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WTF Happened To HOWARD THE DUCK?

posted 3 years ago by TMC-4 (19442)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THUnYhN6e18

WTF Happened To This Movie? – The JoBlo series that looks at troubled productions, curious creative decisions, box-office failures, surprising successes, and cult favorites!

In 1986, long before the Avengers assembled on the big screen and transformed the Marvel Cinematic Universe into an unstoppable Hollywood juggernaut, a significantly different comic character marked the first live-action Marvel feature film: HOWARD THE DUCK. But not even George Lucas, along with his AMERICAN GRAFFITI and STAR WARS collaborators Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz, could turn this wise-quacking waterfowl into box office gold. All that despite a score by John Barry, songs by Thomas Dolby (and sung by star Lea Thompson), a young Tim Robbins, Jeffrey Jones, the voice of Chip Zien and more! Ruffle your feathers and find out “WTF Happened to HOWARD THE DUCK!”

[–] moviechatterer (13436) 3 years ago

I have the book - works better as a book because your brain makes up its own way to see a 3 foot talking duck
book is funny!

songs by Thomas Dolby (and sung by star Lea Thompson)
those songs were rockin!

[–] HarlemEagle42 (16220) 3 years ago

It's weird when directors get obsessed with a certain project even if it's a bad idea. Like how Barry Levinson spent ten years developing that Robin Williams movie TOYS.