Being Different

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

100 mins
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.

Christopher Plummer

Self (Narrator) (voice)

Bob Melvin

Self (The Man with Two Faces)

Sandra Elaine Allen

Self (Tallest woman in the world)

Paul Fishe

Self (729 lb man)

Dolly Reagan

Self (The Human Doll)

Johann K. Petursson

Self (The world's tallest man)

Harry Rasky

Director

Hideaki Kobayashi

Director of Photography

Paul Zaza

Original Music Composer

Don Carmody

Executive Producer

Robert Kline

Producer

Harry Rasky

Producer

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