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Water for Elephants

Life is the most spectacular show on earth.

A veterinary school student meets and falls in love with a woman who is the star performer in a circus back in the 1930s. Unfortunately she is married to the circus boss. They discover beauty in the world of the Big Top, and come together through their compassion for a special elephant. However her husband does not want to lose his wife and takes dangerous measures to kill the romance ...

120 minutes, No persons under 13 (Violence)
Drama, Period piece, Romance.

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Credits
Cast	Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattison, Christoph Waltz, Paul Schneider, Jim Norton, Hal Halbrook, Mark Povinelli
Director	Francis Lawrence
Screenplay	Richard LaGravenese, from the novel by Sara Gruen
Music	James Newton Howard
Cinematography	Rodrigo Prieto
Editing	Alan Edward Bell
Sound formats	Dolby
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2011
Produced by	3 Arts Entertainment, Crazy Horse Effects, Flashpoint Entertainment, Fox 2000 Pictures
SA Distributor	Nu Metro

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FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Drama
Language	Mild
Nudity	Brief
Sex	Very mild
Violence	Some, moderate
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	Moderately adult themes.
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Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarDebashine Thangevelo	5
Die BurgerAmanda de Langa	15
The CitizenNatalie Bosman	12
24.comIlan Preskovsky	10
International Media

Average .. 53%	10

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