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Water for Elephants Blu Ray

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Sara Gruen's bestselling novel comes to glossy life in this period romance. A sparkle-free Robert Pattinson plays Jacob Jankowski, who studies veterinary medicine during the Great Depression. After a family tragedy, he loses everything, including the chance to graduate from prestigious Cornell, so he hops a train, where he finds himself part of the struggling Benzini Brothers Circus. Ringleader August (Christoph Waltz, echoing his OscarĀ®-winning Inglourious Basterds performance) has doubts about the softhearted lad, but a fellow Pole smoothes the way, and Jacob becomes... the company vet, which leads him to platinum-blonde equestrian Marlena (Reese Witherspoon), August's wife. The two make eyes at each other, but an affair would surely end badly, so they concentrate on their work. When Marlena's prize steed falls ill, August purchases an elephant, hoping Rosie will turn their fortunes around, and enlists Jacob to train her. Unfortunately, she's slow to respond to commands until Jankowski unlocks her secret--and after August has beaten the poor thing into submission. After that, things start to look up until Jacob steals a kiss from his dream girl. As in The Notebook, the film it most closely resembles, an elderly version of the central character (Hal Holbrook, touching) narrates in the present day (screenwriter Richard LaGravenese also adapted The Bridges of Madison County). He tells an interesting tale, so it's too bad the leads strike so few sparks. For those who find big-top classics like Nightmare Alley too dark, however, Francis Lawrence's feel-better variant may be just the ticket. --Kathleen C. Fennessy [show more]

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Released
05 September 2011
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Blu Ray 
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 
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115 minutes 
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray and will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson give mesmerizing performances in this visually stunning and epic romantic drama which tells the powerfully emotional story of two people who pursue their love against all odds rules and conventions set in the alluring and enigmatic world of a travelling circus Actors Robert Pattinson Reese Witherspoon Christoph Waltz Hal Holbrook James Frain Paul Schneider Tim Guinee Dan Lauria Emerson Brooks Ken Foree Ashley Palmer Calvin Dean Richard Brake Scott MacDonald & Jim NortonDirector Francis LawrenceCertificate 12 years and overYear 2011Screen WidescreenLanguages English

Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon star in this drama based on the historical novel by Sara Gruen, following the adventures of a young vet working in a travelling circus during America's Great Depression in the 1930s. After his parents are killed in a car accident, promising Ivy League student Jacob Jankowski (Pattinson) suffers an emotional breakdown and runs away before graduating, eventually finding work as a vet with the down-at-heel Benzini Brothers circus. There he meets a host of colourful characters including tyrannical animal trainer August (Christoph Waltz) and his beautiful wife Marlena (Witherspoon).

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