Being Different

The true story of a modern-day Elephant Man… and other human oddities.

Being Different — Plot

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.

• Release date
• August 21, 1981
• Runtime
• 100 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Harry Rasky

Being Different — Cast

Christopher Plummer Self (Narrator) (voice) Billy Barty Self

B

Bob Melvin Self (The Man with Two Faces)

S

Sandra Elaine Allen Self (Tallest woman in the world)

J

Jo-Ann Cantilla Self

L

Louise Capps Self

P

Paul Fishe Self (729 lb man)

R

Ronnie Galyon Self