The story of the great American showman and promoter.The story of the great American showman and promoter.The story of the great American showman and promoter.
- Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
- 1 win & 9 nominations total
Michèle-Barbara Pelletier
- Pauline
- (as Michelle Barbara Pelletier)
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- TriviaP.T. Barnum was portrayed at different ages by Beau Bridges and his son Jordan Bridges.
- GoofsThis movie shows P.T. Barnum naming Jumbo. In fact, when Barnum bought Jumbo that was already his name. Keepers at the London Zoo (Jumbo's owners before Barnum) named him Jumbo, a derivation of an African word for elephant. The publicity Barnum brought to Jumbo eventually coined the word "jumbo" as meaning large.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2000)
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Even boring in the background
I gave up on this after an hour. My sister tried to watch it while I worked at the computer. Although I love the circus this was a farce. It was over acted as if the actors could talk over the poorly written script. The discussions in the family felt unproductive. After a while, who cares? I wanted to see P.T. Barnum, not the Barnum family. I could see that type of conversation across the street. After a while I actually felt myself getting stressed out from the arguing.
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* of 5
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- CheshireCatsGrin
- Sep 22, 2000
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