P.T. Barnum
- 1999-09-12
- Drama, TV Movie
- Philip Akin, Jayne Heitmeyer, Stephanie Morgenstern, Michèle-Barbara Pelletier, Charles Martin Smith, David Francis, Beau Bridges, Isabelle Cyr, George Hamilton, Dennis St John, Serge Houde, Josh Ryan Evans, Mark Camacho, Alain Goulem, Alan Legros, Natalie Radford, Dawn Ford, Henry Czerny, Jordan Bridges, Lorena Gale, Victoria Barkoff, Harry Standjofski, Cynthia Dale, Harry Hill, Larry Day, Michel Perron, Art Kitching, Howard Ryshpan, Victoria Sanchez, Max Walker, Alex Bisping, R.H. Thomson, Bruce Dinsmore, Mark Ellis, Howard Rosenstein, Carole B. Thomas, F. Braun McAsh, Caesar the Lion, Joel McNichol, Boris Khodorkovsky, Annabelle Torsein, Julia Garland, Brody the Bear, Sweeney MacArthur, Gabriel Darveau, Jeff Watson, Tosca Zoppe, Patrick Keating
- 3 h. 0 min.
- 7.0/10
- 3
- A+E Global Media, Hallmark Entertainment, Les Productions La Fête, Pacific Motion Pictures Corporation
Overview:
This series illustrates the life and career of P.T. Barnum, America's greatest showman and promoter. Starting as a young man who managed an old woman who was supposedly George Washington's nursemaid, we see his career as he finds success promoting curiosities and attractions with panache and a judicious mix of truth and creativity, whether it be promoting his museum or characters like the midget General Tom Thumb. Yet because the demands of his businesses, his family life is troubled and marred by tragedy. All the while, events lead to his greatest creation, the Ringling Brothers/Barnum & Bailey Circus.