption is the finished work of Jesus. Nothing else. As easy as it is to sympathize with this man because of his deformities, all of us need a savior. He sinned like the rest of us, and we all pay for that price either by going to Hell or by accepting that Jesus' blood covers all those sins.
@@chrisjones46QWhat you state is nothing more than a belief. You repeat what you have been told. Those of a different religion, possibly under similar circumstance, believe you are wrong. They repeat their belief as they have been taught. If you were taught something othwr than your belief, you would state that. If tomorrow a discovery indicated, without error, that you were wrong, you would believe that. As a result, you are not a thinking person.
"I must have been such a great disappointment to my mother. I've tried so hard to be good!"
Devasting scene.
We've all felt like this
@@burkesullivan9086 I felt so sorry for John merrick
Whole 🎥 was heartbreaking
Hanna Gordon killed this scene. Perfect.
Best scene ever.
Merrick: 'I've tried so hard to be good.' That line breaks my heart every time. Sublime acting by Hurt, Gordon and Hopkins.
Same for me.... this precise line is enough to make my tears drop. What a beautiful movie.
To think that Charlie Heaton was gonna play this guy.
"She has the face of an angel." Princess Alexandra herself once visited Merrick, and reportedly approached him unflinching and smiling, with her hand held out to shake his. Unaccustomed to beautiful women smiling at him, Merrick turned his head away and wept. The Princess also presented him with a signed photograph of herself; Merrick is said to have regarded it as an almost sacred object, keeping it on his dresser and not allowing anyone else to touch it. When Dr Treves remarked that Merrick ought to write to the princess and thank her for the gift, Merrick composed a note that began "My dearest princess . . " and the rest of the note was written in the most beautiful language "such as the most seasoned courtier might envy." Horrified at the note's informality, hospital staff suggested to Dr Treves that he ought to edit the note, but Treves insisted on dispatching it just as it was.
Hannah Gordon's acting in this devastating scene is just fantastic. You can see her breaking down slowly like she wasn't acting.
She actually was crying. It's a well known trivia
Not hard to see why because I get tears every time I see this scene. Hannah most have been a very sensitive and empathic person. The sentiment n this scene is so powerful it can hit you like a train emotionally.
Hurt's acting is so good she was lost in the moment. He was one of a kind.
There will have been good direction too, i.e. getting her to react, in the right way at the right time, but yes she pulled it off with quality.
That wasn't planned or rehearsed for this scene, this was real
I was 23 and stopped in a little town in Wyoming for the night on my way to my oil field job...It had a little theater and this was playing so I went in.. This scene ripped my heart out. I'm 6 ft 4 inches and 250 lbs and I was blubbering. Thank God the lights were out.
Your body is strong. And your heart is even stronger
What I love about this scene is that Frederick Treves’s wife while horrified at John’s deformed appearance doesn’t see him as a frightening person and sees him for who he is in the inside. She was only horrified for how he has such severe disfigurements.
And the reason she cries is because she feels so sorry for him for the way others treat him.
How the hell did John Hurt not get an Oscar for this is beyond insane. His performance here, in my opinion, the single best performance by an actor in movie history.
I agree though it's a misfortune that he came up against De Niro in Raging Bull that year.
@@cragsbythe movie was nominated for 8 and won nothing because you have to spend thousands and sometimes millions campaigning to get an Oscar.
"In my opinion, this is the most powerful scene in the film; quiet but powerful."
I completely agree. In a film full of powerful scenes, this scene stayed with me the longest.
"I've tried so hard to be good." ....... let's all just cry our freaking eyes out here, who else did?
Raises hand.....
RIP John Hurt ): his acting in this role was incredible, a truly touching and heart wrenching performance
I can't ever watch this scene without tearing up and it's been 40 years since I first saw it.
Same. It's been a long time since I first saw the film but this scene really stands out. I cry every time I watch it.
ortho-g9826 I had needed 25 years to beat up my terror.
His disease made him LOOK like a grotesque monster. But he was obviously a gentle and caring soul. Causes the same reaction I had when I saw John Cofey and the green mile. Two gentle, mistreated souls whose otherworldly gifts/kindness will stop then break your heart.
If someone doesn't feel for this Man and his pain,They DON'T HAVE A HEART.
No child or young adult should say this ever if they were going the same stigma as Joseph Merrick was going through in the Victorian England. When he said ''I must have been such a great disappointment to my mother. I've tried so hard to be good!", that hit me in a way that I thought I could never imagine in my life
A 2 min clip of this film was all it took to bring tears to the eyes of this 39 year old man.
Incredible film that I only found out was produced by none other than Mel Brooks.
Word
I don’t trust anybody who didn’t burst into tears during this scene
The sad thing for me is that I didn't cry; that is, I _COULDN'T_ cry.
Because unlike most viewers of this film -- though for very different reasons, I obviously didn't experience Joseph Merrick's particular hardships -- I _DID_ experience the neglect he describes here (a mom who never loved me, for 23 years, despite all my vain efforts to be what she wanted). So nothing about this scene is remotely shocking enough to phase me. To me, that's just the reality of life. I obviously feel empathy for him when I watch it, but I don't cry. When something like that is your life, you eventually just stop crying because you accept it as normal. I stopped crying a long time ago.
Fantastic movie that truly shows the kindness, love and compassion that still exists in we few human beings blessed with such traits.
Hannah Gordon is devastatingly good! At 1:38, her reaction to Merrick's pleading question is remarkable. When she looks to her husband at 2:00, beseeching him for strength and then succumbs to her anguish. Heartrending!
I remember watching this film when I was a kid. Such a heartbreak... A beautiful and tragic story that somehow aligns the soul and puts all in to perspective
Another dream works just like this: A woman with a child, who has a noticeably misshapen skull; she has heard about this child that it has become so because of its position in the mother's womb. The skull, the doctor says, could be reshaped by compression, but the brain would suffer. She thinks: because it is a boy, it suffers less. - This dream contains the plastic representation of the abstract concept of 'childhood impressions'.
S. Freud, 1900
This film is a tear jerker. There's so many tear jerker films out there. Steel Magnolias (1989), Mask (1985), The Elephant Man (1980), Beaches (1988), Titanic (1997), Simon Birch (1998), Schindler's List (1993), The Green Mile (1999), Losing Isiah (1999), Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979), Rain Man (1988), I Am Sam (2001), Monster's Ball (2002), The Accused (1988), Nell (1994), etc. The list goes on and on. This film was one of my mom's favorite films. R.I.P. Mom (1966-2023), I love you and rest easy with God, Jesus and his angels. I love this film. Love David Lynch.
"I've tried so hard to be good..."
Hannah Gordon looks to her husband for strength; pleading with her eyes and her soul...
Incredible acting talent!
The scene has lot nothing of its impact, despite its 43 years.
Everytime i see this scene , im crying
There is another beautiful & impressive scene when he saw that painting shows a man sleeping on his back , he wished he could sleep normal like him , so he asked the doctor if he can cure him ,
Oh dear, I'm crying again. Thank you kindly for this. Back to rehab I guess
+Greg Parkin NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER give up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EVER!!!!!!!!!!!
+Redshiftdazzler Cyn Jimmy Sharman's Boxers
+Greg Parkin *HUG*
Come on give me a hug
I read somewhere that when Anthony Hopkins got the role of Hannibal lecter in Silence of the lambs he was hesitant on the part because he played such a good doctor in this movie the elephant man. The director then told Hopkins “Dr lecter is a good doctor he’s just insane”
I agree; this is scene has never left my mind. Very powerful. Still makes me cry.
I think what breaks my heart the most is two-fold. One, his longing for the love and acknowledgement of his mother. The audience can only suspect she might be as bad as any person from the Victorian era with only ignorance and disgust to offer him. The thought of a mother being disappointed and not being there for her disfigured but exceedingly brilliant and gentle boy when he needs her the most is just utterly heart stabbing to think of. The other aspect of it is he doesn't approach this delicate thought with any entitlement...he feels that perhaps the reason he needs to earn his mothers love is perhaps she doesn't know who he is, and whether he is a good person....and a mother is the one person in our life who SHOULD SEE THAT WHEN NO ONE ELSE DOES.
I think she died in child birth, and before was hit or trampled by elephants, hence his name?
I'm not crying! YOU'RE CRYING!
NO YOU ARE
Stop fighting right FUCKING NOW
My exs little sister was watching this with us... and when this scene happened... i heard her sobbing... i turned to her, and with big fat tears dripping down her eyes she said... "thats so sad"
when i first saw this movie/ scene a few days ago i was sobbing and said the exact same thing to my bf
Every scene in this movie makes me want to cry. The misery, the pain, the emotions he must have went through just gives me this feeling in my stomach like I’m going to start balling. Be grateful for what you have because this man had so little of what we take for granted.
i said i wont cry seeing it again,but i couldnt,i cried again in that part.his voice is so kind and omg lynch you are so talented...
When he says Friends its like he never had a true friend 😥😞
Heart breaking....weep every time I see this movie, particularly this scene. John Hurt was phenomenal in the role.... should have received an Oscar or Bafta.❤
Haven’t watched a ton of movies in my lifetime, but of all that I’ve watched, I consider this the best. This scene gets me every time.😢
This movie was heartbreaking from start too finish
This scene makes me cry like a baby every time for the last 40 years. The ladies' reaction really sets you off.
You are so right. A truly great scene and no matter how many times I watch it, when she breaks down, something in my heart breaks as well.
Pulverising scene. Tour de force by all involved. RIP John Hurt. x
this film is a life changer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will never ever forget it....it is so beautiful and ugly in all humanity. I cried and I still cry...
One of Lynch's best. The man makes great films when he switches off his 'ASK ME WHAT IT MEANS!' mode. The Straight Story is another.
I put this one off for a long time and damn it really delivered. This is the scene I'll remember. So beautiful.
Unfortunatly that line isn't in the video but the way how excited he sounded when he asked to see the picture of the children almost made me cry!
What a unique person . What troulbles me is he is still on show . His skeleton its wrong lay him too rest give him peace .
He's not on show, according to his wikipedia article. Kept in the Royal Hospital
Mark Ringer Lay him to rest? What rubbish! He no longer exists. There is nothing to be laid to rest.
@@TheTricktracktruck when I started my training at the Royal London, his skeleton was on show in the hospital's medical museum. Accessible only for staff, and for teaching purposes. This was over 20 yrs ago though. Tests were still being done on the remains. I do hope he's been laid to rest by now, though.
What a beautiful kind man.God bless his soul💖
😭❤️😭❤️😭❤️😭❤️😭❤️😭❤️😭❤️😭❤️. THE ONE AND ONLY JOHN HURD should’ve won A HUNDRED OSCARS FOR THIS ROLE. His MAGNIFICENT RECREATION of Merrick is one of Hollywoods TOP FIVE performances of ALL TIME. BEYOND HEARTBREAKING as it was a TRUE STORY. And probably even more unbearably CRUEL than it’s portrayed in this film, unimaginably.
i seen this for the the first time yesterday..john hurt greatest role ever..this scene broke my hart and took me back to when i was incarcerated and the film in general as to how people can treat each other..don't think i'll ever watch it again too cruel.
The actress is so incredibly perfect in this scene
Unbelievable....all these years later and I'm still crying
when one treats a human with dignity and respect , no matter how gruesome that human looks , he/she becomes human...TREAT him/her otherwise and everything changes
RIP John Hurt
Do you mean Joseph Merrick
@@sighchilliyon He was the actor that portrayed John Merrick in this picture
I had no idea that this movie featured so many onions being peeled ... 😭
Just watched this film
It is a lesson in human cruelty. I loved it and it broke my heart at the same time. Phenomenal film.
If everyone lived a single day in this mans shoes the world would be a much better place ❤
I legit think that actress is breaking down & crying for real in this scene!!!!!
When I first saw this when it came out in the theaters there were 2 teen age girls in the front row that wouldn't stop laughing at the movie. They finally left before the movie was over but it was a reminder to me of the human capacity for being insensitive to the pain of others.
This movie shows that people who look different are still amazing in the inside
This movie makes me sad for Joseph Merrick. ..Rest in Peace
He was a real person. Bless his heart. The whole story of his life would greatly trouble most people. He couldn’t love because he wasn’t loved. The story of my life. That much at least, we have in common
We must not have seen the same movie. He came across to me as a very loving person despite his isolated upbringing. I believe his act of suicide was his not wanting to be a further financial burden to his kind caretakers. I, too, had a mother who despised me and when she wasn't ignoring me she was berating me, yet I learned how to be loving despite 18 years of affection deprivation by avoiding acting like she did especially when I realized that nothing that happened to me and nothing anyone did to me was to blame for what I would later do. Sure, I could have used my tragic upbringing as an excuse to become a drug addict or alcoholic, but that's what it would have been an excuse. Through her example, I knew what I did not want to become, a jaded, angry, embittered, unloving, and unkind person, much as the child of alcoholic parents learns to avoid alcohol, if they're smart.
@@artypearson2686 there’s different takes on the story. The film was one take. Can you imagine though, if you were in his condition?
Apparantly in reality, he was a lot stronger person who ran a lot of his own affairs, but a lot of the hospital and later parts were true.@@ds10363
My uncle used to go to the pub and have a beer with John Hurt. He didn't have a clue who he was!
Just watched this film for the 2nd time and it makes you wonder how cruel ppl can be , this goes to show why so many young ppl have committed suicide Ppl can be so hurtful
My god, far worse things went on in those days and now, but in reality, his life wasn't to the deprevation level the film has protyrayed.
I'm amazed people can still believe in a loving god after learning about a case like Joseph Merrick's
I cried my eyes out the first time I saw this movie. My eyes still tear up to this day during many scenes. However, I've found out that, as good as this movie is, it isn't entirely accurate. Joseph Carrey Marrick was actually a lot more capable and was a lot more in control of his life then was made out in the movie.
I ve tried so hard to be good, when in fact it s the people who mocked him that should have tried. I ve been mocked during all my highscool years because i didn t like to talk or communicate
I was not a bad person, just extremely shy. The others thought i was an idiot or when they were nice a strange guy. I have not suffered like Merrick but my teenage years are something i d like to forget. Be nice to people.
The actress really cried here its off script i think when i read some article.. she really felt sorry and breakdown.
I can believe that. John Hurt (as John/ Joseph) seems quite taken aback. It's hard to tell if it's impromptu or very good acting, but either way it's extremely impactful. I've only just stopped sobbing.
I've always found this film to be moving, but there are a few inaccuracies in it. To begin with, Merrick's actual first name (as noted in the notes above) was "Joseph", not "John". A doctor (not Treves) incorrectly recorded it as "John" and the name somehow stuck; sad, as the man not only lost much due to his condition, he lost his first name too. The actress portrayed by Anne Bancroft did send Merrick a letter and her photo, but they never actually met. Joseph Merrick wasn't able to communicate as well as is depicted in the film; Dr. Treves was eventually able to understand him. Finally, Merrick was never forced into being exhibited as a "freak", nor was he beaten by his manager. Being unable to find regular employment, he voluntarily signed on for it. Nevertheless, despite all of this, the film is still powerful to this day, with a powerful message and wonderful acting from all concerned.
Thanks for making a masterpiece, David Lynch.
''Tis true my form is something odd''
''But blaming me is blaming god''
''Could i create myself a new''
''I would not fail in pleasing you''
''If i could reach from pole to pole''
''Or grasp the ocean with a span''
''I could be measured by the soul''
''The mind's the standard of a man''
-Joseph Carey Merrick
Beautiful poem 👍
So, sad! He was treated so badly over a disease he had that was not his fault.
This movie just breaks me every time l see it...brilliant and incredibly sad all in one.
Now people will believe me - when I KEEP TELLING PEOPLE that we didn't realize AT THE TIME THAT THE 1980S - Produced the greatest ever movies.. This was one, just to start off the 1980s.
Anyone else in tears?
Heart breaking beyond the pale.
Saw the movie in a theater two days ago, 4K restoration. I saw it once years ago and didn't like it that much, but it's one of those films I think you have to kinda mature into.
I loved it now and honestly between this and Raging bull, I have no idea how come the Academy gave the top award to Redford and Ordinary People. Not that that isn't a great film, but Elephant man is next level.
Very sad, hard and powerful film to watch. Hopkins is great, Hurt is even better. Just really something else.
They are good people
Fredrick and his wife
They like joseph just like what he are
All but unwatchable, [but in a good way] even after all these years and God knows how many times I've seen it.
So is this like the saddest movie ever made or what?
Or at least one of the saddest.
It is one of the saddest movie ever made, Dancer in the Dark (2000)
was probably the saddest movie for me.
ok it's not like that I'm crying but My tears are just like a shower .
I think only an AI could watch this movie and not be moved to tears
First time watching the film i stopped right at this scene.
Years later i still can't get myself to watch it complete. This film and grave of fireflies.
Another one of my favourite actors.
r.i.p old man x
Gordon,I agree.
What a wonderful man he was.;
For me John Hurt has got to in the top 3 British actors of all time.
never cried so much
Unfortunately, John Hurt was up against Robert DeNiro that year at the Oscars and lost out to his portrayal of Jake LaMotta...
Just saw it...cried for most of it
yup. Still makes me cry even without watching the whole movie.
Hannah cordon actually started crying and dat is why she was saying sorry .
The saddest thing about this scene, for me is that I didn't cry... that is to say, I COULDN'T cry. Though I obviously didn't experience Joseph Merrick's particular hardships, I DID experience the neglect he describes here (a mom who never loved me, for 23 years, despite trying my damned hardest to be the person she wanted me to be).
For viewers who cry, it's probably because they've never experienced anything like this and the concept of something that cruel is shocking. This scene does not remotely shock me. That's just life, to me. I obviously empathize with him when I watch it, but I can't cry. When something like that is your life, from the time you're born, you eventually just stop being able to cry because you accept it as normal...
...I stopped crying a long time ago.
Awesome. and I agree. Nice quality clip too.
One of my favorite movies
This movie scared the hell out of me...
Please Mrs Treeves. Don't cry.
How can this happen to someone? Nobody deserves this
If people didn’t know Merrick was played by John Hurt, only found this out today
The trailer always makes me cry
1:21 So I am starting my own water park 😭
Hannah Gordon Portrays a heart of beauty and grace! Indelibly
marked on my own heart.
Yes, but she did mow down Victor Meldew years later...I'll never forgive her.
So beautiful movie ❤️❤️❤️❤️