Howard the Duck (film)/Trivia


 * Creator Killer: Before this movie, Willard Huyck directed three movies and him and his wife Gloria Katz (who co-wrote Howard The Duck) had collaborated with George Lucas on many projects like American Graffiti and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Since the failure of Howard, they never worked with Lucas again, Willard Huyck has not directed another movie and they were screenwriters on only 2-3 films.
 * Hey, It's That Girl!: Marty McFly's mom is in a rock band.
 * One of her band mates is Officer Judy Hoffs. Another one is one half of a pair of twins from Grease 2, aka Allison Foster (and Peg Bundy's little sister).
 * And the bartender in the rock club was blinded by Science!
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: Howard is voiced by Chip Zien, also the original Baker in Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods.
 * Keep Circulating the Tapes: Due to its less-than-glorious reputation, it was only recently officially released on DVD.
 * Old Shame: George Lucas disowned the movie after its completion.
 * John Barry, who scored the film (and had part of his music replaced in the finished product by Sylvester Levay, most notably for the scene with the Ultralight), also wasn't too proud of this movie. (Let's face it, who was?)
 * Lea Thompson doesn't mind being associated with this film.
 * What Could Have Been: The DVD featurettes of the film mentions that the writers were talking about the film being worked out as an animated feature. It was probably because this route wasn't taken because people would have confused Howard with that other Duck. The featurettes also mention that the idea to make the film animated was scrapped because the studio wanted it to be released in the summer of 1986, and there wasn't enough time to produce an animated film. Oy. One can wonder what would have happened if we had gotten an animated version of Howard the Duck. The closest thing we can get, is this fanmade animation of Howard.