Tusk (1980 film)

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Tusk
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Film Poster by Jean Giraud
Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Written byAlejandro Jodorowsky
Nicholas Niciphor
Jeffrey O'Kelly
Reginald Campbell (novel)
Produced by Eric Rochat
Starring Cyrielle Clair
Anton Diffring
Serge Merlin
Christopher Mitchum
CinematographyJean-Jacques Flori
Music by Jean-Claude Petit
Guy Skornik
Martin St. Pierre
Distributed by Gaumont Distribution
Release date
  • 26 November 1980 (1980-11-26)
Running time
119 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Tusk (French title: Poo Lorn L'Elephant) is a 1980 French drama film directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky and written by Nicholas Niciphor. The screenplay concerns a young English girl and an Indian elephant who share a common destiny. [1] It is based on the 1935 novel Poo Lorn of the Elephants by Reginald Campbell. [2] [3]

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In a 2016 interview published by Sight & Sound, Jodorowsky shared his thoughts on Tusk:

"For me, Tusk is a film as valuable as El Topo , only it is for children. What we have seen so far is an incomplete cut. But the producer, a crook like all filmmakers, declared bankruptcy, got the money in his pocket and fled, leaving the installation unfinished. I am still to this day fighting for the rights and the final cut, remastering and resubmission." [4]

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References

  1. Tusk (1980) at NYTimes.com
  2. "Titre: Poo Lorn L'elephant, Auteur: Campbell Reginald" at livres-chapitre.com (French)
  3. Alejandro Jodorowsky profile at Hollywood.com
  4. "Alejandro Jodorowsky: "pulling rusty brains out of burrows to dimensions never imagined"". 14 May 2016.