Water for Elephants

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Water for Elephants is a romantic drama film set in a Depression-era traveling circus, adapted from Sara Gruen’s novel and known for its blend of romance, hardship, and spectacle.

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Water for Elephants (novel) 2

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instanceOf film
romantic drama film
adaptationType novel adaptation
authorOfSourceMaterial Sara Gruen
basedOn Water for Elephants self-linksurface differs
surface form: Water for Elephants (novel)
cinematographyBy Rodrigo Prieto
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Francis Lawrence
distributedBy 20th Century Fox
distributorRegion North America
editedBy Alan Edward Bell
genre period drama
romantic drama
hasTheme hardship
romance
spectacle
mainCharacter August Rosenbluth
Jacob Jankowski
Marlena Rosenbluth
mpaaRating PG-13
musicBy James Newton Howard
notableElement Depression-era circus setting
love triangle
performing elephant Rosie
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A veterinary student joins a Depression-era traveling circus and falls in love with the star performer while working with an elephant.
producer Andrew R. Tennenbaum
Erwin Stoff
Gil Netter
productionCompany 3 Arts Entertainment
Flashpoint Entertainment
Fox 2000 Pictures
releaseDate 2011-04-22
releaseYear 2011
runtimeMinutes 120
screenwriter Richard LaGravenese
settingPlace United States of America
surface form: United States

traveling circus
settingTime 1930s
Great Depression
starring Christoph Waltz
Hal Holbrook
Jim Norton
Ken Foree
Mark Povinelli
Paul Schneider
Reese Witherspoon
Robert Pattinson

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this entity surface form: Water for Elephants (novel)
Francis Lawrence notableWork Water for Elephants
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Paul Schneider notableWork Water for Elephants
Reese Witherspoon notableWork Water for Elephants
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