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[[File:The Elephant Man poster.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Film poster for The Elephant Man]]'''The Elephant Man''' was a 1980 BAFTA award winning film directed by David Lynch and starring Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft and John Gielgud. It was filmed in black and white and tells the story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in late 19th century London who was exhibited in a freak show as the "Elephant Man".<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080678/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt The Elephant Man on IMDB]</ref>
==Filming on the SVR==