The Greatest Showman is a 2017 American musical drama film directed by Michael Gracey in his directorial debut. It stars Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson, and Zendaya. The film was inspired by the story of P. T. Barnum and his creation of Barnum’s American Museum. It was released in the United States on December 20, 2017, by 20th Century Fox, seven months after Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus ceased operations. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, with criticism for its artistic license, it is the fifth-highest-grossing live-action musical of all time.
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The Greatest Showman is a 2017 American musical drama film directed by Michael Gracey in his directorial debut. It stars Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson, and Zendaya. The film was inspired by the story of P. T. Barnum and his creation of Barnum’s American Museum and the lives of its star attractions. It was released in the United States on December 20, 2017, by 20th Century Fox, seven months after Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus ceased operations. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, with criticism for its artistic license, it is the fifth-highest-grossing live-action musical of all time. It received nominations for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Actor – Musical Or Comedy for Jackman at the 75th Golden Globe Awards. It won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for the song “This Is Me’. It also won the Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards and the Best Song Written for a Visual Media award at the 90th Academy Awards. The movie was released on December 8, 2017,. aboard RMS Queen Mary 2. It premiered on December 8, 2017. and grossed USD 435 million worldwide, making it the fifth highest- grossing live-action musical of all time in the U.S. and the fifth highest grossing musical of all time in the world in the United States.
It received nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Songwriter at the Golden Globe Awards and the 90th Academy Award for ‘This Is me’ and ‘Best Song’ at the 91st Academy Awards and the 61st Grammy Awards for “This is Me”. It has been released in UK cinemas on December 16, 2018, and in Australia on December 17, 2018. It is set in the mid-19th century, and follows the life of T. B. Barnum, who runs a circus in New York City in the 19th century. The story follows the relationship between T.B. Barnum, his wife, Charity, and their two daughters, Caroline and Helen. In the 1920s, Phillip Carlyle, a trapeze artist, joins the circus to help generate publicity. Phillip is mesmerized by Anne Wheeler, but he hides his feelings. While touring abroad, Phillip arranges for Barnum to meet Queen Victoria, with him as her manager. While on tour, Jenny Lind becomes romantically attracted to Barnum. When he rebuffs her, she threatens to quit and later retaliates with a surprise kiss at the end of her last show, which is photographed by the press. As Barnum gains favor with aristocratic patrons, he distances himself from his troupe.
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