Tusk (1980 film)

Tusk
Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont
Release dates	France: November 26, 1980
Running time	119 min.
Country	France
Language	French

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]

In a 2016 interview published by

, 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]

Cast

• Cyrielle Clair as Elise
• Anton Diffring as John Morrison
• Serge Merlin as Greyson
• Christopher Mitchum as Richard Cairn
• Michel Peyrelon as Shakley

References

External links

• Tusk at
  IMDb
• Tusk at AllMovie

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• Bracken, Mike. "The Horror Geek Speaks: Alejandro Jodorowsky", IGN.com, May 19, 2003
• Puchalski, Steve. Review of Tusk, hotwired.com, 1992
• Tusk at moviemeter.nl (Dutch)
• Church, David. Alejandro Jodorowsky at sensesofcinema.com
• Tusk at subcin.com
• Tusk at BFI.org
• Book Poo Lorn of the Elephants at
  The Internet Archive
• Tusk at shockcinemamagazine.com, 1992
• filmexposed.com (United Kingdom), "A Chat With Alejandro Jodorowsky…"
• imperium.lenin.ru (Russian)