Howard The Duck on Hulu

The George Lucas-produced 1986 cult classic Howard The Duck is now available for free streaming on Hulu. According to IMDb, Lucas spent $2 million on Howard’s duck suit, and eight different actors worked inside the costume. Lucas had just spent $50 million building Skywalker Ranch and was counting on this film to get him back in the black. The film which cost over $30 million to make only made $16 million at the box office. Lucas was forced to sell off assets to stay afloat. One of the assets sold was Lucasfilm’s computer generated effects division to Apple CEO Steve Jobs. The division later became known as Pixar Animation Studios. Shortly after the movie bombed in theaters, Universal Pictures head Frank Price quit his job. Hollywood tradepapers reported the story with the headline, “‘Duck’ Cooks Price’s Goose.”

  • I love this film.
  • omg my christmas prayers have been answered!
  • Do anthropomorphized duck boobies count as NSFW?
  • I was wondering about that. Was Howard the Duck a parody or an offshoot or something of Fritz the Cat?
  • You have to wonder how much money went up Lucas' nose.
  • Dr. Doc
    now THERES a movie worthy of a remake
  • I'm also really curious how the hell that stupid suit was 2 million bucks....
  • Dude, it was 1986.
  • Poppe
    Wait.... I thought he sold the soon to be Pixar to Apple to pay off his wife. Something like 10 million? I could have sworn the documentary I was watching about Lucas said that. Hmm... research time I guess.
  • never have i been turned on by a bestiality scene like the one between howard and lea thompson.
  • Seth
    When is the SPECIAL EDITION coming out where Howard doesn't shoot first?
  • vincentvega
    lol
  • Seth
    In a parallel universe, this was a big hit.
  • I remember standing in a line around the block when this came out in theaters. They even painted Yellow duck feet on the sidewalk towards the entrance. This was a big deal when it came out. Too bad the movie was actually really bad. I did have a huge crush on Lea Thompson though. I had a poster of Howard the Duck with her on stage looking mighty hot. Now I can go back in time to see this again. Thanks to Hulu, "who needs a time machine?!"
  • Cult classic! I just love how this oozes 80s camp. And to think I thought this was the shit when I was a lad. This and, of course, Michale Jackson's Moonwalker! A-hee hee! OW!
  • Cult classic! I just love how this oozes 80s camp. And to think I thought this was the shit when I was a lad. This and, of course, Michael Jackson's Moonwalker! A-hee hee! OW!
  • Delta Assault
    Best news ever.

    I mean seriously, who DIDN'T wanna see the mom from Back to the Future get plowed by a giant anthropomorphic duck?
  • How did this get mentioned over Return of the Pink Panther?
    http://www.hulu.com/watch/49729/revenge-of-the-pi...
  • Andy
    I work at a Music/Dvd Store and saw this coming to DVD in March...
  • Already on DVD in Australia, has been for some time:
    http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/798203
  • It's about time this movie got on the internet. Now this movie is a great example of a movie no one would spend money on but to watch it free from some other source.
  • COME ON HOLLYWOOD!!! REMAKE THIS MOVIE!!!!!!
  • Jeff W.
    Excellent! I've never seen this and I haven't been able to get a copy. Even netflix has banished it to that weird category that basically says, "We know you want to see it, we'll let you know when you can, but that will never happen".
  • rayofthejungle
    Those duck tits cost 500,000 and took three puppeteers to manipulate.
  • two words duck tits. I mean really there are freaking duck tits in the movie.
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