Tusk (1980 film)

Tusk
Film Poster
Directed by	Alejandro Jodorowsky
Produced by	Eric Rochat
Written by	Alejandro Jodorowsky Nicholas Niciphor Jeffrey O'Kelly Reginald Campbell (novel)
Starring	Cyrielle Claire Anton Diffring Serge Merlin Christopher Mitchum
Music by	Jean-Claude Petit Guy Skornik Martin St. Pierre
Cinematography	Jean-Jacques Flori
Distributed by	Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont
Release dates	France: November 26, 1980
Running time	119 min.
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$1,500,000 est.

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

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 the Internet Movie Database
• Tusk at AllMovie

• 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 L'Elephant at Project Gutenberg
• Tusk at shockcinemamagazine.com, 1992
• filmexposed.com (United Kingdom), "A Chat With Alejandro Jodorowsky…"
• imperium.lenin.ru (Russian)