Title: The Greatest Showman
Original Title: The Greatest Showman
Year: 2017
Info
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Length: 105 Minutes (1 hour 45 min)
- Budget: $84,000,000
- Genre: Biography Drama Music
- Studios: Twentieth Century-Fox Chernin Entertainment TSG Entertainment
- Distributor: Twentieth Century-Fox
- Age rating: PG (Parental guidance)
Release Dates
- UK: December 26 2017
- United States: December 25 2017
Plot
'The Greatest Showman' is a biopic directed by Michael Gracey based on the true story of P. T. Barnum, a show business man who made his name in North America for founding the famous "Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus".
After the company he works for turns bankrupt, P.T. Barnum, played by Hugh Jackman, is left un-employed and unable to support his family. A visionary for his time, he recruits individuals with unique abilities to perform in the greatest spectacle of the eighteenth century, known as the "Greatest Show on Earth?. Little did Barnum know that his show would mark the beginning of show business.
It was an unprecedented celebration, surpassing all that the spectators of those times could imagine. The success of his shows made P.T. Barnum one of the richest men in the United States.
Awards
- 2018 Academy Awards (Oscars): 1 0
- 2018 Golden Globes: 3 1
Cast
Director:
P.T. Barnum
Charity Barnum
Phillip Carlyle
Anne Wheeler
Jenny Lind
Lettie Lutz
W.D. Wheeler
Videos
'The Greatest Showman' trailer
June 28 2017
Photos
Trivia
Another musical
This is Hugh Jackman's first musical since 'Les Misérables'.
Jenny Lind
Carey Mulligan and Ellen Page were in early talks for the role of Jenny Lind.
Fifth musica
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