Howard the Duck is a movie directed by Willard Huyck in 1986 and based on the characters from the comic book of the same name by Steve Gerber, first published in 1976. The movie features Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, Tim Robbins, Paul Guilfoyle, Liz Sagal, Dominique Davalos, and others.
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“The comic book is better than the movie”
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Storyline
27-year-old Howard the Duck lives on Duckworld, a planet similar to Earth, but inhabited by anthropomorphic ducks and orbited by twin moons. The woman introduces herself as Beverly Switzler, and decides to take Howard to her apartment and let him spend the night.
Movie vs Book
Year
1986
Minutes
110
Movie Rate
4.70
Source: IMDb
Movie
Howard the Duck
Director: Willard Huyck
Country: USA
Year: 1986
Length: 1h50m
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Year
1976
Pages
208
Book Rate
7.24
S: Goodreads
Comic Book
Howard the Duck
Author: Steve Gerber
Country: USA
First published in: 1976
Length: 208 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Howard the Duck
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“No author can want a movie to be exactly like the book because then it will be a bad movie.”
KATHERINE PATERSON (Writer)
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