The scene where Merrick is invited to Dr. Treve's house for dinner and cries upon meeting his wife. The line "I'm not used to being treated so well by a beautiful woman" gets me every single time. What a deeply powerful scene. I saw this film in the theater upon release and it has never left me.
Man, what an HD drought we've had to go through for just to get Elephant Man on Blu-ray in NA. And to get a Criterion release at that? Immediate purchase.