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P.T. Barnum (1999) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1999 · 180 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Simon Wincer
- Starring
- Charles Martin Smith, Beau Bridges, Serge Houde, Henry Czerny, Dawn Ford, R.H. Thomson
The series follows P.T. Barnum from his early days managing an elderly woman who claimed to have cared for George Washington, through his rise as a master promoter of curiosities and spectacles. It chronicles his sensational museum, the career of General Tom Thumb, the strain his enterprises placed on his family, and culminates in the creation of the legendary Ringling Brothers‑Barnum & Bailey Circus.
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