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THE ELEPHANT MAN
November 18, 2013  | By David Bianculli

TCM, 10:00 p.m. ET

 

Later tonight – much later, at 2:15 a.m. ET – TCM presents part 12 of its 15-part imported documentary on cinema history. It’s called The Story of Film: An Odyssey: 1980s – Moviemaking and Protest Around the World, and, as usual, is much more entertaining than its clunky, academic title. And one of the movies profiled in it is featured tonight in prime time, at 10 p.m. ET: 1980’s stirringly original The Elephant Man, starring John Hurt and directed by David Lynch. It’s produced by Mel Brooks, by the way, and features his wife, Anne Bancroft, in a very important and impressive role.

 
 
 
 
 
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