Being Different

Being Different

100 mins | Documentary | Aug. 21, 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.

Being Different

100 mins | Documentary | Aug. 21, 1981

Being Different
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.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Astral Bellevue Pathé, Trans-Atlantic Enterprises, The Movie Store (TMS Pictures)
Original title Being Different
Directors Harry Rasky
Writers

Cast

Christopher Plummer

as Self (Narrator) (voice)

Billy Barty

as Self

Bob Melvin

as Self (The Man with Two Faces)

Sandra Elaine Allen

as Self (Tallest woman in the world)

Jo-Ann Cantilla

as Self

Louise Capps

as Self

Paul Fishe

as Self (729 lb man)

Ronnie Galyon

as Self

Donnie Galyon

as Self

Dolly Reagan

as Self (The Human Doll)

Peter Strudwick

as Self

Emmett Bejano

as Self

Percilla Bejano

as Self

Johann K. Petursson

as Self (The world's tallest man)