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The Greatest Showman (2017) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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The Greatest Showman is a 2017 American biographical musical drama film directed by Michael Gracey from a screenplay by Jenny Bicks and Bill Condon, based on a story by Bicks. The film stars an ensemble cast led by Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson, and Zendaya.
The story of American showman P.T. Barnum, founder of the circus that became the famous traveling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
- P.T. Barnum
- Annie Jones, The Bearded Lady
- Charles Stratton, Aka 'Tom Thumb'
- Chang and Eng Bunker
- Jenny Lind
- Phillip Carlyle and Anne Wheeler
Let's start with Barnum himself. In The Greatest Showman, Jackman's Barnum is just a humble "aw, shucks" working man trying his best to be a good husband and father and lift his family out of poverty. In the film's first half, Barnum loses his job at the Michigan Bolt and Nut Works, then pilfers a deed to a flotilla of sunken ships from the company...
In The Greatest Showman, Jackman's Barnum, searching for acts, hears a beautiful singing voice emanating from the window of a warehouse where women are taking in washing. Following the resplendent melody, he stumbles on its origin, a girl with a beard hiding behind a hanging white sheet (Keala Settle). Immediately taken with the young woman, Barnum...
In The Greatest Showman, Barnum first spots the 3-foot 4-inch tall Charles Stratton, aka "Tom Thumb" (played by Sam Humphrey), exiting a bank with his mother. Stratton chides Barnum for gawking at his diminutive appearance. Later, Barnum tracks down Stratton's residence and makes a personal visit to persuade Stratton to join the show. Stratton init...
Chang and Eng Bunker, the conjoined twin brothers portrayed by Yusaku Komori and Danial Son, are razzle-dazzle song and dance men in The Greatest Showman, displaying their Shannon Holtzapffel choreographed moves. The actual story of the brothers and their association with Barnum isn't quite as razzling and dazzling. Born in Siam (now Thailand) in 1...
Jackman's Barnum becomes instantly infatuated with the gorgeous opera singer Jenny Lind (Rebecca Ferguson) when he sees her glide across the room at an audience for Queen Victoria in The Greatest Showman. The two exchange a sexually charged Gary Grant-Katharine Hepburn-style banter, and before you know it, Lind has succumbed to Barnum's magnetic ch...
Zac Efron portrays Broadway theater producer Phillip Carlyle in The Greatest Showman, the guy Jackman's Barnum recruits to help him bring in more highbrow audiences to his show. Barnum and Efron share a few drinks, perform a song-and-dance routine à la Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor, and Barnum's circus becomes a class act. Enter feisty acrobat and...
Synopsis. Growing up in the early 1800s, P.T. Barnum displays a natural talent for publicity and promotion, selling lottery tickets by age 12. After trying his hands at various jobs, P.T. turns to...
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- Musical, Biography, History, Drama
- PG
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