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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Universal Studios
Salesrank: 1585
Released: March 10, 2009 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
One of the most talked-about movies of all time, Howard the Duck, lands on DVD for the first time ever in an all-new Special Edition! From executive producer George Lucas and the pages of Marvel Comics comes this unbelievably funny comedy about a fast-talking, cigar-chomping, beer-loving duck from a parallel universe who crashes to Earth. Featuring brand-new bonus features, a digitally remastered picture and new 5.1 surround sound, Howard the Duck Special Edition is a hidden treasure the whole family can enjoy.
Description of Howard the Duck:
If you concentrate on the fact that Howard the Duck was a notorious box office dud (still brought up today) and considered one of the worst films of the '80s, it's entirely possible to enjoy this special effects piffle. Howard, played by a special effect puppet, lives on a planet where ducks evolved instead of apes, but one day he's sucked into a vortex and deposited on Earth. There he befriends Beverly Switzler (Lea Thompson), lead singer for the Cherry Bombs, becomes their manager, and, oh yeah, saves the Earth from the Dark Overlords. Jeffrey Jones is the villain and Tim Robbins (!) is there for comic relief. And who can resist the culmination of synthesizer pop, the Howard the Duck theme song, as realized by the Cherry Bombs? A midnight movie that your kids might watch more than you. --Keith Simanton
Howard the Duck Reviews:
Some People Just DON'T Get It. 
2009-10-18 - Loosely based upon the Marvel Comics' character created by Steve Gerber and artist Val Mayerik, the film was directed by Willard Huyck and produced by George Lucas. Despite all the negative reviews this movie garnered back in the "80's (mostly from the people whom were unconvinced to the look of the live-action puppet). I really thoroughly enjoyed watching this film on cable TV because; it had notable actors (Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones and Tim Robbins), pretty good special effects (the stop-motion animation), and some GREAT gags in my opinion (the scene from the diner is CLASSIC!). Yet despite the film's flaws I do think it does suspend some belief to a point, what do you think? What the movie had similar to the comic book series for me was the overall absurdity of predicaments Howard & Beverly's exploits would land them in, the eccentric characters, and the lampooning of 1980's pop-cultured society. It's just too bad that back then CGI wasn't fully developed and at the advanced stage as it is today for films. Maybe Howard the Duck would have achieved perhaps to say the least "popular cult status"?
Howard The Duck
2009-10-03 - Great classic movie. Watched as a kid & hope my kids can enjoy it as well.
THE DUCK IS A DOG 
2009-09-28 - Look. Howard is not funny. He is not entertaining. The one liners are for insomniacs. The only things this picture has going for it are the music score (the background music, not the rock band) and the animation at the end. The rest is a buttock burner. Stay away from this one and add two hours to your life.
Simply, One of the BEST 
2009-09-26 - This is one of my all-time favorites.
I wore this one out on VHS. My only complaint.... WHY NO BLURAY?
Great funny flick
2009-09-07 - It doesn't make sense and that is what is so great about it. It's a fun ride.
