'Water for Elephants' to Open Shanghai International Film Festival

News. Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch, jury president Barry Levinson and Susan Sarandon are set to attend the opening ceremony.

BEIJING – Hollywood romantic drama Water for Elephants starring Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson will open the 14th Shanghai International Film Festival on Saturday, organizers said, breaking a long-standing tradition of keeping the opening film a secret until opening night.

The Fox 2000 film directed by Francis Lawrence, which released in North America in April to mixed reviews and box office results, will show at the Shanghai Grand Theater opening ceremony, which is set to be attended by News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch, Hollywood celebrities including SIFF jury president Barry Levinson, actors Susan Sarandon, Matt Dillon and Mischa Barton, and a who’s who of Chinese cinema such as directors John Woo and Feng Xiaogang.

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