Has anyone seen this thing??? ***PICTURE ADDED***

[Juck]

Anyone seen this yet?

CRUST

Release Date: December 12th, 2003 (limited release)
Nation of Origin: United Kingdom
Running Time: 86 minutes
Cast: Kevin McNally (Bill), Perry Fitzpatrick (Steve), Naomie Harris, Louise Mardenborough (Shaz), Madhav Sharma (Hamid "Anything-U-Need" Choudhury), Enzo Cilenti, Ulrika Jonsson, Bob Mason
Director: Mark Locke (feature debut)
Screenwriter: Mark Locke (feature debut)

Premise: Normally, the mantis shrimp (a crustacean which isn't really a shrimp) only grows to about a foot long or so, but in this movie, a seven-foot-long one shows up in England (by way of the Philippines). Pub owner and failed boxer Bill (McNally) buys the creature, seeing it as his chance to become rich and famous, training the ferocious crustacean to box (complete with boxing gloves on his front pincers). Hitting the road with his amateur boxer best friend, Steve (Fitzpatrick), a trainee hairdresser (Mardenborough) and the giant sea creature, Bill heads to London to convince a TV network to feature the crustacean on an "American Gladiators"-style event hosted by Ulrika Jonsson.

Genre: Action, Animals, Comedy, Eye Candy, Fantasy


From: http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hp&cf=prev&id=1808510565


I almost can't believe it. lol

 

[jandree22]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: ( :roll: ) .......... :lol:

 

[K9coral]

....WTF?



low budget films suck!

 

[John_Brandt]

The only way to beat Crusty is to use copper-plated boxing gloves or arrange a match when you know he's going to be molting.


That was one of the funniest things I have ever read!

 

[cdeakle]

Very funny!

Thats what happens when reefers smoke to much! :lol:

 

[tazdevil]

Where'd you get the admins secret picture's from?

 

[Unarce]

Could have been Oscar-worthy had Johnny Depp not turned down the role of Crusty. Another role he would have modeled after Keith Richards.

 

[ricky1414]

Very funny!

Thats what happens when reefers smoke to much! :lol:

When reefers smoke too much!!! I get it, it's a pun! Reefer and reefer. HA HA HA

 

[Rotary]

mantis from HELL

 

[Quigonsean]

I want a 7foot mantis shrimp, and I can feed it cats and squirles and other small woodland creatures. And I'll hold it, and pet it, and love it, and call it my owne.

Sean

 

[Quigonsean]

Man that is good acid....

 

[Quigonsean]

Marke Locke's CRUST

CRUST is being directed by Marke Locke and produced by Nick O'Hagan and is currently being shot in and around London. It is due for release in late Autumn 2001. Mr. C (the mantis shrimp) was made by animatronics designers.
© Rob Vector

The film tells the story of pub-landlord Bill (played by British actor Kevin McNally) a failed boxer and borderline alcoholic who feels that success has eluded him his whole life but who has no idea what to do about it. That is, he has no idea until he meets local dodgy businessman Hamid 'Anything-U-Need' Choudhury, who tantalizes him with dreams of a very unusual boxing event.

Hamid convinces Bill that there is some serious money to be made in Man versus Animal exhibition bouts. He cites the past popularity of Man versus kangaroo matches, then argues that those matches were inherently flawed because kangaroos were not only so darned cute BUT were the emblems of Australia to boot! No one could stand to be mad at such cuddly critters for long!

Ok, now listen closely 'cause here's the brilliant idea:

Under the clear blue waters of the Caribbean lives a type of crustacean, a mantis shrimp, that boxes! No one could hope to love this armored monstrosity --- its alien appearance would have been right at home in the pub scene in Star Wars! Why, the possibilities were endless: exhibition bouts in big arenas, TV appearances, even their own Gladiators style TV show with blokes in leotards hitting the shrimp with giant cotton buds!

Bill cashes in his life savings and with it buys something that would make even Godzilla tremble --- nearly 2 meters of living, breathing, kick-ass, armor-plated mantis shrimp! Can you say, "Show me the money?"

So, off they go to London to fulfill their dreams --- Bill, his best friend Steve (twenty five, ex condom factory employee and amateur boxer), his gorgeous, highly strung young girlfriend Shaz (seventeen, a trainee hairdresser who thinks she's dating beneath her and wants to get into media), and a misunderstood, club-clawed crustacean who suffers in silence but is not half as stupid as it looks.

http://www.blueboard.com/mantis/pics/full/cartoon_boxing_shrimp.jpg
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Also on google [url=http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Crust+mantis+shrimp]http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=n ... tis+shrimp[/url]

 

[c0yote]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0271445/combined

 

[Expos Forever]

I predict this movie will be bigger than Nemo. Thousands and thousands of kids everywhere will be looking for Mantis shrimps. Crust lunchboxes, bedding sheet sets, etc... Maybe even an Oscar.

 

[Anonymous]

one mean mofo.

I had a 2" one that I was afraid of. I'd Mess my drawers if I ran into that one.

B

 

[Juck]

lol,, the Mantis definitely has that cheezy 'BBC Special Effects Department' look to it (see Dr.Who, Red Dwarf etc etc).

I figured maybe one of the Brits on here may have seen it,, I'm doing my best to get a copy but seems it's only available in Japanese,, was a big hit over there I guess.

 

[Juck]

Anyone seen this yet? I notice Netflix carries the Japanese DVD version,, I assume subtitled over the english language version. Anyone a netflix member & fancy checking this out?