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Being Different (1981)

★ 6.8/10 100 min Documentary Canada, United States English
Director: Harry Rasky
Streaming: Not available
The true story of a modern-day Elephant Man… and other human oddities.

Description

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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Top Cast

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

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