Being Different
19811h 40m6.8
Documentary
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genre
- Documentary
- Origin
- Canada
About
The true story of a modern-day Elephant Man… and other human oddities.
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.
Where to watch
With ads
Availability from JustWatch via TMDB.
Details
- Director
- Harry Rasky
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Aug 21, 1981
- Studio
- Trans-Atlantic Enterprises, Astral Bellevue Pathé
Cast
Christopher Plummer
Self (Narrator) (voice)
Billy Barty
Self
Bob Melvin
Self (The Man with Two Faces)
Sandra Elaine Allen
Self (Tallest woman in the world)
Jo-Ann Cantilla
Self
Louise Capps
Self
Paul Fishe
Self (729 lb man)
Ronnie Galyon
Self
Donnie Galyon
Self
Dolly Reagan
Self (The Human Doll)
Peter Strudwick
Self
Emmett Bejano
Self
Percilla Bejano
Self
Johann K. Petursson
Self (The world's tallest man)
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