
Being Different
1981
6.8 (4)
1 hr 40 min
English
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Production
- Trans-Atlantic Enterprises, Astral Bellevue Pathé, TMS Pictures
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Top Cast

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
Top Crew
Harry Rasky · Director

Paul Zaza · Composer
Hideaki Kobayashi · Cinematographer
Mavis Lyons Smull · Editor
Harold Greenberg · Producer
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