Howard-The-Duck-Special-Edition-Jmann770.jpg' alt='Howard E Il Destino Del Mondo' title='Howard E Il Destino Del Mondo' />Howard the Duck film Wikipedia. Howard the Duck titled Howard A New Breed of Hero in the UK is a 1. American superherocomedy film directed by Willard Huyck and starring Chip Zien, Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, and Tim Robbins. Produced by Gloria Katz and written by Huyck and Katz, with George Lucas as executive producer, the screenplay was originally intended to be an animated film based on the Marvel comic book of the same name, but the film adaptation became live action because of a contractual obligation. Although several TV adaptations of Marvel characters had aired during the preceding 2. Howard E Il Destino Del Mondo GrassSalmi LXVIII 5 Il figlio di Baal e della sua mogliesorellastra si chiamasse YawYam, nome che presenta una fortissima assonanza con il dio biblico Yahwe, ed anche. Captain America. Lucas proposed adapting the surrealist comic book following the production of American Graffiti 1. Following multiple production difficulties and mixed response to test screenings, Howard the Duck was released in theaters on August 1, 1. Dall Antologia di Spoon River di Edgar Lee Masters Traduzione a cura di Fernanda Pivano. LA COLLINA FRANK DRUMMER IL GIUDICE SELAH LIVELY. Upon its release, the film was a critical and commercial failure. It was nominated for seven Razzie awards, and made about 1. Contemporary critics saw the decision to shoot the film in live action instead of as an animated film and the appearance of Howard as primary obstacles to its success, while more recent commentators tend to focus on the films writing. Despite the criticism, it has gained a cult following among fans of the comic book series. Howard the Duck lives on Duckworld, a planet similar to Earth, but inhabited by anthropomorphic ducks and orbited by twin moons. As he is reading the latest issue of Playduck magazine, his armchair begins to quake violently and propels him out of his apartment building and into outer space Howard eventually lands on Earth, in Cleveland, Ohio. Upon arriving, Howard encounters a woman being attacked by thugs. He defeats them using a unique style of martial arts. After the thugs flee, the woman introduces herself as Beverly Switzler, and decides to take Howard to her apartment and let him spend the night. The following day, Beverly takes Howard to Phil Blumbertt, a scientist who Beverly hopes can help Howard return to his world. After Phil is revealed to be only a janitor, Howard resigns himself to life on Earth and rejects Beverlys aid. He soon applies for a job as a janitor at a local romance spa. Howard soon quits and rejoins Beverly, who plays in a band called Cherry Bomb. At the club where Cherry Bomb is performing, Howard comes across their manager, and confronts him when he insults the band. A fight breaks out, in which Howard is victorious. Howard rejoins Beverly backstage after the bands performance and accompanies her back to her apartment, where Beverly persuades him to be the bands new manager. The two begin to flirt, but they are interrupted by Blumburtt and two of his colleagues, who reveal that a laser spectroscope they were inventing was aimed at Howards planet and transported him to Earth when it was activated. They theorize that Howard can be sent back to his world through a reversal of this same process. Upon their arrival at the laboratory, the laser spectroscope malfunctions when it is activated, raising the possibility of something else being transported to Earth. At this point, Dr. Walter Jenning is possessed by a life form from a distant region of space. When they visit a diner, the creature introduces itself as a Dark Overlord of the Universe and demonstrates its developing mental powers by destroying table utensils and condiments. A fight ensues when a group of truckers in the diner begins to insult Howard. Howard is captured and is almost killed by the diner chef, but the Dark Overlord destroys the diner and escapes with Beverly. Howard locates Phil, who is arrested for his presence at the laboratory with no security clearance. After they escape, they discover an ultralight aircraft, which they use to search for the Dark Overlord and Beverly. At the laboratory, the Dark Overlord ties Beverly down to a metal bed and plans to transfer another one of his kind into her body with the dimension machine. Howard and Phil arrive and apparently destroy the Dark Overlord with an experimental neutron disintegrator. However, the creature has only been forced out of Jennings body. The Dark Overlord reveals his true form at this point. Howard fires the neutron disintegrator at the hideous beast, obliterating him. He then destroys the laser spectroscope, preventing more Dark Overlords from arriving on Earth, but also ruining Howards only chance of returning to his planet. Howard then becomes Beverlys manager, hires Phil as an employee on her tour, and plays guitar with Beverly on stage. Actors Portraying the Ducks. Productionedit. George Lucas stepped down as the president of Lucasfilm to focus on producing films, including Howard the Duck. George Lucas attended film school with Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz, who later co wrote American Graffiti with Lucas. 3D Cover Maker Software. After the films production concluded, Lucas told Huyck and Katz about the comic book Howard the Duck, primarily written by Steve Gerber, describing the series as being very funny and praising its elements of film noir and absurdism. In 1. Lucas relinquished his presidency of Lucasfilm to focus on producing films. According to the documentary A Look Back at Howard the Duck, Huyck, Katz and Lucas began to seriously consider adapting Howard the Duck as a film, and met with Gerber to discuss the project. Steve Gerbers account differs slightly he recalls that at the time he was approached to discuss the film, Lucas was not yet involved with the project. The film was optioned by Universal Studios after a partnership with Marvel Entertainment. According to Marvin Antonowsky, Sidney Sheinberg lobbied very hard for Howard the Duck, because the studio had passed on previous projects in which Lucas was involved, which had been very successful. Sheinberg denied any involvement in Howard the Duck, claiming that he never read the screenplay. Huyck and Katz strongly felt that the film should be animated. Because Universal needed a film for a summer release, Lucas suggested that the film could be produced in live action, with special effects created by ILM. Production designer Peter Jamison and director of photography Richard Kline were hired to give the film a look similar to that of a color comic book. Throughout the shoot, Huyck shot multiple segments establishing Duckworld, designed by Jamison. In the opening shot, the skyline displayed could easily be New York City but for the two moons visible in the sky at similar angles from one another as the two suns of Tatooine in the original Star Wars film. Howards apartment is filled with detailed props, including books and magazines featuring duck oriented puns. Because Lucas often worked with dwarf actors, he was able to hire a number of extras to work on these sequences. The ultralight sequence was difficult to shoot, requiring intense coordination and actors Tim Robbins and Ed Gale to actually fly the plane. The location scout was stumped for a location for the sequence after she described what she was looking for, a telephone repairman working in her office in San Francisco suggested Petaluma for the scene. Because of the limited shooting time, a third unit was hired to speed up the filming process. The climax was shot in a naval installation in San Francisco, where conditions were cold throughout the shoot. The film cost an estimated 3.