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]

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

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

This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (September 2015)

• 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)

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