Its only real goal was to inspire disbelief that it was actually made, and that merely required long to get into the walrus suit for a few minutes. His name is kevin smith, and he brings us, tusk full movie. To take on the position as my lodger you must be prepared to wear the walrus suit for approximately two. How an internet hoax inspired kevin smiths tusk variety. Tusk costume is genuinely horrific, with bloody scars and a. That was how filmmaker kevin smith introduced his latest movie, tusk, to a packed house at the vista theatre in hollywood at a special screening tuesday night. Even for a fairly lowbudget movie, tusk doesnt feel thoughtthrough, or focused enough. Sep 19, 2014 the homeowner, in the ad, was offering his spare room free of charge if a renter would agree to dress up in a homemade walrus outfit for an hour or two per day. The dialogue feels more natural and peculiarly overhanging, he commands the camera like a filmmaker, and the performances from all involved are particularly strong for this category parks, lapointe, and rodriguez especially are all of the.
With justin long, michael parks, haley joel osment, genesis rodriguez. Why could they just remove wallace from that walrus suit. The story of howard howe michael parks, right, turning podcaster wallace bryton justin long into a walrus plays out pretty much exactly like it sounds. Justin long on having fun and suffering as a walrus in tusk. That is, unless your mind is as warped as some of the characters in the movie. Along with his cohost scott mosier and his other cohost weed, smith spun the ad out into a potential horror movie and the final film is remarkably. That was how filmmaker kevin smith introduced his latest movie.
Tusk signals a mutual reinvention for two major hollywood players. Tusk began as a jokey onair proposal to make a movie about a man whose newfound living arrangement involves being sewn into a walrus suit. The film stars michael parks, justin long, haley joel osment, and genesis rodriguez. Now that horror movie is actually happening and it will star michael parks and justin long. A brash and arrogant podcaster gets more than he bargained for when he travels to canada to interview a mysterious recluse.
Justin long talks tusk, working with kevin smith again, wearing a walrus suit, michael parks, and more by michael lee tusk is the first film in kevin smith s quasitrilogy, true north trilogy. First smith talks about the decision to reveal the walrus suit so early in the film. He has been surgically altered, bones broken, organs moved, and parts of his skin transplanted around to make him a human that is the rough proportions of a walrus and then he had tusks surgically implanted in his jaw. He sews wallace into a walrus costume made of human skin, complete with tusks made from the tibia bones from wallaces severed legs. It concerns wallace bryton justin long, a podcaster who goes to canada in order to interview a seafarer michael parks who then kidnaps him and plans to sew him into a walrus suit. Kevin smiths horror movie tusk would probably not make the list. A scary horror comedy by kevin smith clerks join us on facebook. Howard puts on his own walrus flesh suit to fight with wallace, after revealing that he had to kill the original mr. Oct 01, 20 the clerks creator details his plans to sell his house to make tusk, a horror movie about a guy forced to wear a walrus suit. Smith took the idea of a retired man desiring a tenant who will dress up in a walrus costume and turned it into a twisted frankensteinlike tale. Tusk all started on an episode of smodcast in which smith had discovered a strange and fictional online ad from a lonely soul seeking for a companion willing to be sewn into a walrus suit. Moviechat forums tusk 2014 discussion the walrus suit the walrus suit posted 2 years ago by mobstar18 1 2 replies jump to latest.
Not exactly a true story, the movie was inspired by a fake walrus ad discussed on kevin smiths smodcast podcast. The film is the first in smiths planned true north trilogy, followed by yoga hosers 2016 tusk had its world premiere at the toronto international film festival, before it was. Theres a showdown between man and walrus that includes stabbing. The movie is very nearly at the level of the torture porn subgenre of horror, as in the human centipede, except that it takes breaks for comedy every so often, and the tone is generally lighter. According to smith, the kernel of his script was a gag advertisement for free housing for anybody who agreed to wear a walrus suit for a couple hours a day. Tusk movie stars justin long as wallace bryton who is a podcaster who travels around the country in order to meet weird people who may make fool in a way of accidental, then describes his experiences to his cohost.
Tusk movie was inspired by chris parkinsons walrus ad hoax. It seemed pretty obvious to me that the whole point of making this movie was to turn him into a walrus. He thinks man is a horrible species, and the walrus is more noble and dignified, and so he is trying to restore honor to mr. In flashback, viewers see a man tearing into a dead walrus and eating it raw. The film is the first in smiths planned true north trilogy, followed by yoga hosers 2016. Sep 18, 2014 the story of howard howe michael parks, right, turning podcaster wallace bryton justin long into a walrus plays out pretty much exactly like it sounds. Whenever smith tries to be something hes not, he fails as an artist. Michael parks in tusk 2014 genesis rodriguez at an event for tusk 2014 tusk 2014. The movies grossest misstep is the performance of johnny depp as guy. Sep 19, 2014 tusk began as a jokey onair proposal to make a movie about a man whose newfound living arrangement involves being sewn into a walrus suit, and that relevant podcast segment plays out over the. That reinvention just so happens to come in the form of a guy trapped inside. Kevin smith on why quentin tarantino said no to tusk guest. It doesnt help that the film doesnt have much of a plotjust wallace going to see howe and getting walrusizedand no strong visual design, apart from the walrus suit. Tusk by having his manwalrus experiments fight him back.
First smith talks about the decision to reveal the walrus suit so early in the. Yes he was mutilated with his arms fused to his torso and legs cut off but im sure he could have been surgically removed from the walrus suit. The film follows wallace justin long, a podcaster who drives up to the backwoods of canada to interview a howard, a man who wants to tell his stories to someone. Kevin smiths tusk is little more than the cinematic. A climactic walrus battle set to fleetwood macs tusk is so patently stupid that viewers can practically hear smith and mosier cracking themselves up in the background. Tusk is a strange, quirky horror movie from iconoclastic filmmaker kevin smith, with a surprisingly emotional ending. Regarding the physical, the suit is made of human flesh, the tusks made from the. The walrus suit, yoga hosers production and his only tusk regret posted on friday, january 2nd, 2015 by germain lussier. The movie turns that into something stranger and ultimately more sinister. Little does wallace know, howard is a psychotic man who kidnaps his victims, then turn them into his favorite animal, the walrus.
Its a movie that has justin long and michael parks battling to the death while wearing walrus suits made of human body parts. Jul 17, 2019 howards process in putting wallace into the walrus suit plays into tusk s physical and psychological horrors. Tusk by having his man walrus experiments fight him back. Howe has plans to surgically and mentally turn wallace into a walrus. The new film by kevin smith, tusk, has its world premiere saturday night as part of the toronto international film festival. So with a walrus suit, one long walrus, superhero financiers, a new draft of the script, a start date of oct. The actor talked about his demanding role in tusk in theaters sept. Tusk trys to add levity to itself from time to time and fails at that as horribly as it does in turning a human into a walrus believably. That reinvention just so happens to come in the form of a guy trapped inside a walrus suit thats stitched together frankenstein. This part of the movie seemed to confuse a lot of people but heres the breakdown. The walrus suit design is horrifying yet compelling, the sets are beautiful, and the cinematography is perfect. The clerks creator details his plans to sell his house to make tusk, a horror movie about a guy forced to wear a walrus suit. Kevin smiths tusk, horror with a loony twist the new. Having watched films like saw and hostel, while being aware of how.
This is the movie he made for himself to enjoy, and once you know that, you can appreciate it on his level. Read chris parkinsons ad hoax that inspired kevin smiths tusk movie. Tusk is a 2014 body horrorcomedy film directed and written by kevin smith. Justin long talks tusk, working with kevin smith again. The problem is that most filmgoers will walk in looking for another horror movie, even with smiths name at the top. Kevin smith on why quentin tarantino said no to tusk. Over the weekend, director kevin smith released another photo from his indie horror film tusk, which shows an illustration of a manwalrus hybrid. Tusk is a 2014 american comedy body horror film written and directed by kevin smith, based on a story from his smodcast podcast. Tusk is bombing big time at the box office so, if you are a smith fan and you want to see justin long get tortured, get to.
Tusk is not as violent, gory, graphic, or abhorrent as it could have been, but the sum total of its parts add up to a piece of entertainment that mediawise viewers still will want to avoid. Justin long to wear the walrus suit for kevin smiths tusk. Oct 09, 20 so with a walrus suit, one long walrus, superhero financiers, a new draft of the script, a start date of oct. He asked his audience to vote on whether they would be interested in seeing this movie, and to put their vote on twitter with the hashtag walrus yes or walrus no.
Sep 29, 2014 as many know, the idea for tusk was born from a smodcast podcast, the walrus and the carpenter, in which smith and cohost scott mosier discussed a gumtree ad since proven to be a hoax, in which an old man advertised for a lodger who would be willing to wear a walrus suit for two hours a day. From there, the raucous pair of commentators chuckled themselves silly concocting a horrormeetscomedy tale about the man with a room, a walrus suit and a cryptic ad. This is something of a surprise as smith himself quite publicly. Tusk is the first film in kevin smiths quasitrilogy, true north trilogy. I had given up hope of ever seeing a kevin smith movie that didnt annoy me. That being said, the scene where wallace discovers that his leg has been amputated is easily the highlight of the film unless the walrus suit. Howards process in putting wallace into the walrus suit plays into tusk s physical and psychological horrors. Sep 26, 2014 tusk all started on an episode of smodcast in which smith had discovered a strange and fictional online ad from a lonely soul seeking for a companion willing to be sewn into a walrus suit. Mar 28, 2019 in the opening credits, tusk full movie is described as based on actual eventswhich is true, inasmuch as it was based on an episode of podcast that smith hosted, where smith and his friend scott mosier had fun with an online ad soliciting a boarder willing to dress up as a walrus for two hours each day in exchange for a free room. The walrus suit doesnt work because its overlit and overshot. As many know, the idea for tusk was born from a smodcast podcast, the walrus and the carpenter, in which smith and cohost scott mosier discussed a gumtree ad since proven to be a hoax, in which an old man advertised for a lodger who would. Listen to the kevin smith podcast episode where they talk about it if you want more context. Along with his cohost scott mosier and his other cohost weed, smith spun the ad out into a potential horror movie and the final film is remarkably close to that initial hazy improv. A climactic walrus battle set to fleetwood macs tusk is so patently stupid that viewers can practically hear smith and mosier cracking themselves up.
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