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The Elephant Man proclaims he is 'not an ANIMAL'
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Date: Thu. Nov. 8 2007 2:04 PM ET
The moment
Chased into a train station bathroom the hideously-deformed John Merrick (John Hurt) cries out to an angry mob: "I am not an animal! I...am...a human being! I am a man."
Why we get choked
He's the unfortunate victim of birth, yet he survives. This David Lynch classic makes us feel a pang of guilt any time we've made fun of someone for something beyond their control.
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Next: Captain Miller gives Private Ryan his final marching orders >
Maybe it's that moment when Wind in his Hair asks Dances with Wolves if he can see that "he is his friend" and tells him that he "will always be [his] friend" that we missed.
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