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Howard the Duck

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Starring (View all)
Lea Thompson Lea Thompson
Beverly Switzler
Jeffrey Jones Jeffrey Jones
Dr. Walter Jenning
Tim Robbins Tim Robbins
Phil Blumburtt
Ed Gale Ed Gale
Howard T. Duck
Chip Zien Chip Zien
Howard T. Duck
Tim Rose Tim Rose
Howard T. Duck
Steve Sleap Steve Sleap
Howard T. Duck
Peter Baird Peter Baird
Howard T. Duck


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Willard Huyck Willard Huyck
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Howard the Duck (1986) Trailer

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A very bad movie

13 years, 2 months ago at Jan 9 15:45
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Obviously, I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but I still wanted to check out if it was really so bad. Eventually, it definitely deserved its poor reputation. The main issue is that the whole concept was just seriously misguided. I mean, to make a live-action feature about some anthropomorphic duck was probably one of the worst ideas I have ever heard. Some people might argue that it could ... read more

Thank heavens for KFC!

15 years, 3 months ago at Dec 17 17:39
1 vote
I actually read the novel whilst waiting for this movie to go on general release. The story that came from the pages was entertaining, clever and in places I actually laughed out loud at the humour contained within the lines. I was so eager to get to the cinema!

Sadly the movie ‘Howard the duck’ was a travesty. Anyone who also has endured this movie will know just how disappoi... read more

"AH... HOWARD THE DUCK" by Dane Youssef

14 years, 6 months ago at Sep 1 4:34
1 vote
by Dane Youssef


Wow... what can possibly be said about this movie that hasn't already be said a thousand times? It almost seems redundant and tiresome to keep shooting such an already over-satirized target... though this movie took moments off my life I will never have back. I watched it simply to see what all the fuss was about.

I understand now...
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In this film based on the comic book character, Howard the Duck is suddenly beamed from Duckworld, a planet of intelligent ducks with arms and legs, to Earth, where he lands in Cleveland. There he saves rocker Beverly (Lea Thompson) from thugs and forms a friendship with her. She introduces him to Phil (Tim Robbins), who works at a lab with scientist Dr. Jenning (Jeffrey Jones). When the doctor attempts to return Howard to his world, Jenning instead transfers an evil spirit into his own body.
Release date: 1 August 1986
Tags: Sci-fi (15), Comedy (13), Fantasy (10), Adventure (8), Marvel (8), 1980s (7), 1986 (7), Alien (7), Based On Comic (6), Animals (6), Marvel Comics (6), Superhero (5), Science Fiction (4), Adaptation (3), Bird (3), Talking Animal (3), Duck (3), Action (2), Romance (2), Comic Book (2)
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" In this sci-fi comedy from executive producer George Lucas, Howard the Duck is an extra-terrestrial fowl who is accidentally beamed to earth by physicist Dr. Jenning and his assistant Phil. The two go looking for Howard and find him in the home of Beverly Switzer, who was rescued by the interstellar duck from some mean-looking thugs. Beverly and Phil are friends, and when the government finds out about Howard, she helps Phil and Dr. Jenning hide him from the authorities until they can zap h"


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Kyle Ellis posted a review 2 years ago

“Many of my childhood favourites have held up wonderfully, films like Disney's Beauty and the Beast and The Wizard of Oz. Howard the Duck is not one of them, in fact along with 1996's Kazaam it is one of those films that I cannot believe now that I loved as a child. It's not even so bad it's good, for me it is just excrement, and a fine example of a film that aimed to "quack me up falls fowl". It does start off alright, but the last forty five minutes especially is so weird, creepy and dull it spoils the whole movie on its own. The production values are not that good, the special effects in particular look as though they were made on the cheap. The whole film is poorly scripted with jokes that made me groan rather than laugh, the story is bizarre in a distasteful way and the acting is poor.” read more

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