Rent howard the duck 1986 starring lea thompson and jeffrey jones on dvd and bluray. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format. With lea thompson, jeffrey jones, tim robbins, ed gale. However, while it is not a very good film, i feel howard the duck is. Howard, a duck the size of a human child, is accidentally brought to earth through a laser beam in. The series first run lasted until issue 31, after which it was replaced with the howard the duck magazine to attract a. A contractual obligation required lucas to provide a distributor with a liveaction film, so he decided to make the film using live actors and to use special effects for howard. Howard the duck remake is horse feathers, james gunn says. Today at the tribeca film festival, lucas sat down with stephen colbert to talk movies, the industry and, yes, star wars. Rent howard the duck 1986 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. From george lucas comes the atrociously awful comic book film howard the duck. Howard the duck has a lot of fans, and usually when they come up to me, i. Based on the comic book by steve gerber, produced by george lucas, directed by willard. Lea thompson sings on b2 the version from the film while the fulllength soundtrack has thomas dolby.
Howard the duck remake isnt coming, director james gunn. Howard the duck is a fictional character appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics. The rumor that the guardians of the galaxy director will recreate the cult classic for marvel isnt all its quacked up to be. Howard the duck soundtrack getting deluxe rerelease. Download howard the duck 1986 1080p bluray h264 aacrarbg or any other file from movies category. Comparison between the cut uk dvd by metrodome in2film bbfc pg and the uncut german fsk 16 dvd by universal koch media. This is the official comic book adaptation of the blockbuster new movie from lucasfilm. The howard the duck screensavers created by yours truly click the link below to be transported to joblos movie emporium, the home of the savers. Released august 1st, 1986, howard the duck stars leathompson, jeffreyjones, timrobbins, paulguilfoyle the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 51 min. In this scifi comedy from executive producer george lucas, howard the duck is an extraterrestrial fowl who is accidentally beamed to earth by physicist dr. Howard the duck trailer 1986 trailer for howard the duck. Howard the duck 1986 stream and watch online moviefone. The howard the duck film of 1986 howard the duck was created by comic writer steve gerber and artist val mayerick in 1973. Director and coscreenwriter willard huyck has taken steve garbers abrasive, beerdrinking and cigarsmoking comicbook character and castrated him, turning.
First is the cigar smoking drake howard from the ducks planet. Howard the duck 1986 august 20, 2016 august 20, 2016 swampflix in a land of a lot of flops, its kind of awesome to be in a really famous flop. Howard the duck limited edition 101 black label dual format blu. West german theatrical version was cut to secure a not under 12 rating. This would be just another oddball idea that didnt quite work. It proved superheroes werent necessarily profitable and taking a chance on a character that wasnt a headliner was a foolish movie. James gunn reveals his dislike of 1986s howard the duck. Since that time, the movie has become synonymous with one word. Seemingly lacking in plot and direction, the film is essentially a mishmash of a duckoutofwater story and an alien. A sarcastic humanoid duck is pulled from his homeworld to earth where he must stop a hellish alien invasion with the help of a nerdy scientist and a cute struggling female rock singer who fancies him. Howard the duck ein tierischer held special edition. The first volume of howard the duck, the creation of writer steve gerber. After starting as a back up comic in the giant sized manthing comic, howard eventually became popular enough to become his own series, as we followed this alien from another world on our earth as he lives out a satire.
It was the wrong movie at the wrong time with the wrong tone. Free howard the duck dvd labels 1986 r1 custom ready to download and print. Lea thompson wants to direct a howard the duck remake for marvel studios. Free online bluray movie dvd covers art archive library. The two go looking for howard and find him in the home of beverly switzer lea thompson, who was rescued by the interstellar duck from some meanlooking thugs. Two scenes had to be cut to get a pg rating for the theatrical release of the movie condom in howards wallet tentacle tongue in the cigarette lighter socket. Extras include a new 20minute featurette in which the bfis. Deadpool is a grated marvel movie compared to 1986s. In the uk two cuts totalling 46 secs were made to secure a pg rating. The character was created by writer steve gerber and artist val mayerik. Howard the duck was a critical and commercial failure when it was first released in the summer of 1986. Csdb howard the duck by german cracking group 1986.
The renowned director believes the film studio secretly has plans to remake howard the duck. Howard the duck is a 1986 american science fiction comedy film directed by willard huyck and. The goofy film is still a lot of fun to watch and features a terrifically cheesy soundtrack. One is of lea thompson pulling a condom out of howards wallet, the other is of the bad guy sticking his tongue in a car cigarette lighter socket to recharge himself. Howard the duck soundtrack from 1986, composed by john barry, thomas dolby robertson.
George lucas presents howard the duck the comedy adventure about a fasttalking, cigarchomping, beerloving duck from a parallel universe who somehow winds up in cleveland. Beverly and phil are friends, and when the government finds out about howard, she helps phil and dr. It was upload by youtube user and the soundtrack is own by universal studios. But its failings as a film have overshadowed the frequently brilliant 1970s comic book that inspired it.
George lucas says marvel may redo howard the duck movie. Csdb commodore 64 scene database is a website which goal is to gather as much information and material about the scene around the commodore 64 computer the worlds most popular home computer throughout time. Howard the duck ruined the chance of superhero movies at the time. Had there not been a cynical, satiric comic featuring a gruff, curmudgeonly quack as a hero, we wouldnt mind the tepid treatment here. Released by mca in 1985 mca6173 containing music from howard the duck 1986. Howard the duck 1986 tt0091225 a scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the earth through a laser beam. Download howard the duck 1986 1080p bluray h264 aacrarbg. A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the earth through a laser beam. If you listen closely to this soundtrack and dances with wolves you will find that much of the music from howard the duck was also used in that movie. Howard the duck is the perfect example of excellent original ideas totally taken apart by halfbaked hollywood misinterpretation.
A few kids try to keep him from the greedy scientists and help him back to his planet. Howard the duck ein tierischer held kaufen microsoft store dech. This widely forgotten marvel film character saw the light of film in 1986 and. After a strange cosmic accident, everyduck howard suddenly finds himself on a planet ruled by humans. George lucas prasentiert howard ein tierischer held. Deadpool is a grated marvel movie compared to 1986s insane howard the duck you remember it because it was creepy, but it was also filthy as hell. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Its time for a new howard the duck movie kids of a certain age are crazy for marvels fowl from outer space. Based on the marvel comic book of the same name, the film was produced by gloria katz and written by huyck and katz, with george lucas as executive producer. This widely forgotten marvel film character saw the light of film in 1986 and apart from a brief cameo shot as one of the exibits of the colllector in guardians of the galaxy, vanished into history. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4.
Howard the duck, the movie, is as bad as youve heard. Free howard the duck bluray dvd cover 1986 german ready to download and print. Howard the duck remake pitched to marvel by lea thompson. Add to watchlist in this comic book fantasy, a gruff duck is transported from his home planet, which is populated by talking ducks, to earth, where he must save a beautiful woman from criminals. This widely forgotten marvel film character saw the light of film in 1986 and apart from a brief cameo shot as one of.
Howard the duck 1986 one of the few marvel comics film adaptions of the 1980s, the liveaction retelling of an alien duck arriving on earth was not as popular as george lucas might have hoped. However, while it is not a very good film, i feel howard the duck is not nearly as bad as many people seem to believe. A sarcastic humanoid duck is pulled from his homeworld to earth where he. Then i had the rare opportunity to see it in an actual movie theater on 35mm film for its. Jenning hide him from the authorities until they can zap him back home. Howard the duck is a 1986 american science fiction comedy film directed by willard huyck and starring lea thompson, jeffrey jones, and tim robbins. Here you can find almost anything which was ever made for the commodore 64, and more is being added every day.
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