Applause Is Fitting For This Delight-Loaded Film.

Sort like a Cliff Notes version of the man's life.

Parc Angrignon, located at Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Burt Lancaster and Hanna Schygulla in Barnum (1986)

Mr. Barnum, I must shake your hand. My name is John Fish.

You are my hero, sir. Three years ago I read your autobiography. I was nothing but a mill-hand, but I was inspired by your book. So I advertised for a partner to help me in establishing a cotton mill. We did what we set out to do, and today I'm a man of means. It's thanks to you.

Burt Lancaster and Brigitte Germain in Barnum (1986)

Burt Lancaster, Brigitte Germain, and Lee Philips in Barnum (1986)

Reginald H. Morris and Lee Philips in Barnum (1986)

Burt Lancaster

Hanna Schygulla

John Roney

Michael Norell

Andy Siegel

The amazing biography of legendary circus impresario and unparalleled showman, P.T. Barnum.

Lee Philips

Barnum

Sort like a Cliff Notes version of the man&apos;s life.

I am an odd one in that I did not enjoy the musical &quot;Barnum&quot;. Much of it is because it really didn&apos;t give a great account of the showman&apos;s actual life. For me, I much prefer this 1986 made for TV movie. While it&apos;s not perfect (it&apos;s a bit episodic due to the film&apos;s length), it does give a nice overview of his life and major attractions he brought the world.

It was an odd choice to have Burt Lancaster in the film....mostly because Lancaster was rather elderly at the time. Having him star in it in his peak (1950s-60s) would have been amazing.....but the film managed to still work very well. I especially like how, at times, Lancaster breaks the fourth wall and talks to the viewer! It&apos;s well acted, clever and the moments with Tom Thumb were not just interesting but very charming as well.

Overall, a nice TV movie about a truly odd man...but odd in a mostly good way.

I am an odd one in that I did not enjoy the musical "Barnum". Much of it is because it really didn't give a great account of the showman's actual life. For me, I much prefer this 1986 made for TV movie. While it's not perfect (it's a bit episodic due to the film's length), it does give a nice overview of his life and major attractions he brought the world.

It was an odd choice to have Burt Lancaster in the film....mostly because Lancaster was rather elderly at the time. Having him star in it in his peak (1950s-60s) would have been amazing.....but the film managed to still work very well. I especially like how, at times, Lancaster breaks the fourth wall and talks to the viewer! It's well acted, clever and the moments with Tom Thumb were not just interesting but very charming as well.

Overall, a nice TV movie about a truly odd man...but odd in a mostly good way.

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