I remember watching it on TV here in Norway around 1988. It made me cry, it was so sad towards the end. And the kindness in John and similar, that he got from the doctor and his wife.
"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.
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.
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
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.
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!
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.
Eh...because the performance that beat this is admittedly better. De Niro in Raging Bull is probably the greatest single performance in film history. John Hurt was fantastic here tho
"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.
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.
Extremely moving and timeless scene. A powerhouse of emotional resonance. Unfathomable that this movie didn't win a single Oscar (although it thankfully was nominated for four Academy Awards). John Hurt & David Lynch both should've won.
John Hurt and DL should've won here. Travesty that he didn't win for BV, there were great films that year, but BV was on a completely different plain. Oliver Stone won for Platoon that year.
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.
"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.
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.
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.
This is the kind of movie where the main actor is so good at what he does, the other actors around don’t have to make a lot of effort, they are easily impacted by such a tragic character and the talent of his performer. Rest in peace John Hurt, you were phenomenal
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.
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
"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.
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
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!
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.
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.
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"
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.
his real life mother loved him ....she died when he was 11 years old...the film is not accurate to his real life...he would of known she was dead at this point in his life....his stepmother treated him horribly though
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 ,
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”
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!!!!!
i think the elephant man makeup took so long to make, and put on, they only shot the scenes revealing him on the same day. so it might have been the first time she had seen what he would actually look like. Which for David Lynch seems like something he would do since hes crazy. lol
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.❤
@@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.
I saw this as a little girl and I cried so much for him. Although I Thankfully wasn’t born with this circumstance, I felt his pain. Getting teased with low self esteem. I am happy he found strength and true love. Me too🙏🏻
Watching these clips of what this man went through as well as how he was treated makes me very sad. Its sickening how if someone isnt "normal" or attractive than they should be mistreated and demonized.
The end scene of this movie is heartbreaking. However it’s always this scene with Mrs Treeves that makes me cry. How she fights back tears when he talks about his mum. It’s overwhelming.
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.
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
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), What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), 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.
Mutahmarriagecounselor2272, I'll have to watch it. The Outsiders (1983) is also another tear jerker. I was born and raised in Oklahoma where it was filmed.
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
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.
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 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 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.
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.
''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
Supposedly the actress who wept wasn’t supposed to do that, but she was so overcome w the emotional performance of John hurt that she broke but luckily was able to stay in character
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.
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RIP David Lynch! What a masterpiece this film is.
yes indeed
I remember watching it on TV here in Norway around 1988. It made me cry, it was so sad towards the end. And the kindness in John and similar, that he got from the doctor and his wife.
"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.
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.
to me it's the "if only she could see me now with these lovely friends, perhaps she could love as I am." breaks my heart
*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.
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
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!
"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.
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.
Eh...because the performance that beat this is admittedly better. De Niro in Raging Bull is probably the greatest single performance in film history. John Hurt was fantastic here tho
"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.
May you rest in peace, David Lynch and John Hurt.
I've never had my heart break more with a film.
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
First part of comment is true? Sounds like film
"I've tried so hard to be good." ....... let's all just cry our freaking eyes out here, who else did?
Raises hand.....
Not me!!!
....I cry from the beginning to end of this film!
Very moving scene
"I've never been treated so well by a beautiful woman" is the one that rips me to shreds.
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.
You and me both.
Extremely moving and timeless scene. A powerhouse of emotional resonance. Unfathomable that this movie didn't win a single Oscar (although it thankfully was nominated for four Academy Awards). John Hurt & David Lynch both should've won.
John Hurt and DL should've won here. Travesty that he didn't win for BV, there were great films that year, but BV was on a completely different plain. Oliver Stone won for Platoon that year.
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.
"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.
RIP John Hurt ): his acting in this role was incredible, a truly touching and heart wrenching performance
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.
agreed i do every time i see it including just now but remember we live amongst very evil psychopaths in governments corporations and elsewhere
He is horrible to look at; no doubt about it. But claiming that his appearance is so bad that it should make people to cry is a tad insensitive.
@@jaymiller6009with a boat like that who wouldn't
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
This is the kind of movie where the main actor is so good at what he does, the other actors around don’t have to make a lot of effort, they are easily impacted by such a tragic character and the talent of his performer. Rest in peace John Hurt, you were phenomenal
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
damn, i thought this was rehab
I showed this movie to my older brother, who is not a fan of dramas. It was the first time I'd ever seen him cry from watching a film.
Fantastic movie that truly shows the kindness, love and compassion that still exists in we few human beings blessed with such traits.
I cried through the whole movie. he was the sweetest most forgiving person. He never held a grudge. We could all learn to listen from him.
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.
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
"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.
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
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!
If someone doesn't feel for this Man and his pain,They DON'T HAVE A HEART.
I agree; this is scene has never left my mind. Very powerful. Still makes me cry.
Rest easy David Lynch!
Possibly the greatest movie scene ever.. never fails to make me cry.
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.
I'm not crying! YOU'RE CRYING!
NO YOU ARE
Stop fighting right FUCKING NOW
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.
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
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?
his real life mother loved him ....she died when he was 11 years old...the film is not accurate to his real life...he would of known she was dead at this point in his life....his stepmother treated him horribly though
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.😢
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...
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 ,
Everytime i see this scene , im crying
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”
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!!!!!
She was.
i think the elephant man makeup took so long to make, and put on, they only shot the scenes revealing him on the same day. so it might have been the first time she had seen what he would actually look like. Which for David Lynch seems like something he would do since hes crazy. lol
This movie was heartbreaking from start too finish
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.
This scene makes me cry like a baby every time for the last 40 years. The ladies' reaction really sets you off.
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.❤
When he says Friends its like he never had a true friend 😥😞
I put this one off for a long time and damn it really delivered. This is the scene I'll remember. So beautiful.
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.
I saw this as a little girl and I cried so much for him. Although I Thankfully wasn’t born with this circumstance, I felt his pain. Getting teased with low self esteem. I am happy he found strength and true love. Me too🙏🏻
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...
Watching these clips of what this man went through as well as how he was treated makes me very sad. Its sickening how if someone isnt "normal" or attractive than they should be mistreated and demonized.
Unbelievable....all these years later and I'm still crying
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!
I’m in tears😢. This sweet man . I wish I could go back in time to give him the biggest hug. My god
What a beautiful kind man.God bless his soul💖
Thanks for making a masterpiece, David Lynch.
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.
The end scene of this movie is heartbreaking. However it’s always this scene with Mrs Treeves that makes me cry. How she fights back tears when he talks about his mum. It’s overwhelming.
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
@@artypearson2686 But he did love, and he was kind to people. Watch the film again. I believe he and the Anne Bancroft character loved each other.
I came here as an hommage to David Lynch. I didn't expect to bawl my eyes out.
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.
RIP John Hurt
Do you mean Joseph Merrick
@@sighchilliyon He was the actor that portrayed John Merrick in this picture
This movie makes me sad for Joseph Merrick. ..Rest in Peace
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 had no idea that this movie featured so many onions being peeled ... 😭
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), What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), 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.
Miracle in the Rain is a great tearjerker.
Mutahmarriagecounselor2272, I'll have to watch it. The Outsiders (1983) is also another tear jerker. I was born and raised in Oklahoma where it was filmed.
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
This movie shows that people who look different are still amazing in the inside
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.
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.
But it was the 1890's. Medicine and our understanding of disease and disability have come a long way.
Rest in memory, Mr Lynch.
Biggest tear jerking film in history. And tells you so much about life
😭❤️😭❤️😭❤️😭❤️😭❤️😭❤️😭❤️😭❤️. 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.
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 took my mother to see this film. We shared this scene together. She passed in 2007.
I remember watching this when I was probably 10 and I don’t think any movie moved me as much as it did.
Thank you mr Lynch for this masterpiece
Rip🌹
This movie just breaks me every time l see it...brilliant and incredibly sad all in one.
Anyone else in 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
''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 👍
An amazing scene
Supposedly the actress who wept wasn’t supposed to do that, but she was so overcome w the emotional performance of John hurt that she broke but luckily was able to stay in character
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.
It's good to know that, towards the end of his life, there were some people who gave him kindness.
never cried so much
My uncle used to go to the pub and have a beer with John Hurt. He didn't have a clue who he was!
Gordon,I agree.
What a wonderful man he was.;
yup. Still makes me cry even without watching the whole movie.
John Hurt should have got an Oscar unbelievable performance Joh Merrick would have thanked him
Rest in peace David lynch
They are good people
Fredrick and his wife
They like joseph just like what he are
Heart breaking beyond the pale.
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.
I Love Today, I Love Tomorrow, I Love Forever.
The Best Movie of Cinema History 💖💖💖
ok it's not like that I'm crying but My tears are just like a shower .