Water For Elephants Dated And Detailed For Blu-ray

Disc Announcements, News

In an early announcement to retailers, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has dated the release of the modest hit Water for Elephants. Coming to Blu-ray and DVD on November 1st, the film, based on Sara Gruen’s New York Times #1 Best-Seller novel of the same name, stars Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz.

Francis Lawrence (Constantine) directs this Depression-era drama about a college student who abandons his veterinary studies at Cornell and joins the circus after his parents sudden passing. It is there where he’s hired as a veterinarian to care for the troupe’s animals, and also where falls in love with Marlena (Witherspoon), the star attraction – much to the dismay of the circus’s owner, who is also Marlena’s violent and abusive husband, August (Waltz).

The Blu-ray release is set to include a digital copy and these special features: “Robert Pattinson Spotlight”, “Feature Performer Reese Witherspoon”, “The Traveling Show: From Page to Screen”, “Working Without A Net – The Visual Effects of Water for Elephants“, “The Star Attraction”, “Raising the Tent”, “Secrets of the Big Top”, plus the theatrical trailer and an audio comentary with director Francis Lawrence and screenwriter Richard LaGravenese.

In addition to the special features listed above, the Blu-ray will include a supplementary section titled Live Extras that includes the following material: “Exclusive: Stars of the Circus”, “Blu-ray Highlight: The Traveling Show: From Page to Screen”, and “Live Lookup”.

The suggested retail price has yet to be announced.

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