Tusk

Name: Tusk
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Released: 2014-09-19
Duration: 1 h 42 min
Rating: 5.6
Cast: Michael Parks, Justin Long, Génesis Rodríguez, Haley Joel Osment, Johnny Depp

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Tusk (2014)

Timing: 1:42 (102 min)

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Release date

2014-09-19

Country

Canada, United States

Production

Demarest Films, Phase 4 Films, SModcast Pictures

Genre

Comedy, Horror

Budget

$3 000 000

Box office

$1 917 104

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Director

Kevin Smith

Actors

Michael Parks, Justin Long, Génesis Rodríguez, Haley Joel Osment, Johnny Depp, Harley Morenstein, Ralph Garman, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Harley Quinn Smith, Lily-Rose Depp
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Scenario

Kevin Smith

Producer

Shannon McIntosh, Sam Englebardt, David S. Greathouse, William D. Johnson, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Nick Spicer, Nate Bolotin

Camera operator

James Laxton

Composer

Christopher Drake

Artist

John D. Kretschmer

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Editing

Kevin Smith, Andrew Blau
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Short description

When his best friend and podcast co-host goes missing in the backwoods of Canada, a young guy joins forces with his friend's girlfriend to search for him.

What's left behind the scenes

One of the main filming locations is The Cramer Mountain Country Club, located near the city of Charlotte, North Carolina.
One of the main filming locations for the movie is The Cramer Mountain Country Club, which is located near Charlotte, North Carolina. It was at this location that the perpetrators of a 1997 bank robbery purchased a mansion after committing the crime. Much of the film was shot at a neighboring golf club.
Quentin Tarantino was offered the role of Guy Lapointe, but he declined, saying he had read the script and was "eager to see Michael Parks unleash his inner kraken," but was not currently interested in acting himself.
The character Ralph Garman's name is Frank Garman. This is a reference to one episode of the Hollywood Babble-On podcast, when a listener sent Garman an email misidentifying his name.
When the GPS navigator screen is shown at the beginning of the film, it can be seen that the map is static while the car icon moves. In reality, the map on a GPS navigator should also move, otherwise the car icon will simply move off the edge of the visible area.
Kevin Smith held a Twitter poll to gauge his followers’ opinion on whether or not the film should be made. The vast majority voted that the film should be made.
The Gumtree ad (in which a landlord offered accommodation for free if the tenant agreed to dress as a walrus) was actually a joke ad posted by Chris Parkinson, a Kevin Smith fan, hoping to get in touch with Smith himself. Smith eventually hired Parkinson as a producer.
The film was shot in 15 days.
Kevin Smith held a Twitter poll to decide whether or not to make a film. The majority voted in favor of filming.
In Teddy and Ellie's room, where they ignore calls from Wallace, there is a large framed picture on the wall depicting Kevin Smith's dog, Shecky.
The film is based on one of the episodes of SModcast – a weekly podcast by director Kevin Smith and his long-time film partner and producer Scott Mosier.
The character Ralph Garman's name is Frank Garman. This is a reference to one episode of the Hollywood Babble-On podcast, when a listener sent Garman an email with a misspelled name.
Bifröst is a rainbow bridge connecting Asgard to other worlds in Germanic-Scandinavian mythology.
Wallace's ringtone is taken from Kevin Smith and Ralph Garman's podcast, Hollywood Babble-On. The song was written by fans who based it on Garman's parody of Al Pacino.
The film is based on one of the episodes of SModcast – a weekly podcast by director Kevin Smith and his long-time friend and producer Scott Mosier.
Wallace's podcasts are similar to SModcast, Kevin Smith's weekly podcast.
The episode where Justin Long goes into the bathroom and turns a doll away from himself while urinating is based on a story from Kevin Smith's childhood that he told on his podcast.
The name Gregory Grumtree is a reference to an advertisement discussed in Kevin Smith's SModcast podcast, #259. Gregory is Mr. Tusk's original name, and Grumtree is the website where the advertisement was found.