Water for Elephants

2h 2m

6.9

In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.

Cast

Robert Pattinson

Jacob Jankowski

Reese Witherspoon

Marlena Rosenbluth

Christoph Waltz

August Rosenbluth

Stephen Monroe Taylor

Scott MacDonald

Rosie's Caretaker

Brad Greenquist

Cecil the Barker

Aleksandra Kaniak

Andrew Connolly

Weehawken Officer

Big Top Band Leader

Coochie Girl (Nell)

Tai the Elephant

Tatum Etheridge

Jacob's Daughter

Circus Performer

Circus Performer

Circus Performer

Circus Performer

Circus Performer

Circus Performer

Circus Performer

Lee-Anne Telford

Circus Performer

Sebastien Stella

Circus Performer

Circus Performer

Circus Performer

Kacie Borrowman

Showgirl, Sideshow

Circus Roustabout

Julianna Piechoczek

Foxtrot Dancer (uncredited)

Foxtrot Dancer (uncredited)

Melissa Johnston

Foxtrot Dancer (uncredited)

Speakeasy Socialite (uncredited)

Sideshow (as Gabriel Ramos-Gomez)

Beresford Bennett

Speakeasy Jazz Band

Speakeasy Jazz Band

Speakeasy Jazz Band

Crew

Francis Lawrence

Richard LaGravenese

Alan Edward Bell

Director of Photography

Digital Intermediate Colorist

Lars P. Winther

First Assistant Director

Second Assistant Director

Second Assistant Director

Second Second Assistant Director

Storyboard Artist

Storyboard Artist

Anthony Leonardi III

Storyboard Artist

Assistant Production Coordinator

Sasha Veneziano

Production Coordinator

Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager

Production Supervisor

Andrew R. Tennenbaum

Jeffrey Harlacker

Associate Producer

Production Design

First Assistant "A" Camera

Daniel C. McFadden

Second Assistant "A" Camera

Brooks Robinson

"B" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator

First Assistant "B" Camera

Second Assistant "B" Camera

Robby Baumgartner

"C" Camera Operator

Second Assistant "C" Camera

Charles Crivier

Casting Associate

Stacy Caballero

Assistant Costume Designer

Cheryl Beasley Blackwell

Costume Supervisor

Jacqueline West

Fríða Aradóttir

Hair Department Head

Key Hair Stylist

Makeup Department Head

Key Makeup Artist

Robin Fredriksz

Larissa Lowthorp

Art Department Manager

Assistant Art Director

Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Sound Effects Editor

Sound Effects Editor

Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Assistant Sound Editor

Sarah Bourgeois

First Assistant Sound Editor

José Antonio García

Thomas J. O'Connell

Charleen Richards-Steeves

David Lucarelli

ADR Voice Casting

ADR Voice Casting

Special Effects Supervisor

Visual Effects Supervisor

Christina Graff

Visual Effects Producer

Visual Effects Editor

James Newton Howard

Original Music Composer

Alexandra Patsavas

Music Supervisor

Music Coordinator

Supervising Music Editor

Transportation Captain

William Ballard

Transportation Coordinator

Production Accountant

First Assistant Accountant

Cecilia Escobar

Payroll Accountant

Russell Farmarco

Dialogue Editor

Michael Hertlein

Dialogue Editor

Michael J. Benavente

Dialogue Editor

Aleksandra Kaniak

Chris Leidholdt

Key Rigging Grip

Construction Coordinator

Construction Foreman

Still Photographer

Ana Maria Quintana

Script Supervisor

Best Boy Electric

Kei Rowan-Young

Location Manager

Darrin Prescott

Mickey Giacomazzi

Karin Silvestri

Melissa R. Stubbs

Marilyn Giacomazzi

Jackson Spidell

Darlene Ava Williams

Deborah Habberstad

Trevor Habberstad

Cinda-Lin James

Keith Splinter Davis

Suzanne Prescott

Debbie Lynn Ross

Craig Baxley Jr.

Clayton J. Barber

Kenny Alexander

Allison Caetano

Stunt Coordinator

Hope M. Parrish

Property Master

Assistant Property Master

Assistant Property Master

Assistant Property Master

Assistant Property Master

Production Illustrator

Video Assist Operator

Lois Yaroshefsky

Jennifer Vecchiarello

First Assistant Editor

Graphic Designer