Howard the Duck
More adventure than humanly possible.
Howard the Duck (1986)
Timing:
1:50 (110 min)
5.425/10
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5.471/10
7754
7754
4.8/10
54000
54000
Country
Production
Genre
Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Romance
Budget
$37 000 000
Revenue
$37 962 774
Director
Actors
Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, Tim Robbins, Ed Gale, Chip Zien, Tim Rose, Steve Sleap, Peter Baird, Mary Wells, Lisa Sturz
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Operator
Composer
Artist
John Warnke
Audition
Dianne Crittenden
Editing
Michael Chandler, Sidney Wolinsky
All team (57)
All team (57)
Short description
A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser beam. First is the cigar smoking drake Howard from the duck's planet. A few kids try to keep him from the greedy scientists and help him back to his planet. But then a much less friendly being arrives through the beam...
What's left behind the scenes
- Executive producer George Lucas spent $2 million on Howard the Duck's costume, and eight different actors worked inside it.
- In the 2009 DVD re-release of the film, the 'main' Howard was initially played by a child, but he didn't complete the role. The lion's share of the main scenes were performed by short actor Ed Gale, whose name is listed in the credits.
- Lea Thompson performed all the songs herself, as did the other actresses in the band. In an interview for the 2009 DVD release, Thompson says that even during filming, the studio hadn't made a final decision about whether to keep Thompson's original voice or dub her.
- A more accurate translation of the original title is "Howard the Duckling".
- Howard the Duck was created by Steve Gerber and Val Mayerik and first appeared in the comic Adventure into Fear #19 in 1973.
- Howard the Duck is the first character from the Marvel universe to be adapted into a full-length feature film shown on the big screen.
- In the 2009 DVD re-release of the film, the “main” Howard was initially played by a child, but he didn’t finish filming. The bulk of the key scenes were performed by short actor Ed Gale, whose name is listed in the credits.
- A more accurate translation of the original title is “Howard the Duck.”
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