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The Show of Shows: 100 Years of Vaudeville, Circuses and Carnivals

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Wikipedia article




'The Show of Shows' is a montage documentary film about vaudeville, circuses and carnivals which was assembled from footage from the National Fairground Archive. It has an original soundtrack by members of Sigur Rs and the composer Hilmar rn Hilmarsson, and was commissioned by BBC Storyville and BBC North .

The film



The archive which provided the footage is held at the University of Sheffield. For the film, it provided home movies from circus families, moving images of clowns, acrobats, the high wire, human cannonballs and escapologists. Cabaret acts, fairground attractions, variety performances, music hall and seaside entertainments are all part of the fabric of the film. Scenes of animals and children performing for entertainment show how times and attitudes have changed.[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/dec/06/the-show-of-shows-circus-documentary-review-benedikt-erlingsson The Show of Shows review a century of circus comes alive], theguardian.com, 6 December 2015, retrieved 13 October 2016[http://www.timeout.com/london/film/the-show-of-shows-100-years-of-vaudeville The Show of Shows: 100 years of Vaudeville], timeout.com, 30 November 2015, retrieved 13 October 2016

The film premiered by opening Sheffield Doc/Fest, and was screened at San Sebastin International Film Festival and Sarajevo Film Festival.[https://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/the-show-of-shows-review-1201680050/ Film Review: The Show of Shows], variety.com, 17 January 2016, retrieved 13 October 2016 It was shown on BBC Four on 17 January 2016 as 'The Golden Age of Circus: The Show of Shows'.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06yghfw The Golden Age of Circus: The Show of Shows], bbc.co.uk, retrieved 13 October 2016

The soundtrack



The soundtrack was released as 'Circe Music Composed For The Show Of Shows' on 28 August 2015 by the Krunk label.[http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/circe-music-composed-for-the-show-of-shows Circe Music Composed For The Show Of Shows], musicomh.com, 26 August 2015, retrieved 13 October 2016

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