The Greatest Show on Earth | Lillian Albertson, Lyle Bettger

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	The Greatest Show on Earth Lillian Albertson, Lyle Bettger Paramount, 1998 average customer review:based on 57 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The greatest film on earth about circus

If you are over 50, you will remember the circus of your childhood: clows, animals, trapeze. Cirque du Soleil is polically correct and beatiful, but the "old" circus were a real show for the eyes. Buy this dvd as a proof of what a circus was at "our time" and show to your children or grandchildren. They will, for sure, love it!

One of the best

I love this movie. It has music, drama, love stories, action. And the circus behind the scenes.

The Greatest Show on Earth

One of my old favorites. Great to have it.

A fantastic film....wondorous and beguiling

I loved this film. A lot of people who did like it said it was hokey and silly, but wonderful. I found it a little silly at times (especially with the romantic subplots...although I love Heston's "women are poison" line, then Grahame's responds "it's a wonderful way to die"), but for the most part, it's a wonderful film that really details how circus life unfolded. It has a documentary feel at times, because it really dives into how much of an endeavor it was to put on a show. The film also shows the actual circus acts almost in their entirety, not cut up in some stupid montage sequence you'd get in these times. The Technicolor photography is some of the most beautiful I've seen (wonderfully restored on this DVD), and the crowd scenes (DeMille's speciality) are superb. No CGI here, all the people are real, and all the acts are real. While there's probably stunt doubles for the leads, it's still real. The performances are top notch, especially Stewart (who is always in makeup), and Heston. Heston is a great actor, and he's constantly lampooned by current media personalities for being "hammy" and for his stance on guns (and other conservative issues). I think it's all BS. He's damn good in almost everything he does. Betty Hutton is gorgeous and shapely. Nice to see a time in Hollywood when you didn't have to be anoxeric to get a part or to be a star. Look close for Lawrence Tierney, who plays a rival of Heston's. Yes, it's that Tierney, who played Joe in Reservoir Dogs, 40 years later. The train wreck (done with minatures) is a bit awkward and silly, but the dramatic aftermath is well done. A superb piece of cinema from Mr. DeMille...

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