Dir: Francis "I Am Legend" Lawrence Character(s)/Actor(s): Old Jacob Jankowski (Hal TVs "the Event" and a slew of movies" Holbrook), Young Jacob (Robert "Twilight" Pattinson), August (Christoph "Inglourious Basterds" Waltz), Marlena (Reese "Legally Blonde" Witherspoon), etc.
Based on a popular novel. During the Great Depression, Jocob Jankowski, a veterinary student at Cornell University, is forced to leave school after both of his immigrant parents perish in a tragic car accident. Not sure what to do with his life, the former collegian stows aboard a train which he doesn't know is the home of a traveling circus. When he is caught, instead of being thrown overboard, he is offered employment with the rival circus to Ringling Bros. At first he willingly does unpleasant jobs like shoveling manure, but before long he gets the opportunity to use his veterinary skills to help the beautiful Marlena (Reese Witherspoon) with a lame horse at the behest of August, the ruthless, volatile and unpredictable Boss and Marlena's hard-drinking, frequently abusive husband. I really enjoyed this movie, but the love story between Jacob and Marlena was very reminiscent of the forbidden romance between Jack Dawson and Rose in "Titanic". The real star of this movie was the pachyderm Rosie, a very talented circus elephant.
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