Release date: 18th February 2008
Running time: 111 mins approx
RRP: £12.99
Cert: TBC
FULL UNCUT VERSION AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE UK
In 1986, $37 million was a big budget for a movie. But what else would you expect from the production company behind Stars Wars? Executive Producer George Lukas spent $2 million on the duck suit alone, and employed eight different actors to work inside the costume! The resulting film is one of the most infamous in cinema history and now comes to UK Home Entertainment for first time on any format.
Sassy, wise-cracking human sized duck Howard is going about his day to day life on his home planet, when an experiment involving a laser beam on far flung planet Earth drags him halfway across the cosmos to Cleveland, USA.
Howard is understandably unsettled, but soon makes close friends with singer Beverly Switzler (Lea Thompson), who helps protect him from the greedy scientists responsible for his intergalactic expedition. But matters soon turn from bad to worse, when an evil alien invader appears through the laser beam and takes possession of scientist Dr Jenning (Jeffrey Jones), leaving his assistant Phil (Tim Robbins) and the giant duck in a fight for their very existence.
Howard The Duck was one of the most hotly anticipated movies of the 1980s and, despite the box office returns not matching the ambitions of the filmmakers’ striking vision, the film truly remains one of the most remarkable blockbusters ever made. Now, for the first time in 22 years, you can sit back and enjoy this unmissable movie in the comfort of your own home.
