John Hurt said in an interview about this film: "If you got to the end without being moved, I don’t think I’d want to know you."

@Slasherhorror1980

3 жыл бұрын

They're most likely a psychopath.

@sweetkiss119

3 жыл бұрын

@Silhouette sad

@sweetkiss119

3 жыл бұрын

@Silhouette still doesn’t change that you are a sad human being if you watched this and felt no human emotions other than boredom. Makes me wonder how old you are. If you are an adult than that’s extra extra sad. But some people have no heart so what can ya do.

@sweetkiss119

3 жыл бұрын

@Silhouette 🤣🤣🤣🤣 what a whack job you are. Bye internet freak 👋👋👋

@porflepopnecker4376

3 жыл бұрын

One doesn't have to like a particular movie in order to be a worthy human being. I don't think I'd want to know an actor who would hype his movie in that way.

I'm ashamed to say when I was 11-12 years old there was class in my grammar school with kids with cerebral palsy in wheel chairs that we use to snicker at when we saw them in the hallways. Not knowing this, my father took me to see this movie when I was 12 and I was so upset, so sad watching this movie I can honestly say it changed my life. I felt horrible about how I would laugh at those kids at school. How I thought their contorted bodies were funny. About a month or so after seeing this movie I got up the courage to go over to one of these kids at school and introduced myself. He couldn't speak but his aide told me his name was Gary. I said 'Hi" to Gary every chance I got whenever I saw him the hallways again. He seemed to be excited by that. At least his aide told me he was. As the fates would have it, my daughter was born with cerebral palsy and I'm now a single dad caring for her. I'm not posting this to pat my self on the back -- far from it -- but rather to say movies can and do have the ability to change us and make us better people.

@Snapify115

2 жыл бұрын

You got me in my feelings with that

@r.a.c.5754

Жыл бұрын

Schools ought to screen this movie for precisely the reasons you said.

@thoughtfuldevil6069

Жыл бұрын

My gf and I broke up today, and my name is Gary. I really appreciate your story. It helped somebody you'll probably never meet, and I wanted you to know that. Thank you Granny.

@phoebevaughan5095

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your story - I wish you and your daughter the best x

@darkanguiel

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your story. We can all be irreflexive and unconciously cruel at young age. It's not what you are at that point; it's what you learn all the way, and the kind of man/woman you end up becoming. Sending you a big hug.

Fun fact: The film industry heavily criticized the Oscars for not recognizing the makeup effects in this film, which prompted them to create the Best Makeup and Hairstyling category.

@TheHulk2008

3 жыл бұрын

Rick Baker was a God

@leej70

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheHulk2008 Rick Baker didn't do the make up for this film though.

@EmilyGloeggler7984

3 жыл бұрын

@@leej70 It was Christopher Tucker who did the makeup in this film and he actually based the makeup directly off of Joseph Merrick’s death mask/cast. Christopher Tucker also did the makeup design for the character of the Phantom in the Andrew Lloyd Webber stage musical “The Phantom of the Opera”

@M85619

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheHulk2008 won for American Werewolf in London

@tudorjason

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't know this. That's good. But I don't think a movie with such serious and sad subject matter has been nominated in that category anyway. Except maybe Mask. But I'm not going to bother looking that up.

"I am not an animal! I am a human being. I am a man." 😪😞😭

@user-vb5yg2ef3m

3 жыл бұрын

😭😭😭

@hob_channel

3 жыл бұрын

It reminded me of The Penguin from "Batman Returns".

This film terrified me as a child and now breaks my heart as an adult. It's an absolute classic.

@OneDarkMartian

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! I had nightmares as a kid. Definitely heartbreaking now.

@commanderkruge

3 жыл бұрын

It kinda IS a horror movie if you think about it. Only it's one of those where the average people and not the "ugly creature" turn out to be the bad ones.

@jonnyyen7169

3 жыл бұрын

Ditto

@filthyclown8033

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, I was young when I saw this, terrified me more than any horror film!

@rvdthedudar9231

3 жыл бұрын

Very well said. Scared me for years as a kid. Now it touches me & breaks my heart as well. Kindness. Simple kindness to those who are different.

Mel Brooks Co-Produced this but insisted he wasn't credited so there would be no misunderstanding that it was a comedy.

@TheMKCrab

3 жыл бұрын

he also personally picked David Lynch to direct after seeing Eraserhead

@SierraSierraFoxtrot

3 жыл бұрын

John Hurt would go on to do cameos in at least two Mel Brooks movies, "Spaceballs" and "History of The World Part I".

@kimberlyjeanne9456

3 жыл бұрын

And Brook’s wife Anne Bancroft, was the theater actress who befriends John Merrick

It’s heartening to see two young guys appreciate a movie like this, and the issues it raises. Amazing how powerful thoughtful acts of kindness can be.

The montage in the beginning was about his mother being frightened by an elephant, not raped. There used to be a belief that a trauma suffered by a pregnant woman would manifest itself by abnormalities in the baby. I saw this in a theater when it came out, against my will, and I loved it. I had forgotten that Anne Bancroft was in it. I love her work.

@Charles12

Жыл бұрын

Listen if anyone makes you think an elephant could rape a person, it's David Lynch. I wouldn't be surprised if that was intent.

@Acoustic-Rabbit-Hole

5 ай бұрын

Altac, I'm quite sure that David Lynch was suggesting that the woman was being r@ped by an Elephant. The idea being that that would be part of the gossip that and stories the the public was making about Mr. Merrick as an explanation for being The Elephant Man.

@jackal59

2 ай бұрын

I agree that that an attack is what's being shown, but it certainly is being depicted as a rape.

"Tis true my form is something odd, but blaming me is blaming God. Could I create myself anew, I would not fail in pleasing you. If I could reach from pole to pole or grasp the ocean with a span, I would be measured by the soul; the mind's the standard of the man." - Joseph Merrick

@georgemorley1029

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@cameronvincent3122

2 жыл бұрын

An excerpt of the poem, "False Greatness" by Isaac Watts, if anyone was curious.

The part where Anne Bancroft recites Romeo and Juliet with the protagonist runs me over like a freight train

@gordondafoe3516

5 ай бұрын

That scene was pure "Hollywood". Mrs. Kendal never met Joseph Merrick, her husband did. However she did send Merrick a kind letter and an autographed photo of herself.

This film was actually produced by Mel Brooks, which he deliberately kept out of all the marketing as it would naturally make people think the movie was a comedy. He's the one who saw David Lynch's one previous film Eraserhead and decided there was enough potential there to give him a more professional movie like this, enabling Lynch to go on to one of the most unapologetically weird movie careers ever.

@gerbear3227

3 жыл бұрын

can you please recommmend some other really exceptional Lynch fimls?

@ericjanssen394

3 жыл бұрын

​@@gerbear3227 The 1984 Dune was the last "old-style" Lynch film before his style went into a stranger different direction with Blue Velvet and the first TV season of Twin Peaks: Up to that point, his "Erasherhead" style was trying to imitate the technical style of nighttime dreams--When Elephant Man begins with abstract images, and then Hopkins' sudden "Where am I??" turn into the story...yep, I've had ones like that.

@TerryNationB7

3 жыл бұрын

@@gerbear3227 ​ A Lynch film I highly rate is also based on a true story, The Straight Story (1999). It is another Lynch film that shows the human condition, with a wonderful performance by Richard Farnsworth at the age of 79.

@vhagerty

3 жыл бұрын

Mel Brooks' wife is in the movie, Anne Bancroft. 🙂

@rosenfield10

3 жыл бұрын

@@gerbear3227 They are all very good in different ways. "The Straight Story" is a Disney film Lynch directed based on a true story which is quite uplifting. My faves include "Wild at Heart" (like Tarantino before Tarantino), "Blue Velvet" (Lynch was nominated for direction Oscar), and "Twin Peaks-Fire Walk with Me" (prequel film to the the epic television series).

John Hurt's performance in this is one of THE VERY GREATEST. He was robbed of an Academy Award.

@Acoustic-Rabbit-Hole

5 ай бұрын

True. It received no Oscars. It even lost for make-up effects to the horror movie, "An American Werewolf in London."

When Treves' wife meets John and breaks down crying at the incremental realisation of the horror he has endured. Not much in cinema has portrayed mans inhumanity to man so powerfully.

Fun Fact: Comedy director Mel Brookes produced this movie but he was uncredited due to not wanting audiences confusing the film as a comedy. The Elephant Man is a brilliant film - tragic, but also about hope and dignity of self. RIP John Hurt and Joesph Merrick.

This man’s story is one that makes you desperate to reach back and give this man the human compassion he should have gotten. It hurts so much to see the cruelty he was treated withZ

@FinrodFelagund5

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing has changed. People today are just as cruel.

@LaMonicaWilliams

3 жыл бұрын

@@FinrodFelagund5 Sadly.. it is true . But there are more of us who are compassionate. And I think someone like John Merick would fair better today.

@John57945

3 жыл бұрын

@@LaMonicaWilliams I remember watching this movie when I was real young. It made me more sympathetic to people with disabilities. A movie today that is equally as depressing but focuses more on addiction is "Requiem for a Dream". Also, a beautiful film in the sense that it is depressing as hell but a story that tells a very compelling story about drug addiction.

@fudhater8592

3 жыл бұрын

In reality half of the things in the movie never happened

Kindness is the key. Kindness is strength. We need to realize this.

@michelleang9870

3 жыл бұрын

Kindness also make you used and took advantages by ppl. Kind ppl got treated like shits most of the time.

@jonnyyen7169

3 жыл бұрын

@@michelleang9870 this is also true. However, I will not let people hurt me because of it. If someone takes advantage of your good nature, shut them out. Don't let the world make you unkind.

My biker ex (now deceased) and I watched this on cable in the early 1980s. I will never forget how we slowly came closer together, from sitting side-by-side, to being tightly in each other's arms, while watching this movie on cable TV. By the end of it we were both crying openly. The hardest part for me was when he asked where the children were.

"I AM NOT AN AMINAL. I AM a human being." Yup, here come the waterworks.

Next year for Shaun's birthday, he'll decide to lighten things up a little bit with "Schindler's List."

@VictorVonGrooove

3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps Requiem Of A Dream if Schindler's doesn't work out for them.

@juhosuomi2551

3 жыл бұрын

And then watching Irreversible

@OneDarkMartian

3 жыл бұрын

@@juhosuomi2551 Irreversable is the most powerful and shocking film I've ever seen (as a lifelong horror fan who watches anything). By the end I always feel physically and mentally drained. But it's amazing.

@juhosuomi2551

3 жыл бұрын

@@OneDarkMartian I can totally relate to that description. That film is so powerful and it drains you totally but somehow you can't stop thinking about it (even if you wanted to). One of those films every movie geek should watch once.

@kamster518

3 жыл бұрын

It’s a shame they’ve already seen Come and See. Would have made a great Christmas film for them

Joseph actually looked normal as a child but he started to become deformed around the age of 5. Imagine how he must’ve felt, being able to remember being “normal”.

@porkfrog2785

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think anyone can imagine being Merrick, but some of us don't have to imagine going from normal to deformed and disabled. I was photographed for a medical journal. My issues began at 15, but at least my face is 'normal', and people have mostly been nice to me.

@KevyNova

3 жыл бұрын

@@porkfrog2785 I’m sorry. Are you healthy?

@porkfrog2785

3 жыл бұрын

@@KevyNova thanks. not healthy at all. my story is long, but I developed kyphoid-scoliosis when my spine collapsed after a benign tumor removal at 16[by 15 I was already 'round-shouldered', but during the surgery they had to remove a lumbar-thoracic vertebra, which probably caused my spine to begin collapsing. Before I had corrective surgery I was forced by the law to go to 10th grade HS as a hunchback who walked with a cane. I only had to go half a day, and they let me leave class 5 minutes early to get to other classes because of the cane. So I have a little insight into Merrick, but no one can know what he went thru, or really, what any another person goes thru in life

@KevyNova

3 жыл бұрын

@@porkfrog2785 that sounds awful, I’m sorry. I’ve been homeless and living in my car for four years but I look at other people and what they go through and it makes me grateful for what I do have.

@jonnyyen7169

3 жыл бұрын

@@porkfrog2785 I imagine you are one of the "strongest" people your friends and family knows. Your life has taught you lessons most will never know. Peace be with you.

John Hurt's performance blows me away every time! This is definitely a film everyone should see.

One of the greatest films ever made about a gentleman of the highest integrity, intelligence, and soul. Rest in peace Mr merrick. Oceans of love to you sir.

John Hurt is truly phenomenal in this, truly becomes the character and just wow, very important, also wild to think John Hurt was 40 when playing 21 year old John Merrick

One of the grimmest, yet most beautiful and heartbreaking movies ever made. Apparently when David Lynch was making TEM, he kept thinking it was a colossal failure, until he saw others breaking down in tears when they viewed the rushes. A masterpiece.

Maybe it's me aging as well but I'm getting so moved and emphathising with exactly where you're at as you watch. As soon as you said you felt physically sick, I could only imagine. I think it shows too how far we've come, for us to watch The Elephant Man and feel depressed, sick and aghast by how hes been treated and what he's going through. It's so crushing tragic that only in death was he given his humanity back.

One of the more tragic things about the humanity is that we can be so utterly cruel without ever thinking about what we're doing or how it affects others.

@Acoustic-Rabbit-Hole

5 ай бұрын

Alas, such is the reptilian mindset. Its' the reason I actually, as a gay man, went back to the Catholic Church. Judge not lest we be judged by others. Not saying that I have anything against glory-holes, but just that Catholicism is different. It's an organized community. Instead of filling a hole in the wall, I let Christ fill the hole in my heart. (No pun intended).

Adagio for Strings is one the the most powerful pieces of music ever written, it fits the mood of the film perfectly.

@Rmlohner

3 жыл бұрын

Though oddly enough, it's now much more associated with its use in Platoon, to the point that a lot of people actually think it was written for that film.

This may be the best reaction you've ever done. It's a beautiful, heartbreaking, important film that will stay with you forever. Well done and happy birthday.

@heathergibson2108

3 жыл бұрын

You have put into words what I was thinking...

@kamster518

3 жыл бұрын

I completely agree

Me every time I start watching this movie again: "Okay, this is it. This time, I will not cry." Me at the 23rd Psalm scene: "Oh, Goddamn it!"

@bathombre9739

2 жыл бұрын

Knowing the only comfort, perhaps the only thing that got him through it all while in that show was reading the bible

I saw this when I was seven-years-old. And I went from being frightened by John’s appearance, to understanding that no matter what someone looks like, we are all human beings that simply want to be treated with kindness and dignity. To me, that was John’s legacy

“I’m a human being!” 😥this movie.

The little man at 17:37 is Kenny Baker, who played R2-D2 and was also in Time Bandits and Amadeus.

@Raidmasterprod

3 жыл бұрын

Good old R2-D2!

For a lot of people, sentimentality increases with age. I never used to cry because of movie, but as the years dwindle past, it happens more and more.

Fun fact: The boy in 6:00 is Dexter Fletcher and he grew up to direct both Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman.

@heathergibson2108

3 жыл бұрын

And was in band of brothers .. a very good actor...

@Trademarc1977

3 жыл бұрын

And before Lynch met Michael J. Anderson, he wanted to cast Fletcher as the lead in Ronnie Rocket.

@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures

3 жыл бұрын

@@Trademarc1977 I didn't know that! Wow, that would have been something!

@georgemorley1029

3 жыл бұрын

And Press Gang with Julia Sawalha!

@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures

3 жыл бұрын

@@georgemorley1029 Dreamy sigh at high-school memories. Ahh, Julia. And yes, Dexter was the coolest alive to my impressionable young mind.

May have seen this only once as a kid. I never saw it again. Too heart breaking. It does make you feel more grateful if you ever feel "Oh my hair is falling out." or "I am too short." and so on. We forget how good we actually have it at times.

I had no idea it was directed by David Lynch after first time viewing. However it has a dream like quality that I associate with his films.

This movie is brilliant. John Hurt R.I.P and Anthony Hopkins prove why they're known as two of the greats in acting. This movie is one that always gets to me and one of the few moves me to tears (down to Hurts amazing performance), especially when you remember that it's based on the life of an actual person. I think it's a movie everyone should see, especially to make you realise just how important it it is to treat people with kindness. It's always what's on the inside that counts.

This is one of the most beautiful movies I've ever seen.

I watched this many years ago when I was in my 20s and it crushed me I think I cried for days I just couldn't believe people could be so cruel and hurt someone that was already so hurt I never watched it again till now and once again I'm crushed!!!

This movie has so many levels. Everytime when I watch it, this becomes stronger.

You guys should react to other David Lynch films like... Eraserhead (1977) Blue Velvet (1986) Lost Highway (1997) Mulholland Drive (2001) 🎥👌

@user-qh2us7ky1p

3 жыл бұрын

Freaks 1932

@santiagohardy2728

3 жыл бұрын

Wild at Heart as well.

@gerbear3227

3 жыл бұрын

mullholland drive is a great film - really intriguing and well written. the brunette actress cant remember her name was a STUNNER!

@santiagohardy2728

3 жыл бұрын

@@gerbear3227 Laura Harring. A stunner. I watched it a day or so ago. It's one of my favorite from Lynch.

@krautgazer

3 жыл бұрын

Amen. These are probably my favorites from him together with Fire Walk with Me - but I wouldn't recommend watching this last one without having watched Twin Peaks, the TV show.

David Lynch’s most heartfelt movie

@SilverShade1008

3 жыл бұрын

I’d have to agree, though The Straight Story is up there too.

@majimasmajimemes1156

3 жыл бұрын

I think The Straight Story is a bit better in that regard

@filmfreak21

3 жыл бұрын

The Straight Story is Very Beautiful Also 🥰

@danbal4185

3 жыл бұрын

It's amazing that both Elephant Man and Straight Story are incredibly moving and poignant but without a single moment that comes up as rhetorical, pathetic or insincere.

@cardaderdention

3 жыл бұрын

@@SilverShade1008 haven’t seen it yet but I’ve heard nothing but great things about it!

This movie made me super sad. I didn't cry until the credits started to roll. This movie and Schindler's List have made me cry the hardest out of all movies ever.

Who are the 2 heartless people that disliked this video? FOR SHAME!

One of my favorite movies of all time.

Lol but if the next birthday movie was actually High School Musical it would be such a tonal shift from this one

This film frightened the hell out of me when I first saw it as a child cause it actually was a true story. It's also very sad.

If you do not shed a tear while watching this movie, you have no soul.

@Videomaker-pz4xm

2 жыл бұрын

I cry everytime I see the ending at some scenes

I’m afraid we’re going to need some more David Lynch reactions lads

@vincegay986

3 жыл бұрын

Eraserhead; Twin Peaks, episode 1

@michaelproch8801

3 жыл бұрын

@@vincegay986 Blue Velvet at the very least, wouldn’t want to scare them away too early

@Trademarc1977

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelproch8801 They might enjoy the more vanilla The Straight Story.

@vodkapigeon.4682

3 жыл бұрын

Mulholland drive

@user-wl9gw7xe2q

3 жыл бұрын

inland. empire.

Absolutely broke my heart 1st time I saw this movie. It still does to this day. This and 'The boy in the striped pajamas' are the most upsetting films ever for me! Happy Birthday 🎉

@seanrosenau2088

2 жыл бұрын

I accidentally took my 5 year old nephew to see The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. I didn't do any research on it because the title reminded me of James and the Giant Peach. Let's just say I'm no longer allowed to take him to the movies anymore.

I'm 52 years old, this movie came on tv many times when I was a kid and a young adult. Every time I tried to watch it, I was unable to get through the whole movie. It is far too heartbreaking. Maybe if I add up all the bits I was able to watch each time it was on tv, I probably saw most of the movie, but I dont think I could sit and watch it in one viewing even today. But if you like this movie, there is another great movie about a guy with the same affliction, it's called MASK, made in 1985, you should watch that one too.

Even I am seeing the movie in clips, I still cried. Such a beautiful and heartbreaking movie. If you never watch another David Lynch movie, everyone should see this one.

This film breaks me every time I watch it! A brilliant film with brilliant people all involved, and it turns me into a wreck. But I thought, "Its only a reaction video, I can do this?" No, no I can't. Ten minutes in and the tears are flooding.

The skeleton of Joseph Merrick has been preserved at the Royal London Hospital since his death. However his soft tissue was apparently buried in the City of London Cemetery in an unmarked grave

@Leese42

2 ай бұрын

Treves also kept some of it as samples hoping doctors in the future might be able to diagnose him correctly, but unfortunately it was destroyed by bombing in WW2.

The only film that makes me cry EVERY time I watch it

The thing that sticks with me more than anything else from this movie is how Merrick is just an object to nearly everybody. He is something to be shown off, like a prized artifact, whether it be to frighten the common person, bemuse the academic, or titillate the upper class.

@stevechurch4728

3 жыл бұрын

i thought it was how much more thoughtful it made those who chose to see a little more clear the human, all sides of our human life.

This is one of the most devastating films I've ever seen. Just breaks my heart. That Romeo line is perfect. In my top 3 David Lynch films. PS Yall should react to Safdie's Good Time & Uncut Gems

I saw this in the theater in 1980 as a 10-year-old boy. At the end I was convulsing with the most profound sadness, sorrow, and tears I've ever experienced. I remember it to this day. It's the saddest I've ever felt myself in my life, apart from when my mother and younger brother died. I was in the front of the theater, where no one could see my face, and I was absolutely sobbing.

Dammit, I JUST put on mascara... Happy birthday Shaun!

"People are frightened by what they don't understand." :(

Tis true my form is something odd, But blaming me is blaming God; Could I create myself anew I would not fail in pleasing you. If I could reach from pole to pole Or grasp the ocean with a span, I would be measured by the soul; The mind’s the standard of the man. - Joseph Merrick I'm so glad you guys finally watched this film. It was the first movie I recommended to you when finding your channel. And I did so because besides being incredibly moving, there were no reactions to it on youtube. So congrats on now being one of the very few. The church models shown in the movie were really something Merrick made during his life. Only one is still in existence and is currently located at the Royal London Hospital Museum along with a replica of his bones and the actual headpiece he wore to cover his head and face. The depiction of his death may have also been accurate. He died at the age of 27 after being found lying prone on his bed either from a fall or the deliberate choice to lay flat; something he knew would kill him but he still desired to do his entire life, as he often told Treves he wish he could ''sleep like other people'' instead of resting his head against his knees to support his head. His cause of death was attributed to asphyxia or dislocation of his neck; both due to the weight of his head. There are many documentaries on The Elephant Man available for free on KZread. I recommend the one narrated by John Hurt. I was so moved by this movie as a kid I did a book report on him. Unfortunately, the teacher decided that all students had to dress up as the subjects of their book report that year. So I did so complete with a similar hat, head cloak, and cane. It was embarrassing but I did it anyway and got an 'A' for my efforts. To this day this film still affects me greatly. The scene with Merrick, Treves, and his wife in particular. When Joseph asks about his mother, '' Do you think she could love me as I am? I tried so hard to be good. '' which brings Treves' wife to tears, still makes me cry. For a modern day take of this movie, you might want to try doing a reaction to the award-winning '' Mask '' with Eric Stolz and Cher portraying the real life story of the deformed teen Rocky Dennis and his drug addicted mother. Thanks so much for sharing your reactions. Keep up the great work.

@greenman4946

3 жыл бұрын

It’s actually written by Isaac Watts. The title is ”False Greatness”.

@boomieboo

3 жыл бұрын

@@greenman4946 Only partly true. Watts' original work only consisted of the second portion of the poem and read as follows, '' Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with my span, I must be measured by my soul: The mind's the standard of the man ''. So the whole first half of the poem, '' Tis true my form is something odd, But blaming me is blaming God; Could I create myself anew I would not fail in pleasing you. '' in addition to the changes of the second half, was more than likely from Joseph himself.

I saw this movie in the theaters in 1980 when I was 7 years old. Times were different then I don't want to hear about it. But it was this that helped me learn to appreciate others. It also helped me get through my teen years when I had HORRIBLE acne. I wasn't anything like Merrick but I was very, VERY bad! All over my back, on my eyelids, up my nose, in my ear canals, on my chest and privates etc. I was very bad from 12 y/o until 19 y/o.

One of my favorite films of all time, and that shot of Anthony Hopkins when he first seems John, that dolly in and the single tear falling in the close-up is one of my favorite film shots of all time. David Bowie played Merrick in the play version at one point, which didn't have all the make up, just body positioning and they used actual photos early in the play to establish what he looked like. This was also the first big theatrical film that David Lynch directed, and you can see much of his style in the industrial sound design and the dream sequences. John Hurt, of course, was just amazing.

If Tom wants to watch a musical for his birthday i highly recommend Fiddler on the Roof.

@tbirum

3 жыл бұрын

the one from the 1971? I love that film.

@vincegay986

3 жыл бұрын

Singin’ in the Rain, West Side Story (even with some casting and script choices that would never be made today, and that will be different in the upcoming remake), The Sound of Music (the Salzburg sequence alone would be enough to make this the most cinematic movie musical ever).

@gazzatommo1677

3 жыл бұрын

Kiddy fiddler in the roof, well I never.

@chops5853

3 жыл бұрын

The classic musicals are fantastic. For more modern recommendations I would suggest Moulin Rouge, La La Land, Chicago or Hamilton (even though it’s a filming of a live performance, it is one of the greatest musicals of all time and available to stream on Disney+)

@vincegay986

3 жыл бұрын

@@chops5853 I wonder if the guys would branch out into live shots of stage shows like the production of Cabaret with Jane Horrocks, the original Broadway cast of Sweeney Todd-maybe even dramas like what the National Theatre has been streaming this past year.

Such a classic ,produced by comedy legend Mel Brooks of all people if I am not mistaken.

@LarryFleetwood8675

3 жыл бұрын

And co-starring his wife Anne Bancroft.

For those that enjoy this movie, and its theme, you will probably enjoy Mask, which is a fantastic film, and Cher's best performance, imo.

I can't tell you how pleased I am you reacted to this film . It felt like i was seeing it again for the first time . Well done

I have always been fond of the man, Joseph Merrick. As a real human who existed in our world. He's a fascinating man. So, you guys reviewing this particular film was a gift. John Hurt knocked it out of the park, like he always did. I think the real Mr. Merrick would have approved. Happy 26th, Shaun. Great choice of movie. ♥️

This is one of my all-time favorite films. When I was a kid, I thought it would be too scary to watch, but now I see it as a deeply moving meditation on the nature of human compassion. I regard it as David Lynch's best film. And Bytes is one of cinema's most evil villains.

This movie has been like a punch on my heart, the first time I saw it. And now everytime it gives me so many feels and tears. They should show it to all the kids ... maybe we would see less bullyng and more empathy for the less fortunate ...

John Hurt was a amazing english actor. I cried when I watched this movie.

@user-vb5yg2ef3m

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

A belated happy birthday Shaun. Such a devastingly heartbreaking and beautiful movie. It leaves me speechless.

I was tearing up at your reactions. Happy Birthday, Shaun!

@maurabewsmoviecorner6911

3 жыл бұрын

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David Lynch's filmography is superb. But I think "The Elephant Man" is in another level.

@LarryFleetwood8675

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, it's one of the best films ever made just perfect in every way.

Still consider this one of my favorite films ever. Of course it’s rare when I actually watch it but Lynch did everything expertly throughout this. Every performance is a masterpiece.

One of the most heartbreaking films ever. Happy birthday Shaun.

Saddest story ever. Yet, there were some who reacted with kindness and generosity and compassion. Some people live the most unbelievably miserable lives, but he didn’t lose his humanity or civility.

This film is a masterpiece. Directed by a genius. John Hurt's performance is written into cinema history as one of the greatest ever. The fact that the Oscars ignored the film is an example of the voters idiocy.

Shaun seems a very empathetic guy, so I think that a film like this, which emphasises our shared humanity is a good birthday choice. Lynch was still a maverick at this point in his career, yet his control of the medium was exemplary and he obtained great performances from a perfectly chosen cast. BTW, did anyone recognise Dexter Fletcher as Byte's boy?

Sunset Boulevard is a 1950 American film noir. Watch it sometime, it's great.

An excellent reaction video... You showed real emotion and thoughtfulness regarding the real John Merrick... Such a sad life he must have lead.

Tom, choose Little Shop of Horrors if you haven't seen it.

@vincegay986

3 жыл бұрын

The musical or the original Roger Corman B movie with Jack Nicholson?

This movie broke my heart at the end. I’m really glad to hear your perspective and the positive side of it. You two are great guys to feel compassion for him and I appreciate your insight. Hope you watch more David Lynch films in the future! Happy birthday Shaun!!

I first saw this movie when I was a child, maybe 11 or 12. It was incredibly heartbreaking then and still is now. It really is a film that shows the worst of humanity and the best of humanity. I cried just watching this review. It's a classic.

You should watch John Hurt in the film 'The Naked Civil Servant', from 1975. It's on KZread as free to watch. Another portrayal by him of an actual real life character. The film was quite scandalous at the time (without going into what the film is about), and is yet another acting masterclass by the wonderful and sadly now gone, John Hurt. Great reaction,lads. In fact, I've thoroughly enjoyed all your reactions. Great stuff!

The hospital still has the bones of Joseph Merrick and casts were made of his body. The makeup artist used these to create the designs for the character.

OMG I was 16 when this came out! Heartbreaking story of the cruelty of people through ignorance. Thankfully there are also good people in the world and they helped John Merrick to have a peaceful and loved end to his troubled life. A difficult watch but a good choice as always. My day is enriched when I see a new upload from you both

Thanks for bringing on the tears lads. lol Firstly this make up was done by renowned British makeup artist Christopher Tucker. This is an astounding film on so many levels from cinematography to sound. Did you notice the use of one of Lynch's little troupes of having the sounds of machinery grinding away in the background as a kind of ambient background? Excellent stuff and I'm glad you liked it too.

I dare Tom to choose "Come And See" for his birthday. Seriously though - this is an absolutely stunning film. Definitely in my Top 10. Timeless classic. Hats off to both of you not actually blubbing though. I think I teared up at least twice just watching this review.

@Frozen_Smoke1972

3 жыл бұрын

Doh! I've only just remembered that you've already done "Coma And See". Have you done Betty Blue yet?

I cried so much watching this! I'll never forget watching this film for the first time. Another amazing David Lynch film is Blue Velvet, easily one of my favourite films ever. Have you guys seen it?

Happy Birthday Shaun, and thank you for gifting us with this review. Both of you are relatable, perceptive film critics, and it is a true pleasure to see you spending your time on films of substance. Looking forward to sharing the next year with the two of you.

I saw this in the 80's and, through circumstance, a couple of times since. It remains to this day the most difficult film for me to watch. But I still recommend everyone to see it once.

Loved this true story movie. You should see Mask with Cher in it. That's another great movie.

The freak show owner was played by Freddie Jones, actor Toby Jones's farther.

I haven’t watched this movie in years, but gosh... this brings back all the emotions....

Happy Birthday youngster . This is incredibly sad and an absolute masterpiece. If you guys don't rate this in the 8 to high 9 range I would be surprised.

Best film you guys have reacted to yet. David Lynch deserves much praise for his direction here. BTW, it was Mel Brooks (Brooksfilm) who produced the film, and Brooks chose Lynch to direct it after watching Lynch's school project-turned feature film "Eraserhead", a glorious mind bender praised by the likes of Brooks, Stanley Kubrick, and Steven Spielberg. Check out that black and white masterpiece and react to it... if you dare. It is, once again, a mind bending trip.

I've never seen this movie because how upsetting it would be to me in regards to they way people treated him. I have seen photos and documentaries. So thanks for doing this. You've worked as a buffer for me

Seeing you two react like proud parents at John's progress is exactly how I felt when I first saw this, haha... I never noticed the symbolism with the cathedral model until now, but it does make sense. I'm just awful at explaining why. x,D Another small bit of trivia: During the one shot near the start, where Sir Anthony Hopkins's character sees Merrick for the first time, Hopkins said that he was thinking about his sick father at that moment, to help him cry.

26! You young whippersnapper 😁😁😁 Happy birthday!!!