Being Different (1981)
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.
Director: Harry Rasky
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Christopher Plummer as Self (Narrator) (voice) |
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Billy Barty as Self |
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Bob Melvin as Self (The Man with Two Faces) |
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Sandra Elaine Allen as Self (Tallest woman in the world) |
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Jo-Ann Cantilla as Self |
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Louise Capps as Self |
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Paul Fishe as Self (729 lb man) |
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Ronnie Galyon as Self |
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Donnie Galyon as Self |
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Dolly Reagan as Self (The Human Doll) |
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Peter Strudwick as Self |
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Emmett Bejano as Self |
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Percilla Bejano as Self |
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Johann K. Petursson as Self (The world's tallest man) |
| Directing | Harry Rasky | Director |
| Editing | Mavis Lyons Smull | Editor |
| Camera | Hideaki Kobayashi | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Paul Zaza | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Don Carmody | Executive Producer |
| Production | Harold Greenberg | Producer |
| Production | Robert Kline | Producer |
| Production | Harry Rasky | Producer |
