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Being Different

57 %|Aug 21, 1981|Documentary

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.

Featured Crew

Harry Rasky
Director
Mavis Lyons Smull
Editor
Harry Rasky
Producer
Harold Greenberg
Producer
Hideaki Kobayashi
Director of Photography
Don Carmody
Executive Producer
Paul Zaza
Original Music Composer
Robert Kline
Producer

Cast

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Christopher Plummer
Self (Narrator) (voice)
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Bob Melvin
Self (The Man with Two Faces)
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Sandra Elaine Allen
Self (Tallest woman in the world)
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Paul Fishe
Self (729 lb man)
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Dolly Reagan
Self (The Human Doll)
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Johann K. Petursson
Self (The world's tallest man)