5.7

Being Different
Released
The true story of a modern-day Elephant Man… and other human oddities.
1h 40m
8/21/1981
en - CA
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.
Documentary
Actors

Christopher Plummer
Self (Narrator) (voice)

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

Donnie Galyon
Self

Dolly Reagan
Self (The Human Doll)

Peter Strudwick
Self

Emmett Bejano
Self

Percilla Bejano
Self

Johann K. Petursson
Self (The world's tallest man)