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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
- 331 (first edition)
- 2006
- May 26, 2006 (1st edition)
Apr 22, 2011 · Water for Elephants: Directed by Francis Lawrence. With Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, Christoph Waltz, Paul Schneider. Jacob takes a job as an animal caretaker in a traveling circus.
- (119K)
- 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 .
- $38 million
- James Newton Howard
- April 22, 2011
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.
- (1.6M)
- Paperback
- Sara Gruen
Mar 21, 2024 · This gorgeous sequence, played out over perhaps 20 minutes, is emblematic of the many wonders awaiting audiences at the Imperial Theater, where “Water for Elephants” opened on Thursday.
Apr 22, 2011 · A drama/romance film based on a novel about a veterinary student who joins a circus in 1931. See the cast, crew, ratings, reviews, photos, and where to watch Water for Elephants online.
- (199)
- Drama, Romance
- PG-13
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.
