• Director(s)

    David Lynch

  • Production Year

    1980

  • Release date

    13/03/2020

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    123m

  • Cast

    Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Freddie Jones, Michael Elphick, Hannah Gordon, Helen Ryan, John Standing, Dexter Fletcher, Lesley Dunlop, Frederick Treves, Stromboli, Deirdre Costello, Pauline Quirk, Patricia Hodge

Film

The Elephant Man

moderate threat, upsetting scenes, injury detail

THE ELEPHANT MAN is a drama, based on a true story, about the life of a man living in Victorian London who has a facial disfigurement.…

THE ELEPHANT MAN is a drama, based on a true story, about the life of a man living in Victorian London who has a facial disfigurement.

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threat and horror
There is a prolonged sequence in which a disfigured man is humiliated by a crowd of people. Women are pushed towards his bed, a man forces him to consume alcohol, and another uses a mirror to draw attention to his appearance. There are also scenes set in a Victorian 'freak show' in which a showman bullies and beats the disfigured man. In other sequences, the man is chased and corned in a station toilet, and a woman is impressionistically attacked and trampled by a herd of elephants but without visible injury detail.
injury detail
An operation is performed on a man whose chest is badly burned. In another scene two women fight in a pub, resulting in cut and bloodied faces. There are discriminatory references to a man's physical deformity, including being described as a 'freak' and 'a monster'. However, these references are not condoned by the film as a whole. There is also infrequent mild bad language ('bastard').

  • Director(s)

    David Lynch

  • Production Year

    1980

  • Release date

    13/03/2020

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    123m

  • Cast

    Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Freddie Jones, Michael Elphick, Hannah Gordon, Helen Ryan, John Standing, Dexter Fletcher, Lesley Dunlop, Frederick Treves, Stromboli, Deirdre Costello, Pauline Quirk, Patricia Hodge

moderate threat, upsetting scenes, injury detail
Classified Date:
05/02/2020
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
threat and horror
There is a prolonged sequence in which a disfigured man is humiliated by a crowd of people. Women are pushed towards his bed, a man forces him to consume alcohol, and another uses a mirror to draw attention to his appearance. There are also scenes set in a Victorian "freak show" in which a showman bullies and beats the disfigured man. In other sequences, the man is chased and corned in a station toilet, and a woman is impressionistically attacked and trampled by a herd of elephants but without visible injury detail.
injury detail
An operation is performed on a man whose chest is badly burned. In another scene two women fight in a pub, resulting in cut and bloodied faces.
additional issues
There are discriminatory references to a man's physical deformity, including being described as a "freak" and "a monster". However, these references are not condoned by the film as a whole. There is also infrequent mild bad language ('bastard').
moderate threat, upsetting scenes, injury detail
Classified Date:
05/02/2020
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
threat and horror
There is a prolonged sequence in which a disfigured man is humiliated by a crowd of people. Women are pushed towards his bed, a man forces him to consume alcohol, and another uses a mirror to draw attention to his appearance. There are also scenes set in a Victorian 'freak show' in which a showman bullies and beats the disfigured man. In other sequences, the man is chased and corned in a station toilet, and a woman is impressionistically attacked and trampled by a herd of elephants but without visible injury detail.
injury detail
An operation is performed on a man whose chest is badly burned. In another scene two women fight in a pub, resulting in cut and bloodied faces. There are discriminatory references to a man's physical deformity, including being described as a 'freak' and 'a monster'. However, these references are not condoned by the film as a whole. There is also infrequent mild bad language ('bastard').
Classified Date:
29/08/1980
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Columbia-Emi-Warner Dists Ltd
Contains mild horror and violence
Classified Date:
02/04/2007
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Technicolor Home Entertainment Services
Classified Date:
23/04/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Momentum Pictures
Classified Date:
06/12/2000
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd. - Video
Classified Date:
26/01/1996
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
11/02/1987
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
04/02/2020
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
Paperwork Remarks:
Trailer 60''
Classified Date:
20/07/1995
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd

  • Classified date

    05/02/2020

  • BBFC reference

    BFF029503

  • Language

    English