What is The Elephant Man / The Straight Story about?

Name: The Elephant Man / The Straight Story
Genre: Action/Adventure,Drama

THE ELEPHANT MAN, 1980, Paramount, 124 min. Director David Lynch recounts severely deformed John Merrick’s perilous life in Victorian England. Sir Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins) rescues Merrick from a freak show and discovers that Merrick has great intellect. With Anne Bancroft. THE STRAIGHT STORY, 1999, Buena Vista, 112 min. Director David Lynch reunites with Oscar-winning cinematographer Freddie Francis. Based on a true story, Lynch follows 73 year old Alvin (Richard Fansworth) from Laurens, Iowa on his odyssey to Mt. Zion, Wisconsin to mend his relationship with his stricken, older sibling, Lyle (Harry Dean Stanton). Without a car, he travels by an ancient lawnmower. Co-starring Sissy Spacek.

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What is The Elephant Man / The Straight Story about?: THE ELEPHANT MAN, 1980, Paramount, 124 min. Director David Lynch recounts severely deformed John Merrick’s perilous life in Victorian England. Sir Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins) rescues Merrick from a freak show and discovers that Merrick has great intellect. With Anne Bancroft.

THE STRAIGHT STORY, 1999, Buena Vista, 112 min. Director David Lynch reunites with Oscar-winning cinematographer Freddie Francis. Based on a true story, Lynch follows 73 year old Alvin (Richard Fansworth) from Laurens, Iowa on his odyssey to Mt. Zion, Wisconsin to mend his relationship with his stricken, older sibling, Lyle (Harry Dean Stanton). Without a car, he travels by an ancient lawnmower. Co-starring Sissy Spacek.