Being Different

Being Different

1981/08/21 • Released • English

Documentary
5.7
1h 40m

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

Overview

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.

Director : Harry Rasky

Casts
Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer

Self (Narrator) (voice)

Billy Barty

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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