DVD
The greatest showman
Record details
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Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 105 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
videodisc
videorecording - Publisher: Beverly Hills, California : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2018.
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Badges:
- Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 3 / 5.0
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally released as a motion picture in 2017. Wide screen (2.40:1). Special features: The family behind The Greatest Showman; The spectacle; Galleries; Music machine; Sing-along; Audio commentary by Michael Gracey. |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director of photography, Seamus McGarvey ; editors, Tom Cross, Robert Duffy, Joe Hutshing, Michael McCusker, Jon Poll, Spencer Susser ; songs by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul ; score, John Debney, Joseph Trapanese. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Keala Settle. |
| Target Audience Note: | Canadian Home Video Rating: PG. Violence, coarse language. MPAA rating: PG; for thematic elements including a brawl. |
| System Details Note: | DVD, NTSC region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Licensed for home use only. |
| Language Note: | English, Spanish or French dialogue; Spanish or French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); English descriptive audio track for people with visual disabilities. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Circus performers -- Drama Circus owners -- Drama Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor) -- 1810-1891 -- Drama |
| Genre: | Musical films. Biographical films. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Video recordings for people with visual disabilities. |
| Topic Heading: | Audio described DVDs. Closed-captoined DVDs. |
Available copies
- 22 of 24 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Fort St. James Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 24 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Fort St. James Public Library | DVD MUS GRE DVD4879 (Text) | 35196000266507 | DVD AF | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Video Librarian Reviews : Video Librarian Reviews
Golden Globe nominee Hugh Jackman turns in a fine performance as legendary huckster P.T. Barnum. Born in 1810, Phineas Taylor Barnum's story begins with a glimpse of his poverty-riddled childhood and the courtship of his beloved Charity (Michelle Williams). When Barnum arrived in New York in 1834, he already had a family to support. After his bookkeeping job went bust, he used money he didn't have to buy a decrepit museum filled with stuffed oddities, such as the Feejee Mermaid, a monkey carcass stitched to a fishtail. When that novelty wore off, one of his daughters urged him to show "something alive." So Barnum hired 25-inch-tall Charles Stratton, who suffered from a pituitary deficiency, christening him General Tom Thumb, and bearded lady Josephine Clofullia (Keala Settle), along with Chang and Eng, the original Siamese twins. When his menagerie became famous, they were invited to meet England's Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace. While in Europe, Barnum grew smitten with elegant soprano Jenny Lind (Rebecca Ferguson), aka "the Swedish nightingale." After his museum burned, irrepressible Barnum partnered with a wealthy New Yorker (Zac Efron), who embarked on a scandalous romance with a trapeze artist (Zendaya). Barnum eventually joined James A. Bailey to found the Barnum & Bailey Circus under the big tent, which featured legendary elephant star Jumbo. Working from a superficial, loosely structured, simplistic screenplay interspersed with songs (including the Oscar-nominated "This Is Me"), director Michael Gracey's bio-pic is showy and splashy but feels synthetic. Optional. (S. Granger). Copyright Video Librarian Reviews 2018.
