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Water for Elephants is a 2006 historical romance novel by Canadian–American author Sara Gruen. The novel is set in a 20th-century circus. Gruen wrote the book as part of the National Novel Writing Month. A film adaptation was released in 2011, while a stage musical began presentations in 2023 and opened on Broadway in spring 2024.
- Sara Gruen
- 2006
Apr 22, 2011 · Based on Sara Gruen's novel, the film follows Jacob, a vet who joins a circus in the 1930s and falls in love with Marlena, the wife of the cruel boss August. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more.
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- Drama, Romance
- Francis Lawrence
- 2011-04-22
Water for Elephants is a 2011 American romantic drama film directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by Richard LaGravenese, based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Sara Gruen. The film stars Reese Witherspoon , Robert Pattinson , Christoph Waltz , and Hal Holbrook .
May 22, 2006 · 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.
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- Paperback
- Sara Gruen
Apr 22, 2011 · A romantic drama based on a novel about a veterinary student who joins a circus and falls in love with a performer. See what critics and audiences think of the film, starring Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz.
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- Francis Lawrence
- PG-13
- Reese Witherspoon
May 26, 2006 · Water for Elephants is the story of Jacob's life with this circus. Sara Gruen spares no detail in chronicling the squalid, filthy, brutish circumstances in which he finds himself. The animals are mangy, underfed or fed rotten food, and abused.
Water for Elephants. Jump to Edit. Summaries. Jacob takes a job as an animal caretaker in a traveling circus. There he meets Marlena, a beautiful circus performer. Their shared compassion for a special elephant Rosie leads to love, but Marlena's cruel husband stands in their way.
