Water for Elephants is a movie directed by Francis Lawrence in 2011 and based on the book of the same name by Sara Gruen, first published in 2006. The movie features Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, Christoph Waltz, James Frain, Hal Holbrook, Paul Schneider, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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Storyline
Charlie O’Brien, Circus Vargas’ owner, encounters an elderly man named Jacob Jankowski, who is separated from his nursing home group. The two strike up a conversation and Jacob reveals he had a career in the circus business and was present during one of the most infamous circus disasters of all time, equal in seriousness to the 1944 Hartford circus fire and the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus wreck.
Movie vs Book
Year
2011
Minutes
122
Movie Rate
6.90
Source: IMDb
Movie
Water for Elephants
Director: Francis Lawrence
Country: USA
Year: 2011
Length: 2h2m
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Year
2006
Pages
335
Book Rate
8.18
S: Goodreads
Book
Water for Elephants
Author: Sara Gruen
Country: USA
First published in: 2006
Length: 335 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“The movie is the movie, and the book is the book. They're different critters, and each must stand on their own merits.”
FRANK PERETTI (Writer)
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