Continuity mistake: Three-quarters into the film, Jacob brings Rosie, the elephant, to Reece Witherspoon's tent. Her husband, August, appears and seconds later there is, out of the blue, a cigarette between his fingers.
Water for Elephants (2011)
1 continuity mistake
Directed by: Francis Lawrence
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, Christoph Waltz
Genres: Drama
Character mistake: When they get the elephant, she is a she, but the boss man continually refers to her as "the bull", which means male. A female elephant is called a cow.