Life is the most spectacular show on earth.
In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.
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Cast
- Robert PattinsonJacob Jankowski
- Reese WitherspoonMarlena Rosenbluth
- Christoph WaltzAugust Rosenbluth
- Paul SchneiderCharlie
- Jim NortonCamel
- Hal HolbrookOld Jacob
- Donna W. ScottBarbara
- Richard BrakeGrady
- Stephen Monroe TaylorWade
- Mark PovinelliKinko / Walter
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- Francis LawrenceDirector
- Richard LaGraveneseScreenplay
- Sara GruenNovel
- Rodrigo PrietoDirector of Photography
- James Newton HowardOriginal Music Composer
- Alan Edward BellEditor
- Erwin StoffProducer
- Gil NetterProducer
- Andrew R. TennenbaumProducer
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