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Howard the Duck (1986) [PG]

Release Date:
August 1, 1986

Original Title:
Howard the Duck

Alternate Titles:
Howard
Howard - Une Nouvelle Race de Héros
Howard El Pato
Howard The Duck
Howard... 'n Beest van een Held
Howard: A New Breed of Hero
Who Prosecuted Howard the Duck?
하워드 덕

Genres:
Comedy | Fantasy | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
Lucasfilm Ltd.
Universal Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AS: M13  AU: PG  BR: 14  CH: 16  DE: 16  DK: 11  ES: APTA  FR: U  GB: 12  HU: 12  IE: 12  IT: T  SE: 15  US: PG 

Runtime: 110

More adventure than humanly possible.

Overview from TheMovieDB

A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser beam. First is the cigar smoking drake Howard from the duck's planet. A few kids try to keep him from the greedy scientists and help him back to his planet. But then a much less friendly being arrives through the beam...

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Production

Art Direction:
Mark Billerman
Blake Russell

Assistant Art Director:
John Warnke

Assistant Editor:
John Watson

Assistant Production Design:
Harley Jessup

Characters:
Steve Gerber

Construction Coordinator:
Robert Krume

Construction Foreman:
Robert Bonino
Stacey S. McIntosh
Dwight Williams

Creature Design:
Phil Tippett

Director:
Willard Huyck

Director of Photography:
Richard H. Kline

Editor:
Sidney Wolinsky
Michael Chandler

Executive Producer:
George Lucas

First Assistant Director:
Dan Kolsrud

Leadman:
Jim Poynter

Location Manager:
Rory Enke

Makeup Artist:
Gracie Atherton

Original Music Composer:
John Barry

Producer:
Gloria Katz

Production Assistant:
Chuck Roseberry

Production Design:
Peter Jamison

Production Manager:
Robert Latham Brown
Richard Hashimoto

Screenplay:
Gloria Katz
Willard Huyck

Script Supervisor:
Louise Jaffe

Second Assistant Director:
Patrick Cosgrove
L. Dean Jones Jr.

Second Unit Director:
Thomas J. Wright

Second Unit Director of Photography:
Bobby Byrne

Set Decoration:
Phil Abramson

Set Designer:
Jim Pohl
Pamela Marcotte

Songs:
Thomas Dolby

Sound Designer:
Randy Thom

Sound Effects Editor:
Ben Burtt

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Randy Thom
Ben Burtt
Gary Summers

Stunt Coordinator:
Everett Creach

Stunts:
Don Ruffin
Bob Herron
Debbie Lee Carrington

Supervising Music Editor:
Christopher Brooks

Supervising Sound Editor:
Gloria S. Borders

Visual Effects:
Phil Tippett

Visual Effects Art Director:
Phillip Norwood

Visual Effects Supervisor:
Michael J. McAlister

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