Film Type: Drama
CASTS:
Reese Witherspoon as Marlena Rosenbluth
Robert Pattinson as Jacob Jankowski
Christoph Waltz as August Rosenbluth
Tai as Rosie the elephant
James Frain as Rosie's caretaker
Hal Holbrook as Older Jacob Jankowski
Paul Schneider as Charlie O'Brien
Ken Foree as Earl
Tim Guinee as Diamond Joe
Mark Povinelli as Kinko/Walter
Scott MacDonald as Blackie
Jim Norton as Camel
Richard Brake as Grady
DIRECTOR:
Francis Lawrence (also directed "Constantine" with Keanu Reeves and "I am Legend" with Will Smith)
WRITERS:
Richard LaGravenese (Screenplay)
Sara Gruen (Novel)
PRODUCERS:
Kevin Halloran
Gil Netter
Erwin Stoff
Andrew R. Tennenbaum
PLOT:
After his parents was killed, a young veterinary student, Jacob Jankowski, played by Robert Pattinson (Twilight) was tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. It was the early part of the great Depression, and for Jacob (Holbrook), now ninety, the circus world he remembers was both his salvation and a living hell. A student just shy of a degree, he was put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie.
