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Three-panel Cracked.com graphic. Top: text reads "In 1980, Mel Brooks produced "The Elephant Man", based on the tragic story of Joseph "John" Merrick, tapping avant garde filmmaker David Lynch to direct. After seeing a cut of the film, nervous studio execs requested that some of Lynch's more abstract scenes be removed." Beside it is a black-and-white photo of a man with tousled hair wearing headphones. Middle: a…

Mel Brooks Shuts Down Studio Notes on The Elephant Man

Mel Brooks told nervous studio execs off when they wanted David Lynch's weird scenes cut from The Elephant Man, a classic bit of 1980s Hollywood backbone.

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Three-panel Cracked.com graphic. Top: text reads "In 1980, Mel Brooks produced "The Elephant Man", based on the tragic story of Joseph "John" Merrick, tapping avant garde filmmaker David Lynch to direct. After seeing a cut of the film, nervous studio execs requested that some of Lynch's more abstract scenes be removed." Beside it is a black-and-white photo of a man with tousled hair wearing headphones. Middle: a…

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