Water For Elephants

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.

One or more of the releases in this collection was cut.

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.

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:

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.

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.

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 date

25/07/2011
BBFC reference

AVF276125
Language

English

Director(s)

Francis Lawrence

Production Year

2011

Genre(s)

Romance, Drama

Approx. running minutes

115m

Cast

Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz, James Frain, Paul Schneider