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Howard the Duck
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Overview

User Rating:
4.0/10   14,906 votes
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Director:
Willard Huyck
Writers:
Steve Gerber (Marvel comics character: Howard the Duck)
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Release Date:
1 August 1986 (USA) more
Tagline:
You will believe that a duck can talk. more
Plot:
A sarcastic humanoid duck is pulled from his homeworld to Earth where he must stop an alien invader. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
4 wins & 4 nominations more
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(14 articles)
5 Great Wilhelm Screams
 (From JustPressPlay. 31 October 2009, 3:47 PM, PDT)

Weekly DVD & Blu-Ray Chopping List 10/27/2009
 (From Fangoria. 24 October 2009, 10:01 PM, PDT)

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Cult Silliness more (215 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Howard: A New Breed of Hero (UK)
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Runtime:
110 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)
Certification:
Iceland:12 | USA:PG (certificate #28226) | West Germany:12 (cut) | Germany:16 (2007 re-rating) | UK:PG (cut) | UK:12 (DVD rating) | Australia:PG | South Korea:12 | Netherlands:6 | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15

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Trivia:
The first feature film based on a Marvel comic. more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: Palm trees in Cleveland, Ohio. more
Quotes:
Dr. Jenning: In the lab that night, we saw a single feather fall. We weren't aware that the rest of you, Howard, had landed in that alley just two miles away. Any questions?
Howard T. Duck: Yeah. Where are my pants?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Little Britain: (#2.6)" (2004) more
Soundtrack:
Don't Turn Away (Reprise) more

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10 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Cult Silliness, 10 January 2009
7/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

While watching TV, the humanoid duck Howard (Ed Gale) is dragged from his planet to an alley in Cleveland through a mysterious force. He befriends the rock-'n-roll singer Beverly Switzler (Lea Thompson), who introduces him to the clumsy scientist assistant Phil Blumburtt (Tim Robbins). Howard gets in many troubles until Phil brings his colleague Dr. Walter Jenning (Jeffrey Jones) that explains him that he was accidentally pushed through a laser beam of his experiment in Alpha-Centauri, and he proposes to revert the beam to return Howard to his planet. However, Dr. Jenning is possessed by the demon Dark Overlords that has also come from the outer space. When Beverly is kidnapped by the Dark Overlords that needs energy to bring other demons to Earth, Howard and Phil join forces to rescue Beverly and save our planet.

The underrated "Howard the Duck" is a cult silliness from the 80's. The anti-hero Howard is cool and it is funny to see Tim Robbins in the beginning of his career performing a clumsy scientist and Lea Thompson in a sweet role singing many songs in her early career. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Howard, O Super-Herói" ("Howard, the Super-Hero")

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