Being Different

Being Different

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 21, 1981

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

57%

Original Title

Being Different

Production Companies

Trans-Atlantic Enterprises, Astral Bellevue Pathé, TMS Pictures

Director

Harry Rasky

Description

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.