Water for Elephants (2011) - new trailer

Based on Sara Gruen's bestselling novel set in the 1930's, Water for Elephants is about a veterinary student who abandons his studies after his parents are killed to join a traveling circus. Starring: Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz and Tai, the elephant who played Rosie.

Pattinson on Ryan Seacrest's radio show:
"Right from the very first day, when I met Tai who plays Rosie in the movie she was with 5 or 6 other fully grown elephants and it is relatively intimidating in the beginning. Especially when they start standing on their back legs—they're just so enormous," Rob said of his 8,800 pound costar.

"They're the most sophisticated, gentle creatures you could possibly hope to work with," he goes on. "I got carried around in her mouth the first day I met her and you suddenly realize how incredible they are."

Release date: April 22, 2011 (U.S.)

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Water for Elephants - trailer & images

Based on Sara Gruen's bestselling novel, Water for Elephants, set in the Great Depression, tells the story of Jacob (Robert Pattinson), a veterinarian student who joins a travelling circus where he meets the animal trainer August (Christoph Waltz) and Marlena (Resse Witherspoon), the star of the equestrian act.

Release date: April 15, 2011.

Hal Holbrook, Rob Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz, Paul Schneider
(Holbrook plays older version of Jacob, Schneider is Charlie, a zoo owner that befriends Jacob,
Schneider was previously seen as Brown, friend of Keats in Bright Star)

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Water for Elephants (2011)

Based on Sara Gruen's bestselling novel set in the 1930's, Water for Elephants is about a veterinary student who abandons his studies after his parents are killed to join a traveling circus.

Gruen originally wrote the novel as part of National Novel Writing Month (also known as NaNoWriMo)

Release dates: April, May 2011 (depending on country)

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Synopsis:

"When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, drifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there that he meets Marlena, the beautiful young star of the equestrian act, who is married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. He also meets Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until he discovers a way to reach her. Water for Elephants is illuminated by a wonderful sense of time and place. It tells a story of a love between two people that overcomes incredible odds in a world in which even love is a luxury that few can afford." (source)

Starring:

Rob Pattinson (Jacob)

Reese Witherspoon (Marlena)

Christoph Waltz (August)

Hal Holbrook (older Jacob)

James Frain (Rosie's caretaker)

Paul Schneider (Charlie, present-day circus manager)

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