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Synopsis

A TV network hires actor Kevin Smith to front a documentary about a town divided by an unusual discovery. Gooey Duck — a shellfish with reputed aphrodisiac qualities — has appeared off Ureroa. The quota is owned by a local couple but the rest of the town, big business, the government and the local iwi all have their own ideas. Smith's involvement gets complicated when he innocently consumes the mollusk while watching Prime Minister Jenny Shipley on TV. The medium, celebrity, small town NZ, gender, politics and penises are all satirised.

Background

A Perspective by Owen Hughes 13.03.2009

Love Mussel is a wide ranging parody whose targets include its own medium, television, and its star, Kevin Smith. He appears as himself, a celebrity actor, hired to front an investigative, ...

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Director's Perspective by Michael Hurst 13.03.2009

Directing Kevin was great. He would do anything. He was so polite and he would really want to get it properly. He would go hard and he would try anything if it would make the scene. If you watch the end titles of Love Mussel you will see ...

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Comments (2)

 Brenda Leeuwenberg

Brenda Leeuwenberg

Posted at 01.28PM - 01.11.2009

Currently this isn't available anywhere on DVD. If it does become available, we'll link to it from this site, and post it here.

 dillon wilson

dillon wilson

Posted at 07.46PM - 31.10.2009

will love mussel ever be available in us region dvd?
thank you!

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