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The Greatest Showman

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Directed by Michael Gracey
Produced by Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, and Laurence Mark
Screenplay by Jenny Bicks and Bill Condon Story by Jenny Bicks
With: Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Austyn Johnson, Cameron Seely, Keala Settle, Sam Humphrey, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Eric Anderson, Ellis Rubin, Skylar Dunn, Daniel Everidge, and Radu Spinghel
Cinematography: Seamus McGarvey
Editing: Joe Hutshing, Jon Poll, Robert Duffy, Michael McCusker, Tom Cross, and Spencer Susser
Music: Joseph Trapanese, John Debney, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul
Runtime: 105 min
Release Date: 20 December 2017
Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1
Color: Color
Twitter Capsule:
The way it wears its simplistic themes proudly on its sleeves without pretension, while spinning bubbly entertainment from unapologetic artifice and a slim adherence to the truth, aligns perfectly with its subject and genres. Makes you wish all biopics were musicals.