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Water for Elephants

2011

Drama, Romance

Directors:
Francis Lawrence
Writers:
Richard LaGravenese, Sara Gruen
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Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A man and a woman looking into each others eyes; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A person wearing a shirt and vest; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A group of people sitting at a table with plates of food on it; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A man leaning on another man's shoulder in a field; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A person wearing a shirt and vest; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A woman with blonde curly hair looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A man's face in a dark room; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A woman with blonde curly hair wearing a black top; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – An older man wearing a red bow tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A woman smoking a cigarette in front of a man; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A person wearing a pink shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – Two men sitting side by side in a room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A group of men sitting at a table in a room; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A man and a woman looking at one another; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A person wearing a tuxedo; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A woman sitting in front of a man at a table; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A man and a woman standing next to an elephant; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A man standing on a train track at night; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A group of people standing around a crowd of people; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A dark sky with a lot of smoke coming from it; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A man in a priest's outfit looking at a candle; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A person wearing a suit and bow tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A person wearing a black shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A person holding a lit candle; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A woman with blonde curly hair wearing a white dress; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – An elephant walking down the street with a crowd of people; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A woman with blonde hair wearing a silver dress; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A person with blonde curly hair; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A person wearing a hat looking at a man; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A woman with blonde hair and red lipstick looking into the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A man wearing a top hat and holding his arms up; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A man in a suit standing in the dark; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A woman with blonde curly hair sitting in front of a man in a suit; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A group of men sitting around in a barn; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A woman's face in the sunlight; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – An older man wearing a red bow tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A woman with blonde curly hair holding an umbrella; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – An older man wearing a red bow tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – Two men are standing next to each other; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A man and a woman face to face in the dark; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – Two men sitting in a room with people in the background; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A man and a woman face to face in front of a crowd; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – Two men sitting next to each other in the dark; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A person with blonde curly hair; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A man's face in the dark; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A woman with blonde curly hair wearing a colorful scarf; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A man in a brown hat and a man in a black hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – An older man with a white beard looking into the distance; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A person wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A person wearing a necklace; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A group of people gathered around a man in a suit; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A person with a hat on; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A person walking on a train track in the dark; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A group of people sitting at a long wooden table; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A man walking down the street at night; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A man standing in front of a group of people; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A man and a woman are looking at each other; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – An old fashioned car driving down a street; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A woman holding a wine glass at a table with candles; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A woman with blonde curly hair sitting next to a man; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A man and a woman are kissing in a room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A woman with long blonde curly hair looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – Two men talking to each other in front of an elephant; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A man standing next to another man in a dark room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A man in a hat and a man in a tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A woman in a red dress at a table with a man; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A man and a dog sitting on the ground; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A person looking at a mirror; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A group of people standing around an elephant in a field; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – An older man with a gray beard looking to his left; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A train traveling down the tracks in the dark; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A man and a woman standing next to an elephant; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A man and a woman are looking into each others eyes; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A man in a top hat is helping two women in lingerie; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – An old man wearing a hat and a bow tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A person wearing a vest looking to the side; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A person wearing a shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – An elephant laying on the ground with a man standing next to it; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A man and a woman in formal wear looking at each other; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A person wearing a red jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A man and a woman in front of an elephant at night; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A man and a woman standing in front of an elephant; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A man in a hat and a man in a shirt and tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A couple of men standing next to each other; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A young man with a beard is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A woman with blonde curly hair wearing a brown sweater and a colorful scarf; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A group of people sitting at a table with wine glasses; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A woman with blonde hair wearing a white dress; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A man and a woman standing next to an elephant; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A group of people standing in front of a white tent; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A group of men sitting at a table playing cards; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A group of people sitting at a table in a restaurant; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A man's face in a dark room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Water for Elephants” (2011), directed by Francis Lawrence – A man and a woman looking at something in the dark; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle