Tusk - Kevin Smith (Post-release)

rodneyfaile

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• Apr 12, 2014

• #1

Michael Parks as Howard Howe
Justin Long as Wallace Bryton
Haley Joel Osment as Teddy Craft
Génesis Rodríguez as Allison
Johnny Depp as Guy LaPointe
Ralph Garman as Canadian Detective
Harley Morenstein as Canadian Border Agent

Long plays a journalist who finds the story of a lifetime in Mr. Howe (Michael Parks), a worldwide adventurer with amazing tales and a curious penchant for walruses. When podcast host and journalist Wallace Bryton goes missing in the backwoods of Manitoba while interviewing a mysterious seafarer named Mr. Howe, his best friend and podcast co-host Teddy Craft teams with Wallace's girlfriend to find him. Depp will play French-Canadian inspector Lapointe who investigates the bizarre case of a man trapped in a walrus costume.

The film is set in Bifrost, Manitoba.

The idea for the movie came during the recording of Kevin Smith's podcast.

Shooting began on November 4, 2013, and wrapped up on November 22, 2013.

Unlike Smith's previous film Red State, Tusk will have a conventional theater release in the third quarter of 2014.

 

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Philly

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• Apr 12, 2014

• #2

Re: Tusk- Kevin Smith

I listened to all those podcasts, even when he joked about making it a film I look forward to it.

 

Probe Droid

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• Apr 12, 2014

• #3

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Johnny Depp being in there is a surprise. He must have worked real cheap. I like generally Smith's films so fingers crossed for this.

 

Philly

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• Apr 12, 2014

• #4

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I think Johnny likes certain roles and decides to do them :lol He always chooses the 'out there' roles.

 

JD

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• Apr 12, 2014

• #5

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Wow, when Tarantino didn't take the role, Smith became very quiet about the LaPointe casting... this is a surprise. I think it was only a couple days of filming for that role.

- - - Updated - - -

http://www.thewrap.com/johnny-depp-joins-kevin-smiths-tusk-says-star-justin-long/

 

mattycsi

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• Apr 12, 2014

• #6

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I'm sure I've heard Kevin Smith talk about being good friends with Johnny Depp, kids in the same school or something and a connection over Sweeney Todd if i remember right Definitley be watching this.

 

JD

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• Jul 25, 2014

• #7

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I really enjoy Kevin's movies... but I'm not so sure about this one based on the trailer.

 

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hansicle

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• Jul 25, 2014

• #8

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Did someone make a bet with him that he couldn't make a crazier movie than human centepede.......????

 

Paul Andrew

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• Jul 25, 2014

• #9

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I'm down. I'll give it a shot.

 

JoeG

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• Jul 26, 2014

• #10

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Michael Parks looks amazing. Can't wait to see this!

 

rodneyfaile

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• Jul 26, 2014

• #11

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That looks awesome! Red State was a very different style for him, and so is this. Glad to see he is continuing to make movies. Clerks 3 should be awesome.

I see his daughter, Harley Quinn, makes an appearance. If she is that old now, I must be really old.

 

mattycsi

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• Jul 26, 2014

• #12

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I'll so be watching this.

Is the last line of that trailer "i don't want to die in Canada"? Hope so, gave me a snort!

 

Sluis Van Shipyards

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• Jul 26, 2014

• #13

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I was there at Kevin Smith and left at Johnny Depp...

 

Cleverlilminx

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• Jul 27, 2014

• #14

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This is going to be the freakiest movie ever or a laugh riot, either way I have to see this when it opens. That trailer had me LOLing.

 

Laspector

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• Jul 28, 2014

• #15

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Uh, so let me get this straight--this guy is turning another guy into a walrus??!! Isn't this just another version of SSSSSSS?

 

JD

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• Jul 28, 2014

• #16

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I loved Red State - the flick worked very well for me (just as I tend to like most Kevin Smith flicks). But, Tusk... well, I'm finding it difficult to explain just how this just doesn't seem all that great to me. From Justin Long's terrible looking mustache to just the overall idea that the film is based on... I'm just not feeling it.

 

NeoRutty

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• Jul 28, 2014

• #17

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I don't know about this... I've never been into the torture horror flicks, BUT, if the movie works like the trailer, I might be in...

The tone of super dark and messed up, clashing with comedy... I like it. "I don't want to die in Canada" made me laugh.

 

gizmo

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• Jul 29, 2014

• #18

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I'm looking forward to this. It's great to see Smith entering into different genre.


Ben

 

JD

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• Sep 7, 2014

• #19

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http://www.slashfilm.com/kevin-smith-tusk-early-buzz/

http://www.indiewire.com/article/toronto-review-kevin-smiths-tusk-is-completely-insane-20140907

 

robertsonick

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• Sep 11, 2014

• #20

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I'm very excited to see this. I love that he writes them, shoots them and gets them out so fast. It's old school and it's inspiring.
Apparently Johnny's prosthetic nose looks like a cock so I'm keen to see that, too.

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