Howard the Duck

I was a fan of this movie since I was a child. Even though it's not a hit with most people I know, it has a high appreciation for the blu-ray release.The video was nice and crisp. I was very happy to see this on blu-ray. If you're a howard fan... this one's definitely for you! :)

Ok so Howard the Duck in on the list as Worst Movie Ever made, or at least some list I read. Loved it when it came out, still love it.

Pretty funny. I enjoyed it.

The movie itself doesn’t deserve 5 stars. But it arrived in good condition. So I couldn’t fault Amazon because it’s a sucky movie.

Let me tell you something about film critics. It's easy to pick faults in someone else's work, even if you do not have it in your power to create an equal work of art. The average film critic, by his very nature, is just a pretentious know-it-all who is quite frequently talking from the wrong end of his alimentary canal. When HTD came along in 1986 it was the first true victim to the pop culture critic. George Lucas was a juggernaut of filmmaking and there were many who want to see him fall.For 30 years it has been called 'the biggest flop of all time' and other such terrible labels. Well, it cost $30 million dollars (nothing compared to today's budgets, inflation or no inflation) and took $37 million worldwide and that's not even counting the higher-than-you-think rental revenue. Add it altogether and HTD is most definitely NOT the flop it is accused of being. But since it was a rather eccentric (and occasionally raunchy) family comedy (an easy target) and one of the first films to significantly under-perform at the domestic box office (George Lucas expected the returns to be astronomical) it became a scapegoat for bad studio spending and taste.I guess that the world needs something or someone to blame when pop culture goes wrong and the jackass critics I mentioned already seized upon Howard's failings to make a name for themselves. Derogatory soundbites are easy to come up with and everyone who hated the film used some kind of duck-themed insult to put it down and make themselves feel clever. But, when you think about it, these are basically the same people who will deliberately give a bad film a great review just to see their own name on the poster. You ever see a recent M. Night Shyamalan movie with quotations on the poster? They exist.The film also suffered a further bad rep when George Lucas publicly disowned the film. It's under-performance forced him to sell off a part of his company which went on to become Pixar (think of how much he could have earned if he didn't) and it really made him quite angry. Wouldn't you be? But I consider this a good thing as Lucas owning Pixar would have been disasterous. Howard's failure stopped Lucas from having too much power and I am happy with that.I am a huge fan of the late Steve Gerber's comic-books. HTD was basically the first BIG comic-book movie and came surprisingly soon after he found success in his own series. Howard first appeared in an issue of Man-Thing and starred in a few other issues of Conan and even Spider-Man before Marvel gave him his own wings in the late 70s. The comic-book stories are the most surreal, archaic and satirical I have ever read and it's a shame that they had to tone it down for the movie, but that's to be expected.As an ordinary duck working for an advertising company on his home planet of Duckworld, Howard is blasted across the universe right out of his living room by an experimental laser developed by Dr. Jenning (Jeffrey Jones). He lands in Cleveland, where he meets Beverly Switzler (a super-duper cute Lea Thompson) a rock singer who takes him under her wing...I mean arm. Now trapped in a world he never made the one attempt at sending him back home unleashes the forces of the Dark Overlord of the Universe on Earth through the possession of Dr. Jenning and he intends to bring more of his demons through the portal. Yeah, that sounds pretty heavy. (Weight has nothing to do with it)I'm actually a sucker for duck-related stuff. I don't know why. Donald Duck, Daffy Duck, Duck Tales, Darkwing Duck, Duckman etc. The list goes on and on. What I particularly like about the HTD movie is how most people seem to be completely at ease at talking to a humanoid bird and Howard himself is A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E.Some of the fairer critics claimed that the film might have been a bigger hit if they had used CGI or traditional animation to bring Howard to life, but I must disagree. Part of the appeal of Howard is the fact that he is actually physically there and not some ghost who has been photo-shopped in afterwards. I love the duck suit, to me it is completely convincing and Chip Zien's voice work is perfect. I'd totally love to have Howard as a pal. The special effects are also a perfect mix of genuine stuntwork, optical fireworks from ILM, and outlandish stop-motion creatures courtesy of Phil Tippett.No joke, this film has a unfairly notorious history and a totally wrong perception by the general public or those who turned their noses and beaks up when it came out in 1986. Clear your head of any preconceptions that you might have and enjoy it on its own level. Though we really could have done without that silly narration over the opening title.The Blu-ray looks great in 1.85:1 1080p with DTS HD-MA 5.1 sound and a lot of good extras. Totally worth buying.

This is one of those classic 80s films that you have to see. It got a lot of flack a out being a bad movie, but it is what I feel is a cult classic and very much a time capsule of that time period. It is a great film to watch and it was a shame that sequels were never made. It is definitely a hidden gem.

I just re-watched this film for the sixth time since having first come across it around 1995. I love it! It is amazing! And then there is the matter of gorgeous actor Lea Thompson, who plays Beverly, the rock-and-roll musician! She has the most beautiful legs!One of the really funny and interesting outcomes of this movie is that in the years after its release, it became a kind of cult hit, and images of Howard the Duck started popping up in all kinds of cutting-edge visionary art around the world, including in lots of pieces of graffiti art on walls in cities. This has been going on for over 30 years now, and nowhere in the world is Howard the Duck more evident, and plentiful, than in the graffiti art to be found on the walls and other surfaces in the Lower East Side (LES) of New York City.For an example, although I live in the rural Appalachian mountains, I travel to NYC a lot, at least three times per year, for perhaps 10 to 14 days at a time. On my most recent stay in NYC, a 17 day day in a hotel on the Lower East Side, I encountered images of Howard the Duck in graffiti art in each of over a half-dozen places. Most of the graffiti art installations depicting images of Howard were large images painted on walls and other vertical surfaces (such as bridge abutments) just off of sidewalks, but even in the hotel in which I was staying in the LES, I noticed that in their gigantic uber-trendy lobby seating area, which has a ceiling over 24 feet high, there were a few giant posters mounted displaying local graffiti art, and one of the posters featured a locally-well-known piece of graffiti art showing Howard the Duck emerging from a sewer manhole onto a sidewalk.And, just a block or two from my hotel, there was a locally-famous trendy pub that featured great food, including great burgers. I often ate dinner there with some of my clients from around the world, and it was a great pleasure to be able to turn my head to the left and gaze at an 8 foot high graffiti art mural on the wall nearest our table; the mural showed Howard the Duck walking determinedly on a littered sidewalk in a desolate post-apocalyptic street scene in an abandoned industrial area, having just emerged from a storm drain pipe opening on a wall nearby.So, the bottom line is that Howard the Duck and his amazing story has managed to infiltrate and seep down to the deepest levels of human consciousness and the collective unconscious, and images of him repeatedly emerge across the world in all sorts of spontaneous works of visionary art.That fact alone should qualify this film as a masterpiece!

I love this older movie . Great for the family

La película es fantástica y cuenta con subtítulos al Español

bonjour je ne sait pas lire le DVD sur mon lecteur car je ne suis pas dans la bonne zone serait t'il possible de le renvoyé pour me faire rembourré si oui quelle démarche je dois faire en attendant votre raison.bien à vous.

J'ai mis 5 étoiles car le DVD contient pas mal de bonus et la livraison par la poste s'est bien passée.Le canard est très bien animé pour l'époque et Léa Thompson est toute mimi dans ce rôle.Je peux comprendre que le film ait été boudé à sa sortie mais les adeptes du 1er degré, n'achetez surtout pas ce film!La qualité d'image est pas optimale mais pour un film de 1986 c'est très correct, et c'est ce qui fait son charme.

Director George Lucas was such a big fan of Howard The Duck that he showed the 1976 comic to his pals,director and writer team Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz saying " One day I'll make this movie "Fast forward ten years and Lucas kept his promise, produced by Gloria Katz and written by Willard Huyck and Katz, with Lucas as executive producer. The screenplay was originally intended to be an animated film, but the film adaptation became live-action because of a contractual obligation. Although several TV adaptations of Marvel characters had aired during the preceding 21 years, this was the first theatrically released feature film, coming after the serial Captain America.Director Huyck brings most of the character of Howard to the big screen, the only difference is Howard isn't " a new breed of hero" as the movie was retitled in the European and UK release to cover the box office failure it suffered back in it's home country of America, Howard in the comics avoided trouble at all costs.a fast-talking, cigar-chomping, beer-loving duck from a parallel universe who crashes to Earth and somehow winds up in Cleveland. As Howard attempts to return to his own planet, he falls in love with rock singer Beverly Switzler (Lea Thompson, Back to the Future) and must battle an evil invader known as the Dark Overlord.The movie was way ahead of it's time,and doesn't quite deserve the treatment by critics.This very substantial release by 101 Films offers high def blu-ray transfer, the movie has never looked this good,Title number 008 in our Black Label range. This Limited Edition version includes a slipcase and a booklet.101 Films presents Howard the Duck (1986), title 008 on our Black Label and a UK Blu-ray debut. A box office bomb upon release, the film's notoriety has never faded, and it now stands as one of the essential cult films of the 1980s.From executive producer George Lucas and the pages of Marvel Comics comes a comedy adventure spectacular about a fast-talking, cigar-chomping, beer-loving duck from a parallel universe who crashes to Earth and somehow winds up in Cleveland. As Howard attempts to return to his own planet, he falls in love with rock singer Beverly Switzler (Lea Thompson, Back to the Future) and must battle an evil invader known as the Dark Overlord.This wacky, elaborately produced spoof of life, love, comic books and horror movies is a misunderstood cult classic, ripe for rediscovery.Brand New ExtrasHoward: A New Cult Hero: Vic Pratt on Howard the DuckCommentary with Wil Jones and Robert J.E. SimpsonCommentary with Charlie Brigden and Dan WhiteheadLimited edition booklet: includes 'Howard the Duck and Marvel Comics: How ‘The Duck Who Couldn’t Swim’ Survived a Sinking Ship' by Lister Appleton and 'The Madness of King George' by Charlie BrigdenAdditional Extras (Blu-ray only)A Look Back at Howard the DuckReleasing the Duck News FeaturetteThe Stunts of Howard the DuckThe Special Effects of Howard the DuckThe Music of Howard the DuckTeasersSpecificationsCertificate: 12Runtime (Blu-ray): Feature 110 mins approx, Extras 34 mins approxRuntime (DVD): Feature 106 mins approx, Extras 21 mins approxAspect ratio: 1.85:1Blu-ray region: BDVD region: 2Sound: Stereo PCM & DTSHD-MA surround (Blu-ray) Stereo & surround AC3 (DVD)Language: EnglishSubtitles: English HOH

Gran película sobre el Pato Howard basada en los cómics, película que fue maltratada por la critica y ganadora de premios razzie, como el de peor película, para mí injustamente ( luego hay bodrios de películas que ganan varios oscar..) Para mí es una película treméndamente divertida,entretiene y es de las que quieres ver varias veces, al final se ha convertido en una peli de culto.La película en Blu ray está muy bien , se nota el salto al HD, se ve de lujo diría yo, aunque los efectos especiales cantan mucho sobre todo en la parte final y en algunas escenas algo oscuras canta el grano, pero un un par de ellas nada más. el resto de lujo como digo.El Audio en Castellano según la contra carátula, pone 2.0 HD DTS, se oye bastante bien, genial en ese aspectoEn los extras, tiene variados extras pero ninguno está subtitulado, una verdadera lástima, aunque no sean una duración mayor se veian interesantes, la calidad eso si no es en HD de ninguno.En conclusión, quien le guste esta película , no debería pensarse en adquirirla, no se quedará defraudado con la compra, quizás, un poco en los extras por no subtitularlos, pero al menos tenemos esta edición editada en España, sólo darle las gracias a Resen por sacarla y no tener que esperar eternamente , en este caso por universal (gracias por nada) y en disco prensado como debe ser .ASIN: B016MU4GEC