Editing The Elephant Man (1980 film) (section)

===Home media===
The film has been issued many times on [[VHS]], [[Betamax]], [[Capacitance Electronic Disc|CED]], [[LaserDisc]] and [[DVD]]. The first DVD was released on December 11, 2001, by Paramount Home Entertainment.<ref>{{cite web|first=Enrique|last=Rivero|url=http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/Product_article.cfm?article_id=1844|website=hive4media.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011030154706/http://www.hive4media.com:80/news/html/Product_article.cfm?article_id=1844|title=Extras-Packed 'Almost Famous,' 'Elephant Man' Coming to DVD|archive-date=October 30, 2001|date=September 27, 2001|access-date=September 7, 2019}}</ref> The version released as part of the David Lynch ''Lime Green Box'' includes several interviews with Lynch and Hurt, and a Joseph Merrick documentary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.studiocanalcollection.com/en/collection/show/8-The_Elephant_Man|title=The Elephant Man on StudioCanal Collection|access-date=August 1, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726003100/http://www.studiocanalcollection.com/en/collection/show/8-The_Elephant_Man|archive-date=July 26, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> This material is also available on the exclusive treatment on the [[Blu-ray Disc Region Code|European market]] as part of [[StudioCanal UK|Optimum Releasing]]'s StudioCanal Collection.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-05-17 |title=StudioCanal has a banner Cannes |url=https://variety.com/2009/digital/markets-festivals/studiocanal-has-a-banner-cannes-1118003826/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026175730/https://variety.com/2009/digital/markets-festivals/studiocanal-has-a-banner-cannes-1118003826/ |archive-date=2021-10-26 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Elephant Man 4K Blu-ray |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Elephant-Man-4K-Blu-ray/261631/ |access-date=February 5, 2024 |website=blu-ray.com}}</ref> The film has been available on [[Blu-ray]] since 2009 throughout Europe and in Australia and Japan but not in the US (however the discs will play in both region A & B players).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Elephant Man (The) (Blu-ray) (1980)|url=http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=15180#overall|access-date=2020-08-23|website=www.dvdcompare.net}}</ref>
 
A 4K restoration (created from the [[original camera negative]], supervised by Lynch) was carried out for the film's 40th anniversary, and was released in a director-approved special edition in both Blu-ray and DVD formats from [[The Criterion Collection]] in the United States on September 29, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Elephant Man (1980)|url=https://www.criterion.com/films/29677-the-elephant-man|access-date=2020-08-23|website=The Criterion Collection|language=en}}</ref> The restoration was also released on [[Ultra HD Blu-ray|4K Ultra HD Blu-ray]] (including a remastered Blu-ray) in the UK in April 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brook|first=David|date=2020-04-05|title=The Elephant Man – Studiocanal Blu-ray|url=http://blueprintreview.co.uk/2020/04/the-elephant-man-studiocanal/|access-date=2020-08-23|website=Blueprint: Review|language=en-US}}</ref>

A tie-in novelization by [[Lucy Gordon (writer)|Christine Sparks]] was published by [[Ballantine Books]] in 1980.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sparks |first=Christine |author-link=Lucy Gordon (writer) |date=1980 |title=The Elephant Man: A Novel |location=New York City |publisher=[[Ballantine Books]] |isbn=0-345-34513-4}}</ref>