The Elephant Man Page #2
- PG
- Year:
- 1980
- 124 min
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OLDER MAN:
A wicked birth...
After a moment, Treves quietly leaves the inner chamber.
As he pushes his way through the corridor, the noise grows
and becomes a cacophony of strange sounds. He exits and hears
a booming roar and the rush of air as a series of twelve
candles, mounted in a row on a ten-foot stand, are blown out
by "THE INCREDIBLE WIND-MAN." His BARKER steps up and talks
to the people.
BARKER:
Ladies and Gentlemen, his lungs are
larger than this mammoth blacksmith's
bellows. So great is his power of
exhalation, rivaling even that of
the Great North Wind, that he will
now challenge two grown men to attempt
to hold the bellows shut as he applies
the mighty blast of his herculean
breath! Are there any volunteers?
A few people raise their hands. The Barker scans the crowd
and then points over the heads of the volunteers to TWO MEN
toward the back.
BARKER:
Ah! I see two likely lads! Come
forward! Come forward! Pit your
strength against the Mighty Wind-
Man!
During the above, The Incredible Wind-Man removes his cape,
revealing his great barrel chest and pot-belly supported by
spindly, white, hairless legs.
As the Barker sets the "Volunteers," the Wind-Man walks about
the small platform, huffing and puffing and blowing on the
conch shell.
The "Volunteers" set, the Wind-Man steps up to the end of
the bellows, takes an enormous breath, and twirls his black
handlebar moustache as a signal to the Barker.
BARKER:
Gentlemen... Are you ready?
THE LADS:
Yes we are... Right... etc.
BARKER:
Ladies and Gentlemen!... Let the
demonstration begin!!
The Wind-Man clamps his mouth to the bellows, and with great
show begins to exhale, savagely stamping his feet. The Two
Lads struggle obviously, and then pretend to be forced apart.
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