Book-to-screen adaptation
Water for Elephants: Book-to-Movie Adaptation
Sara Gruen's Depression-era circus novel becomes a lush period romance starring Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon. A young veterinary student joins a struggling circus and falls for the star performer, wife of the volatile ringmaster, in this visually stunning and emotionally charged forbidden love story.
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Adaptation Details
Book
Water for Elephants
Screen Title
Water for Elephants
Cast
Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz, Paul Schneider
Release Year
2011
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Leo Tolstoy's epic novel of passion, society, and tragedy receives Joe Wright's audacious theatrical treatment. Keira Knightley's magnetic Anna abandons her husband for the dashing Count Vronsky in a visually spectacular adaptation that uses a theatre as metaphor for the performative nature of Russian aristocratic society.
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