An old man meanders around a circus late at night: he's missed his ride to a rest home. He tells the circus manager about his time in 1931 with the doomed Benzini Circus. He's Jake: when his parents die before he finishes veterinary studies, he hobos his way toward Albany, falling in with a circus. He diagnoses a lame horse, and August, the mercurial owner, hires him as a vet. August is in debt, throwing employees from the train in the dead of night. To sell tickets, he buys an elephant, tells Jake to train it and his young wife Marlena to ride it. While August's temper threatens the elephant, Marlena and Jake find a mutual attraction. And the doomed circus?
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Water for Elephants
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Ciribiribin
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George Wilson:
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I Do Like to Be Beside by the Seaside
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George Wilson:
Writer
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Jelly's Blues
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Keith Nichols:
Writer
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Smile Please
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Robert Viger:
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I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
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Button Up Your Overcoat
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Sheep Walk
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Creole Clarinet
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I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
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Don't Tell Him What Happened to Me
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Barnum & Bailey's Favorite March
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South Side Shuffle
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Stomp Time Blues
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Taps
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Dick Walter:
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Sheep's Eyes
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Till the End of Time
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Sheep's Eyes
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Lew Brown:
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Don't Tell Him What Happened to Me
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Clarence Williams:
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Barnum & Bailey's Favorite March
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Clarence Williams:
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Anywhere/Another Train (Grant Gustin, Stan Brown, Wade Mccollum, Paul Castree, Michael Mendez, Keaton Hentoff-Killian, C
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PigPen Theatre Co.:
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The Road Don't Make You Young (Stan Brown, Wade Mccollum, Paul Castree, Michael Mendez, Charles South, Grant Gustin, Tay
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PigPen Theatre Co.:
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Easy (Isabelle McCalla)
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PigPen Theatre Co.:
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The Lion Has Got No Teeth (Paul Alexander Nolan, Grant Gustin, Water for Elephants Company & PigPen Theatre Co.)
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PigPen Theatre Co.:
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I Choose the Ride (Stan Brown, Grant Gustin, Water for Elephants Company & PigPen Theatre Co.)
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PigPen Theatre Co.:
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Ode to an Elephant (Gregg Edelman, Grant Gustin, Isabelle McCalla & Paul Alexander Nolan)
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PigPen Theatre Co.:
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Just Our Luck (Gregg Edelman, Sara Gettelfinger, Joe De Paul, Stan Brown, Taylor Colleton & Marissa Rosen)
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PigPen Theatre Co.:
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I Shouldn't Be Surprised (Gregg Edelman, Isabelle McCalla & Caroline Kane)
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PigPen Theatre Co.:
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Silver Stars (Grant Gustin)
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PigPen Theatre Co.:
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The Grand Spec (Paul Alexander Nolan, Water for Elephants Company & PigPen Theatre Co.)
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PigPen Theatre Co.:
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Funny Angel (Gregg Edelman)
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PigPen Theatre Co.:
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Zostan (Sean Stack, Charles South, Grant Gustin, Marissa Rosen, Wade Mccollum, Sara Gettelfinger, Taylor Colleton, Isabe
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PigPen Theatre Co.:
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Squeaky Wheel (Sara Gettelfinger, Joe De Paul, Stan Brown & Grant Gustin)
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PigPen Theatre Co.:
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You've Got Nothing, Pt. 1 (Paul Alexander Nolan, Wade Mccollum, Grant Gustin, Isabelle McCalla, Stan Brown & Joe De
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PigPen Theatre Co.:
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You've Got Nothing, Pt. 2 (Paul Alexander Nolan, Wade Mccollum, Stan Brown & Joe De Paul)
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PigPen Theatre Co.:
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What Do You Do? (Isabelle McCalla)
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PigPen Theatre Co.:
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Wild (Isabelle McCalla & Grant Gustin)
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PigPen Theatre Co.:
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Go Home (Grant Gustin, Water for Elephants Company & PigPen Theatre Co.)
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PigPen Theatre Co.:
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Finale (I Choose the Ride) (Grant Gustin, Gregg Edelman, Water for Elephants Company & PigPen Theatre Co.)
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PigPen Theatre Co.:
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Did I Miss It?
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James Newton Howard:
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The Circus Sets Up
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James Newton Howard:
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Circus Fantasy
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James Newton Howard:
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Jacob Sees Marlena
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James Newton Howard:
Performer
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Button Up Your Overcoat (excerpt) (Ruth Etting)
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James Newton Howard:
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Prosze, Rosie, daj noge
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James Newton Howard:
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Rosie
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James Newton Howard:
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Speakeasy Kiss
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James Newton Howard:
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Barabra's Tent
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James Newton Howard:
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Jacob Returns
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James Newton Howard:
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Shooting Star
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James Newton Howard:
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The Job Is Yours
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James Newton Howard:
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Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl (Bessie Smith)
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James Newton Howard:
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Stomp Time Blues (Jasper Taylor and His State Street Boys)
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James Newton Howard:
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I Can See Straight Through You
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James Newton Howard:
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Sanctuary
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James Newton Howard:
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Baptism / Jacob & Rosie
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James Newton Howard:
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The Stampede / I'm Coming Home
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James Newton Howard:
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Anywhere/Another Train (Grant Gustin, Stan Brown, Wade Mccollum, Paul Castree, Michael Mendez, Keaton Hentoff-Killian, C
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PigPen Theatre Co.:
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The Road Don't Make You Young (Stan Brown, Wade Mccollum, Paul Castree, Michael Mendez, Charles South, Grant Gustin, Tay
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PigPen Theatre Co.:
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Zostan (Sean Stack, Charles South, Grant Gustin, Marissa Rosen, Wade Mccollum, Sara Gettelfinger, Taylor Colleton, Isabe
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PigPen Theatre Co.:
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You've Got Nothing, Pt. 1 (Paul Alexander Nolan, Wade Mccollum, Grant Gustin, Isabelle McCalla, Stan Brown & Joe De
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PigPen Theatre Co.:
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