Being Different

Being Different (1981)

The true story of a modern-day Elephant Man… and other human oddities.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 1981-08-21
  • User Rating: 5.7/10 from 3 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 40min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Trans-Atlantic Enterprises
  • Production Country: Canada, United States of America
  • Director: Harry Rasky
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Summary

A tribute to the spirit and humanity of people who are physically different from the average: very tall and very large men and women, a bearded woman and her long-time husband, Siamese twins joined at the midsection, and several little people including actor Billy Barty. We meet some at Gibsonton, Florida, where carnival folk winter. They talk about their lives and accomplishments. The camera also goes on the road to visit a grandfather with a distinctive face, a legless mechanic from Kentucky on a second honeymoon in LA, a marathon runner and motivational speaker who has no feet, a karate student with partial limbs, and an armless, down-to-earth mom in Texas.

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  • Christopher Plummer

    as Self (Narrator) (voice)
  • Billy Barty

    as Self
  • Bob Melvin

    as Self (The Man with Two Faces)
  • Sandra Elaine Allen

    as Self (Tallest woman in the world)
  • Jo-Ann Cantilla

    as Self
  • Louise Capps

    as Self
  • Paul Fishe

    as Self (729 lb man)
  • Ronnie Galyon

    as Self
  • Donnie Galyon

    as Self
  • Dolly Reagan

    as Self (The Human Doll)
  • Peter Strudwick

    as Self
  • Emmett Bejano

    as Self
  • Percilla Bejano

    as Self
  • Johann K. Petursson

    as Self (The world's tallest man)
Directing Harry Rasky Director
Editing Mavis Lyons Smull Editor
Production Harold Greenberg Producer
Camera Hideaki Kobayashi Director of Photography
Production Harry Rasky Producer
Sound Paul Zaza Original Music Composer
Production Don Carmody Executive Producer
Production Robert Kline Producer

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