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Water for Elephants Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Life is the most spectacular show on earth.

Amy Renner Amy Renner

Sep. 5, 2011

Water for Elephants

Release Date: Friday, April 22, 2011 Nationwide

Reese Witherspoon, Francis Lawrence, Hal Holbrook, Robert Pattinson, Leonard Hartman, Rodney Ferrell, Tim Guinee, Paul Schneider, Gil Netter, Richard LaGravenese, Elizabeth Gabler, Andrew Tennenbaum, Art's Erwin Stoff

PG-13 Drama N/A

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Plot

What's the story about?

Plot
A 90-year-old man reminisces about his life during the Depression, when he found work at a B-level circus taking care of the animals. He sees the brutality of circus life while falling for the wife of an abusive animal trainer.
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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Water for Elephants.

Crew Behind the Film

The Water for Elephants behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Francis Lawrence last directed The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and Slumberland. The film's writer Richard LaGravenese last wrote A Family Affair and The Last 5 Years.

Producers
Gil Netter
Art's Erwin Stoff
Andrew Tennenbaum

Additional Information

MPA Rating
PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for moments of intense violence and sexual content
Runtime
N/A
Tagline
Life is the most spectacular show on earth.
Also known as
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Language
English

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Official Water for Elephants movie trailers and clips.

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Water for Elephants Theatrical Trailer #1

Production Details

What we know about the Water for Elephants movie production.

Key Facts

  • Based on Sara Gruen's Depression-era circus novel. The novel that has climbed atop the paperback bestseller lists, has been optioned by Andrew R. Tennenbaum, a producer of The Bourne Ultimatum.

Production Updates

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Post-Production

The film was tagged as Post-Production.

Production

The film was tagged as Production.

Pre-Production

The film was tagged as Pre-Production.

Development

The film was tagged as Development.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

Water for Elephants was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, April 22, 2011. in around 2,817 theaters There were 15 other movies released on the same date, including Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family, African Cats and When Harry Tries To Marry.



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Mon., Sep. 5, 2011

  • Changed the production status to Complete

  • Set the MPAA rating to PG-13 for moments of intense violence and sexual content

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