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1 online resource (streaming video file) (1 hr. 5 min. 4 sec.) ; 374779221 bytes |
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Joseph Merrick, for much of his lifetime, was regarded as a freak, a sideshow exhibit, a figure of derision. However, because of the unique friendship of one man the legend of the Elephant Man lives on. It's been over 125 years since the death of Joseph Merrick and 30 years since the release of the David Lynch film about his life, now a team of experts have brought Joseph Merrick back to life.With exclusive access to his skeleton - for possibly the last time due to its fragility - they have been able to recreate it in the virtual world and use this as a basis for modelling work - using photographs, measurements, casts and first-hand accounts - that puts flesh onto Merrick's bones. How did he move? How did he speak? And, most intriguingly, how did he die?Also, accompanying the team will be Brian Richards, a modern-day sufferer of Proteus Syndrome: the disease that turned Joseph Merrick into the Elephant Man. It's a hugely personal journey for Brian who is just a year younger than Merrick was when he died - and feels that this is his chance to find the answers he has been seeking about his own future.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Narrator Richard Lintern, producer and additional camera Phil Stein, written and directed by Mark Radice, produced by Windfall Films for Discovery Networks and Channel 4 |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2016-02-24 at 20:30:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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Merrick, Joseph Carey, 1862-1890.
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Bones -- Research.
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Genetics.
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Proteus syndrome -- Patients.
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Treves, Frederick, 1853-1923.
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Streaming video
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Radice, Mark, director
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Lintern, Richard, cast
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