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...
Practical Effects
Howard suit: $2M animatronic nightmare that barely functions.
Production
George Lucas chose this over Willow. Let that sink in.
Director
Willard Huyck
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lea Thompson performed her own singing after producers realized the hired singer sounded too polished. Those vocals are RAW.
This box office bomb ($38M worldwide on $37M budget) nearly bankrupted Lucasfilm and convinced Marvel to stop licensing characters for a decade. The post-credits scene in Guardians of the Galaxy was penance.
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