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ATUK! The Cursed Script That Killed Six Actors!
8 years ago
Hold onto your socks, everyone. This one gets a little wild. As always with anything from Tinseltown, everything you read here should be taken with a grain of salt. This story might need to be taken with an entire canister of salt. Here we go...
Back in 1963, a Canadian author by the name of Mordecai Richler wrote a book entitled, "The Incomparable Atuk", about an Inuit who is transplanted to Toronto, and takes on a lot of the mannerisms of people living in the big city. A gentleman by the name of Tod Carroll adapted it into a screenplay, changing a few things including setting it in New York City. Norman Jewison purchased the film rights in the early 70's, and began shopping it around for the next decade, until the actor that Tod Carroll had in mind when he wrote the screenplay, read it over and said yes to the project. That person was:
ACTOR# 1 - John Belushi Belushi first read the script in 1982, and loved the part. The studio said yes, the actor said yes, and they were set to begin production. Only one little thing got in their way. That's right... Belushi's drug overdose in 1982, just a couple months after he read the script. The film languished for six years in development hell until someone else took an interest in the part...
ACTOR# 2 - Sam Kinison Kinison accepted the role in 1988, and right as filming was starting, appeared on the set and demanded creative control as well as a re-write of the script. The actor and producers tussled into either Kinison was fired, or he quit. Both have been stated. But four years after he left the project, Kinison died in a car accident. Another six years went by before a third actor was introduced to the cursed script. That actor was...
ACTOR# 3 - John Candy John Candy read the script in early 1994, and expressed interest as well. But like Belushi, several months after he looked through the script, he died... this time of a heart attack, becoming the third victim of the Atuk Curse. You'd think by now that this killer script would be locked away in a vault somewhere, never to be read again. But you'd be wrong! Because it was right before John Candy died, that he talked over the script with someone else...
ACTOR# 4 - Michael O'Donoghue The veteran SNL writer was shown the script just before Candy passed away, and towards the end of the year, he also died, this time from cerebral hemorrhage. There was a rumor that Mr. O'Donoghue recommended the script way back when to Belushi, so his participation might have started even earlier. The script went into dormancy for a few years, before a new actor became interested. That actor was...
ACTOR# 5 - Chris Farley Chris was very interested in the role, and was about to accept it, when he passed away in 1997 from an overdose of opiates and cocaine. You would think that setting fire to the script would be the only reasonable option at this point. But a final actor read the script and invoked the curse, that actor being...
ACTOR# 6 - Phil Hartman This one supposedly has the shakiest connection to the Atuk Curse, but apparently Phil was shown the script by Chris right before he passed away, suggesting that Hartman might be interested in a supporting role. However, several months later, Phil Hartman was gunned down by his wife, Brynn. There have been questions as to why she did this, but a certain Inuit screenplay might have something to do with it.
So there you have it. Hope you stuck around long enough to read all this. Six famous Hollywood actors/writers have fallen victim to the Atuk Cursed Script. United Artists still retains the screen rights, so someone with a death wish might pick this up in the future. Hopefully for their sake, they'll pass it by and let it collect dust in some movie vault somewhere, never to see the light of day. Funny thing is, it's not supposed to be a really funny script. But it definitely had the last laugh with a bunch of famous Hollywood actors.
Back in 1963, a Canadian author by the name of Mordecai Richler wrote a book entitled, "The Incomparable Atuk", about an Inuit who is transplanted to Toronto, and takes on a lot of the mannerisms of people living in the big city. A gentleman by the name of Tod Carroll adapted it into a screenplay, changing a few things including setting it in New York City. Norman Jewison purchased the film rights in the early 70's, and began shopping it around for the next decade, until the actor that Tod Carroll had in mind when he wrote the screenplay, read it over and said yes to the project. That person was:
ACTOR# 1 - John Belushi Belushi first read the script in 1982, and loved the part. The studio said yes, the actor said yes, and they were set to begin production. Only one little thing got in their way. That's right... Belushi's drug overdose in 1982, just a couple months after he read the script. The film languished for six years in development hell until someone else took an interest in the part...
ACTOR# 2 - Sam Kinison Kinison accepted the role in 1988, and right as filming was starting, appeared on the set and demanded creative control as well as a re-write of the script. The actor and producers tussled into either Kinison was fired, or he quit. Both have been stated. But four years after he left the project, Kinison died in a car accident. Another six years went by before a third actor was introduced to the cursed script. That actor was...
ACTOR# 3 - John Candy John Candy read the script in early 1994, and expressed interest as well. But like Belushi, several months after he looked through the script, he died... this time of a heart attack, becoming the third victim of the Atuk Curse. You'd think by now that this killer script would be locked away in a vault somewhere, never to be read again. But you'd be wrong! Because it was right before John Candy died, that he talked over the script with someone else...
ACTOR# 4 - Michael O'Donoghue The veteran SNL writer was shown the script just before Candy passed away, and towards the end of the year, he also died, this time from cerebral hemorrhage. There was a rumor that Mr. O'Donoghue recommended the script way back when to Belushi, so his participation might have started even earlier. The script went into dormancy for a few years, before a new actor became interested. That actor was...
ACTOR# 5 - Chris Farley Chris was very interested in the role, and was about to accept it, when he passed away in 1997 from an overdose of opiates and cocaine. You would think that setting fire to the script would be the only reasonable option at this point. But a final actor read the script and invoked the curse, that actor being...
ACTOR# 6 - Phil Hartman This one supposedly has the shakiest connection to the Atuk Curse, but apparently Phil was shown the script by Chris right before he passed away, suggesting that Hartman might be interested in a supporting role. However, several months later, Phil Hartman was gunned down by his wife, Brynn. There have been questions as to why she did this, but a certain Inuit screenplay might have something to do with it.
So there you have it. Hope you stuck around long enough to read all this. Six famous Hollywood actors/writers have fallen victim to the Atuk Cursed Script. United Artists still retains the screen rights, so someone with a death wish might pick this up in the future. Hopefully for their sake, they'll pass it by and let it collect dust in some movie vault somewhere, never to see the light of day. Funny thing is, it's not supposed to be a really funny script. But it definitely had the last laugh with a bunch of famous Hollywood actors.
Yep, I'll give that bad boy puppy a crack. Sign me up.👅😆😆😆🍀
Heck anyone who's nuts like me and who has gone toe to toe and dressed down a theater bad boy spirit, has got plenty of brass doorknockers to read that script( now's a fine time to say, TMI ).
> https://subcin.files.wordpress.com/.....14/06/atuk.pdf
Read at your own risk of painful, semi-immediate death. Or not. ^_^
Man but Atuk sounds a bit like me. Except for two things, never really smoked( apart from the Skunk Cabbage) and drinking has always been solely soda.
John Belushi- His death is of no real surprise. Considering 90% of Celebrities die from over douses all the time. Hell I can name five celebs who died of O.D. right off my head. Bon Scott, Amy Whinehouse, Michael Jackson, Janas Joplin, and Jimi Hendrix. I'm sure Belushi read many scripts before his death, it doesn't mean ATUK was the cause of his death, he'll Blues Brothers came out Two years before his death yet no one thinks that was the cause of his death.
Sam Kinison- Absolutely nothing linking his death as he got in his car Accident as his death Happened 4 years after he was let go from the movie. And, we all know how retartded drivers can get. Hell just the other day I was almost turned into road pizza 3 times while walking home.
John Candy- This the only one I could possibly buy as to my knowledge John Candy died only a few weeks after reading the script. However, he was also very over weight and considering he died of a heart attack it is much easier to believe that his heart attack was more due to stress, and a bad diet.
Michael O' Donoghue- His death is the easiest to understand as he had chronic Migraines throughout his life. Which most likely was cause by an old head injury cause when he was either a kid or teenager.
Chris Farly- Chris also died of Over douse. Chris was also a very troubled man, his demons over took him and well, he succumbed.
Phil Heartman-Phil, was one of the best comedians of all time, I always smile when an old episode of The Simpsons plays and I see Troy McClour I smile. But, his wife was crazy, and she was not all there.
I understand that the are just for entertainment, but I am a skeptic by trade and need actual evidence before making conclusion about something like the Occult. Ironic considering I do actually believe in ghosts.
...in the end, Sam Kinison was killed when a drunk driver, driving a truck hit Kinison's car and killed him.
(No offense intended to Sandler or his fans, I'm just saying my skin peels off and I drown in my own blood every time I have to watch a movie with him in it)