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Features: DVD, Special Edition, English, French, Spanish, Dolby Digital (5.1)
Editor's Note
Comedy-adventure about a fast-talking, cigar-chomping, beer-loving duck from another dimension who somehow winds up in Cleveland and has run-ins with punk rockers, motorcycle mamas and the all-powerful overlord who make him wish he were back on his own duck planet.
Plot Summary
Howard, a wise-cracking duck from outer space, is brought to earth by a science experiment gone wrong. He attempts to fit in with his new surroundings while romancing a young punk-rock singer, but finds his new-found happiness threatened by the Dark Overlords who were also freed by the ill-fated experiment.
| Features | Snap Case | | Special Edition | | Full Frame - 1.33 | | Audio:
| Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English | | Subtitles - English, (SDH) French, Spanish | | Additional Release Material:
| Featurette:
| 1. A Look Back at Howard the Duck | | 2. Releasing the Duck | | 3. News Featurette | | 4. The Stunts of Howard the Duck | | 5. The Special Effects of Howard the Duck | | 6. The Music of Howard the Duck |
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| Entertainment Reviews
 | Howard the Duck - DVD Review By: Bill Gibron - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 3/10/2009 8:38 PM | |
While fans and naysayers constantly complain about what he's done to a certain galaxy far, far away, few remember another beloved franchise that George Lucas adopted and then left for dead. In 1986, the writer/director/producer was riding high on the success of his Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises. Looking for new material to milk, he came across the beloved Marvel Comic character Howard the Duck. Hiring his buddies from American Graffiti, Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz, Lucas hoped that he could jumpstart a new series starring the angry, angst-ridden anthropomorphized mallard. What he got instead was one of the worst big screen bungles ever -- and it's still quite bad some 22 years later....read the full review |
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Universal |
| Release Date: 3/10/2009 |
| Running Time: 111 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1986 | | Catalog ID: 61106119 | | UPC: 00025195052306 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety
"...There is an abundant amount of special effects wizardry....Thomas Dolby's songs written for Cherry Bomb's club sets are catchy..." 08/06/1986Los Angeles Times
"...Thompson is an absolute beacon of warmth, common sense, intelligence and loveliness..." 08/01/1986 p.C1 |
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