Water for Elephants

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Rated PG-13 · 120 min. · 2011

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During the Great Depression, Jacob, a penniless and recently-orphaned veterinary school student, parlays his expertise with animals into a job with a second-rate traveling circus. He falls in love with Marlena, one of the show's star performers, but their romance is complicated by Marlena's husband, the charismatic but unbalanced circus boss.

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Official Site: www.waterforelephants.com
Director: Francis Lawrence
Writer: Sara Gruen and Richard LaGravenese
Producer: Gil Netter, Erwin Stoff and Andrew R. Tennenbaum
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, James Frain, Christoph Waltz, Hal Holbrook, Paul Schneider, Ken Foree, Tim Guinee, Mark Povinelli and Scott MacDonald

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