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1986, 110 minutes
Directed by Willard Huyck
DOUBLE FEATURE
Howard the Duck, executive produced by George Lucas, is an offbeat, visual effects-filled comedy based on the cult favorite Marvel Comics series of the same name. It was written by Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz, the same husband-and-wife team who scripted American Graffiti (1973), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), and who wrote and directed the cult classic Messiah of Evil (1974).
Howard the Duck is suddenly beamed from Duckworld, a planet of intelligent ducks with arms and legs, to Earth, where he lands in Cleveland. There he saves rocker Beverly (Lea Thompson) from thugs and forms a friendship with her. She introduces him to Phil (Tim Robbins), who works at a lab with scientist Dr. Jenning (Jeffrey Jones). When the doctor attempts to return Howard to his world, Jenning instead transfers an evil spirit into his own body.
Above the heads of the kid audience it was aimed at, Howard the Duck is an inventive offbeat film now with a devoted audience.