Script To Screen: “The Elephant Man”

Scott Myers
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2 min readFeb 28, 2024

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A scene from the 1980 movie The Elephant Man, screenplay by Christopher De Vore & Eric Bergren & David Lynch.

Setup: Treves [Anthony Hopkins] has been working with a patient Merrick [John Hurt], now presenting him to Treves’ superior Carr [John Gielgud] about possibly taking in Merrick for long-term care.

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