WATER FOR ELEPHANTS

Year: 2011
USA & UK: Twentieth Century Fox
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, Christoph Waltz, Paul Schneider, Jim Norton, Hal Holbrook, Mark Povinelli, Richard Brake, Stephen Monroe Taylor, Ken Foree, Scott Macdonald, James Frain, Sam Anderson, John Aylward, Brad Greenquist, Tim Guinee, Donna W Scott, E E Bell, Kyle Jordan, Aleksandra Kaniak, Ilia Volok, Bruce Gray, Jim Jansen, James Keane, Ivo Nandi, Karynn Moore, Andrew Connolly, Doug McDougal, Tracy Phillips, Rowan O’Hara
Director: Francis Lawrence
Country: USA
USA & UK: 120 mins
USA Rated: PG-13 for moments of intense violence and sexual content
UK Certificate: 12A contains moderate violence, threat and brief nudity
USA Release Date: 22 April 2011
UK Release Date: 4 May 2011

Synopsis

Based on the acclaimed number-one bestseller by Sara Gruen, WATER FOR ELEPHANTS presents an epic tale of forbidden love in a magical place filled with adventure, wonder and great danger.

A veterinary student from the wrong side of the tracks, Jacob (Robert Pattinson), meets and falls in love with Marlena (Reese Witherspoon), a star performer in a circus of a bygone era. They discover beauty amidst the world of the Big Top, and come together through their compassion for a special elephant.

Against all odds, including the wrath of Marlena’s charismatic but dangerous husband August (Christoph Waltz), Jacob saves Marlena from an unhappy life and they find lifelong love.