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Yet it would be decades before this widely banned morality play gained acceptance as a cult masterpiece.
Tod Browning (1931's DRACULA) directs this landmark movie in which the true freaks are not the story's sideshow performers, but 'normals' who mock and abuse them. Browning, a former circus contortionist, cast real-life sideshow professionals. A living torso who nimbly lights his own cigarette despite having no arms and legs, microcephalics (whom the film calls 'pinheads') - they and others play the big-top troupers who inflict a terrible revenge on a trapeze artist who treats them as subhumans.
In 1994, FREAKS was selected for the National Film Registry's archive of cinematic treasures.
Features:Commentary by David J. Skal, author of DARK CARNIVAL All-new documentary, FREAKS: SIDESHOW CINEMA 3 alternate endings
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| Author | Tod Browning (director) |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Warner Home Video |
| Page Count | n/a |
| Publication Size | 5.5 x 7.5 |
| Publication Notes | 62 mins., DVD |
| Publication Date | 2004 / 1932 |
| ISBN | 000-0000000000 |
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