Water For Elephants
Contains moderate violence, threat and brief nudity
Director(s)Francis Lawrence
Production year2011
Genre(s)Romance, Drama
Approx. running minutes115m
CastRobert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz, Paul Schneider, Jim Norton, Hal Holbrook, Mark Povinelli, Mark Povinelli, Richard Brake, Stephen Monroe Taylor, Ken Foree, Francis Lawrence, Richard LaGravenese, Sara Gruen, Gil Netter, Erwin Stoff, Andrew R. Tennenbaum, James Newton Howard, Rodrigo Prieto, Alan Edward Bell, Denise Chamian, Avy Kaufman, Jack Fisk
Water For Elephants
Contains moderate violence, threat and brief nudity
violence
There are a couple of fight sequences featuring moderate violence with crunchy punches with impact detail and some brief sight of bloody injury on characters' faces. There is also a brief blood spurt as a character gets hit over the head with a metal rod.
threat and horror
There are infrequent scenes of moderate threat when a character is thrown from a moving train, and also when two wild animals are let loose from their cages.
nudity
There is brief nudity when a character is seen looking at two black and white glamour photographs which feature breast nudity, although the models' nipples are covered. There is also brief sight of breast nudity as a couple begin to have sex, although all that is seen is a man lying on top of a woman as they kiss and he removes his shirt.
additional issues
There are uses of mild bad language including 'bastard', 'shit', 'damn', 'hell and 'ass'. There is a single use of discriminatory language when the term 'Polack' is used by a character. There are mild sex references including references about a character 'inviting men to bed'. The film also contains sequences in which an elephant is mistreated and beaten with a bullhook, leaving it with bloody injuries. These scenes were achieved using special effects and no animals were harmed. An accredited animal welfare organisation supervised the scenes in the film featuring live animals.
Contains moderate violence, threat and brief nudity
Classified Date:
24/03/2011
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
20th Century Fox Film Co. Ltd
violence
There are a couple of fight sequences featuring moderate violence with crunchy punches with impact detail and some brief sight of bloody injury on characters' faces. There is also a brief blood spurt as a character gets hit over the head with a metal rod.
threat and horror
There are infrequent scenes of moderate threat when a character is thrown from a moving train, and also when two wild animals are let loose from their cages.
nudity
There is brief nudity when a character is seen looking at two black and white glamour photographs which feature breast nudity, although the models' nipples are covered. There is also brief sight of breast nudity as a couple begin to have sex, although all that is seen is a man lying on top of a woman as they kiss and he removes his shirt.
Contains moderate violence, threat and brief nudity
Classified Date:
25/07/2011
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.
violence
There are a couple of fight sequences featuring moderate violence with crunchy punches with impact detail and some brief sight of bloody injury on characters' faces. There is also a brief blood spurt as a character gets hit over the head with a metal rod.
threat and horror
There are infrequent scenes of moderate threat when a character is thrown from a moving train, and also when two wild animals are let loose from their cages.
nudity
There is brief nudity when a character is seen looking at two black and white glamour photographs which feature breast nudity, although the models' nipples are covered. There is also brief sight of breast nudity as a couple begin to have sex, although all that is seen is a man lying on top of a woman as they kiss and he removes his shirt.
Classified Date:
19/07/2011
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.
Classified Date:
21/03/2011
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.
Paperwork Remarks:
INTERNATIONAL TRAILER H (LOOK FOR IT)
Classified Date:
11/03/2011
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
20th Century Fox Film Co. Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Trailer H
Classified Date:
15/02/2011
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.
Paperwork Remarks:
INTERNATIONAL TRAILER
Classified Date:
07/01/2011
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
20th Century Fox Film Co. Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Trailer C
Classified Date:
25/07/2011
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.
Cuts:
Company chose to remove a use of strong language from the audio commentary in order to achieve a '12' classification. Although BBFC Guidelines permit infrequent strong language at '12', BBFC policy does not permit uses of 'motherf***er' at '12'. Cut made in accordance with BBFC Guidelines and policy. An uncut '15' classification was available.
Classified Date:
01/07/2011
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional material
Classified date25/00/2011
LanguageEnglish
violence
There are a couple of fight sequences featuring moderate violence with crunchy punches with impact detail and some brief sight of bloody injury on characters' faces. There is also a brief blood spurt as a character gets hit over the head with a metal rod.
threat and horror
There are infrequent scenes of moderate threat when a character is thrown from a moving train, and also when two wild animals are let loose from their cages.
nudity
There is brief nudity when a character is seen looking at two black and white glamour photographs which feature breast nudity, although the models' nipples are covered. There is also brief sight of breast nudity as a couple begin to have sex, although all that is seen is a man lying on top of a woman as they kiss and he removes his shirt.
additional issues
There are uses of mild bad language including 'bastard', 'shit', 'damn', 'hell and 'ass'. There is a single use of discriminatory language when the term 'Polack' is used by a character. There are mild sex references including references about a character 'inviting men to bed'. The film also contains sequences in which an elephant is mistreated and beaten with a bullhook, leaving it with bloody injuries. These scenes were achieved using special effects and no animals were harmed. An accredited animal welfare organisation supervised the scenes in the film featuring live animals.
Director(s)Francis Lawrence
Production year2011
Genre(s)Romance, Drama
Approx. running minutes115m
CastRobert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz, Paul Schneider, Jim Norton, Hal Holbrook, Mark Povinelli, Mark Povinelli, Richard Brake, Stephen Monroe Taylor, Ken Foree, Francis Lawrence, Richard LaGravenese, Sara Gruen, Gil Netter, Erwin Stoff, Andrew R. Tennenbaum, James Newton Howard, Rodrigo Prieto, Alan Edward Bell, Denise Chamian, Avy Kaufman, Jack Fisk
Contains moderate violence, threat and brief nudity
Classified Date:
24/03/2011
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
20th Century Fox Film Co. Ltd
violence
There are a couple of fight sequences featuring moderate violence with crunchy punches with impact detail and some brief sight of bloody injury on characters' faces. There is also a brief blood spurt as a character gets hit over the head with a metal rod.
threat and horror
There are infrequent scenes of moderate threat when a character is thrown from a moving train, and also when two wild animals are let loose from their cages.
nudity
There is brief nudity when a character is seen looking at two black and white glamour photographs which feature breast nudity, although the models' nipples are covered. There is also brief sight of breast nudity as a couple begin to have sex, although all that is seen is a man lying on top of a woman as they kiss and he removes his shirt.
Contains moderate violence, threat and brief nudity
Classified Date:
25/07/2011
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.
violence
There are a couple of fight sequences featuring moderate violence with crunchy punches with impact detail and some brief sight of bloody injury on characters' faces. There is also a brief blood spurt as a character gets hit over the head with a metal rod.
threat and horror
There are infrequent scenes of moderate threat when a character is thrown from a moving train, and also when two wild animals are let loose from their cages.
nudity
There is brief nudity when a character is seen looking at two black and white glamour photographs which feature breast nudity, although the models' nipples are covered. There is also brief sight of breast nudity as a couple begin to have sex, although all that is seen is a man lying on top of a woman as they kiss and he removes his shirt.
Classified Date:
19/07/2011
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.
Classified Date:
21/03/2011
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.
Paperwork Remarks:
INTERNATIONAL TRAILER H (LOOK FOR IT)
Classified Date:
11/03/2011
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
20th Century Fox Film Co. Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Trailer H
Classified Date:
15/02/2011
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.
Paperwork Remarks:
INTERNATIONAL TRAILER
Classified Date:
07/01/2011
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
20th Century Fox Film Co. Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Trailer C
Classified Date:
25/07/2011
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.
Cuts:
Company chose to remove a use of strong language from the audio commentary in order to achieve a '12' classification. Although BBFC Guidelines permit infrequent strong language at '12', BBFC policy does not permit uses of 'motherf***er' at '12'. Cut made in accordance with BBFC Guidelines and policy. An uncut '15' classification was available.
Classified Date:
01/07/2011
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional material
Classified date25/00/2011
LanguageEnglish
