Water for Elephants Trailer and Photos

Aside from Reese Witherspoon’s recent engagement and starring in the James L. Brooks-directed comedy How Do You Know, here’s one more reason to talk about the Oscar-winning actress: Water for Elephants. The movie is based on the acclaimed novel by Sara Greun. Movie Buzzers has the official trailer, along with details on her famous co-stars, Robert Pattinson (Remember Me) and Christoph Waltz (The Green Hornet) after the jump!

Francis Lawrence, the man behind Will Smith’s I Am Legend, is the director of this 1930s period drama.

Official Synopsis:

Based on the acclaimed bestseller, WATER FOR ELEPHANTS presents an unexpected romance in a uniquely compelling setting. Veterinary school student Jacob meets and falls in love with Marlena, a star performer in a circus of a bygone era. They discover beauty amidst the world of the Big Top, and come together through their compassion for a special elephant. Against all odds — including the wrath of Marlena’s charismatic but dangerous husband, August — Jacob and Marlena find lifelong love.

Film.com describes the film as “a tale imbued with the sort of enchanted nostalgia that makes one feel like they’ve stepped inside a faded, sepia-tinged photograph or yellowed newspaper clipping scene and traveled back in time to tiptoe through the lives of the strangers in the pictures. Or as if they’ve perhaps snuck into the memories of a 93-year-old former circus veterinarian — like the hero of Gruen’s book, Jacob Jankowski.”

Additionally, the site adds, “Need more reason to add Water for Elephants to your spring movie schedule? Two words: Christoph Waltz. When the talent behind the nutty Oscar-winning Nazi from Inglourious Basterds slips on the shoes of a schizophrenic ringmaster, odds are good he’ll give a show-stopping performance — the kind that could earn him Academy Award number two. It will also be interesting to see if Pattinson holds his own with Witherspoon and if the two can make sparks fly.”

The release of the film was recently pushed back a week from April 15, 2011 to April 22. With no official movie poster, here are a bunch of telling images that we can offer, along with the film’s trailer.

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