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- Summary Water for Elephants presents an unexpected romance in a uniquely compelling setting. Veterinary school student Jacob meets and falls in love with Marlena, a star performer in a circus of a bygone era. They discover beauty amidst the world of the Big Top, and come together through their compassion for a special elephant.
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Plot. Charlie O'Brien, a circus owner, encounters an elderly man named Jacob Jankowski, who is separated from his nursing home group. Jacob reveals he once had a career in the circus business and was present during one of the most infamous circus disasters of all time.
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. After his parents' death, Jacob Jankowski is left penniless and homeless.
Apr 22, 2011 · Water for Elephants. 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.
- (120K)
- Drama, Romance
- Francis Lawrence
- 2011-04-22
Plot. The story is told through a series of memories by Jacob Jankowski, a man living in a nursing home who can't remember if he is 90 or 93-years-old. In the nursing home, Jacob's life lacks excitement.
- Sara Gruen
- 2006
Apr 22, 2011 · Synopsis Jacob Jankowski (Robert Pattinson), a veterinary student, is close to graduating when a terrible tragedy forces him to leave school. With nowhere else to go, he hops on a passing train...
- (199)
- Francis Lawrence
- PG-13
- Reese Witherspoon
Apr 21, 2011 · The story, based on the best-seller by Sara Gruen, is told as a flashback by an old man named Jacob ( Hal Holbrook ), who lost his parents in 1931, dropped out of Cornell University's veterinary school, hit the road and hopped a train that happened, wouldn't you know, to be a circus train.
Apr 21, 2011 · Directed by Francis Lawrence. Drama, Romance. PG-13. 2 hours. By Stephen Holden. April 21, 2011. “Water for Elephants,” Sara Gruen’s lightweight page turner about a Depression-era traveling...