The song that plays on the trailer: Just in case you wanted to hear all of it. OMG this trailer is so beautiful, the NEW SCENES are AMAZING! I cant stop crying!! LOL im such an emotional mess writting this. Enjoy ladies, i need to recuperate, love you all ~alma
A sneak peek at “Water for Elephants,” the film adaptation of Sara Gruen’s book club favorite about a Big Top love triangle and a major circus disaster, is now online. And if the clip is any indication, the movie will at least look gorgeous.
Featuring grand, hazy-with-nostalgia visuals and shots of Reese Witherspoon looking every inch the old movie star, it’s a feast for the eyes. Of course, a number of people will think said feast is really all about Robert Pattinson, who definitely comes across (appropriately) as less broody and Edward Cullen-ish here.
I was more focused on an enraged Christoph Waltz and the wonderful Hal Holbrook. Oh, and the elephant, who is clearly on track to win an Oscar in early 2012.
It's time to put away the werewolves, troublesome love scenarios and blunt-toothed vampirism and get our next taste of Robert Pattinson on the big screen. Instead of chasing girls many decades too young for him, he's joining a second-rate Depression Era circus and finding himself in a messy love triangle with two Academy Award winners -- Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz.
Between the 'Twilight' ties and acting talent, one would imagine a pretty spectacular trailer sucking in a whole range of potential fans. Instead, the first trailer for 'Water for Elephants' manages to show a bunch of the film without showing very much at all of their three leads. Hit the jump to see for yourself.
It's a bit of a surprising route to take for a new film. It's a full trailer showing more than a teaser ever would, yet the only actor to get much of a chance to shine in the scenes captured is the great Hal Holbrook, who plays the older version of Pattinson's character (though his name isn't cited beyond the quick and tiny credit screen at the end). For the rest, we see Waltz get angry, Witherspoon seem whistful and Pattinson stiff-faced. (Pattinson gets a lot of flack for his lack of facial expressions, something pretty surprising for a bright and upbeat person in real life. Someone give him a comedy, stat!)
'Water for Elephants' shares the life of a man named Jacob (Pattinson, Holbrook), who, when his parents died, dropped out of Cornel veterinary school amidst his final exams and joined a second-rate circus during the Great Depression. The trainer (Waltz) beats the animals and has a fiery temper, which isn't helped by the fact that Jacob falls for his wife (Witherspoon), also in the circus.
Does the trailer whet your appetite for the circus life? 'Water for Elephants' hits theaters on April 15th.