Mcdowall was 40 when this film was made, and in his 55th motion picture. The film was a satire of popular culture at the time, its targets ranging from progressive education to beach party films. Jul 07, 2017 the duck sailed into our harbour and stole the hearts and instagram accounts of a city. The title lord love a duck is a riff on an obscene alliterative phrase use your imagination. Ricardo montalban tuesday weld hayley mills suzanne pleshette lee remick dennis hopper malibu 1965 duration. Lord love a duck, i hope shes not carita magentas ghost. The following information has been provided by the distributor. Lord love a duck looks and sounds exactly as one would expect. Lord love a duck origin the history of the exclamation lord love a duck.
Neal hefti lord love a duck original motion picture. It is based on al hines 1961 novel of the same name. Jan 21, 2009 movie trailer for the 1966 george axlerod comedy lord love a duck starring roddy mcdowall, tuesday weld, lola albright, martin west and ruth gordon. To catch a duck 1997 season 1 episode 126 the mighty. Feb 3, 2017 explore rjpies board lord, love a duck. Sep 15, 2017 duck season original soundtrack, as selfexplanatory, is the official soundtrack for the virtualreality horror game, duck season. George axelrods corrosively satiric lord love a duck is one of the. To catch a duck to catch a duck 1997 season 1 episode 126 the mighty ducks. Jun 27, 2014 lord love a duck origin the history of the exclamation lord love a duck. If youre average everyday teenager paul, you summon a powerful demon from deep in the recesses of hell and frankly, hope for the best. Happening title tune performed by the wild ones and fleshy teenage video, followed by hero alan roddy mcdowall pursued by cops, opening george axelrods outlandish lord love a duck, 1966 view the tcmdb entry for lord love a duck 1966.
Who can provide you with that essential assistance for the lovelorn. But earlier examples are easy to find, often in the forms lor love a duck or lor luv a duck that attempt to record the pronunciations of cockneys. A broad satire of teenage culture in the sixties, its. George axelrod appears in a featurette attached to the dvd, a freeflowing confession of the purported aims behind this anarchic comedy. This is a really pretty picture, but it also makes me think of duck hunting season. Michael wyckoff duck season original soundtrack lyrics.
Happening title tune performed by the wild ones and fleshy teenage video, followed by hero alan roddy mcdowall pursued by cops, opening george axelrods outlandish lord love a duck, 1966. Lord love a duck bluray disc details highdef digest. A bright satirical comedy about an innocent high school girl granted her wishes by a. Neal hefti lord love a duck original motion picture sound. Niggaz is foul in this duck season we add odds till we even motherfucker bad asses, high times, lower classes taste mine, straight shots in dirty glasses bring it to him, room service, under pressure and mad nervous, waving guns at the clergy ticallion, we aint worried keep them sick niggaz seventhirty picture this, watch the birdy. Lord love a duck dvd roddy mcdowall tuesday weld lola albright. Thats my reading anyway, although other readings may be equally or even more viable. But in the case of lord luv a duck i have the gut feeling that the duck is more of a lame duck something or somebody ineffective and less than admirable so, for me, the phrase has an ironic,sarcastic or at least a derogatory undertone. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of lord love a duck with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. An unusually gifted high school senior, alan musgrave roddy mcdowall, decides to direct his mental powers toward helping an innocent new student, barbara ann greene tuesday weld, achieve her goal of popularity. At first glance, george axelrods, lord love a duck appears to be a satire of 60s beach party movies.
Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing lord love a duck near you. Season 1 of the animated show ducktales premiered on september 18, 1987. Audio ripped from the original 1966 mono lp soundtrack mixed with dialogelements from the movie along with a slideshow of images. Lord love a duck was also a black comedy from 1966 starring roddy mcdowell and tuesday weld whatver happened to her. Lord love a duck 1966 one of my alltime favorite movies and tuesday weld at her best. George axelrods unclassifiable satire is one of the oddest hollywood movies, which over the years has engendered passionate support and derision. Walt disney television animation began production on ducktales in 1986, and the first season includes 65 episodes, the requirement needed for a show to have a weekday syndication five days a week for thirteen weeks. The story concerns a brilliant but unbalanced young man, who. Its similar to the english film im all right jacks twist on the colorful english expression, fxxx you jack, im all right. Hbo game of thrones the complete eighth season dvd. A broad satire of teenage culture in the sixties, its targets ranging from progressive education to beach movies. John landis is the director of animal house, the blues brothers, an american werewolf in london, trading places, coming to america, kentucky fried movie, spies like us, three amigos. If so, he went out in a blaze of glory, with one of the weirdest, most brilliant teen movies ever made. The former pitches happy hatred as farce, the latter as tragedy.
In depth information about to catch a duck, produced by walt disney television animation. Variant of earlier 18th century lord love you, god love us, etc. Al hine 19151974 was a reporter, novelist, and movie producer who wrote numerous books including lord love a duck, which was made into a movie starring tuesday weld and roddy mcdowall, and pop novels based on the bewitched tv series and the beatles movie help. Scrape yall motherfuckers, its my word when you see us, when you see us flashin and shinin and buildin and addin on, yall niggas just watch, hear me. Jun 08, 2010 lord love a duck 1966 charles kinbote. Offensive dialogue and situations on various levels to many viewers. Movie trailer for the 1966 george axlerod comedy lord love a duck starring roddy mcdowall, tuesday weld, lola albright, martin west and ruth gordon. A satirical black comedy with mcdowall successfully playing a highschool senior, even though he was in his late thirties at the time. I remember seeing it in the theater when i was about 8 years old. Lord love a duck is a 1966 teen comedy produced, directed and cowritten by george axelrod. Much of the season was inspired by carl barks comic book stories, with ten episodes being full fledged. Lord love a duck is a curious title, a reference to the nickname mollymauk that roddy mcdowalls character took, because it is actually an albatross, not a duck. Lord love a duck is a 1966 black comedy film directed by george axelrod and starring roddy mcdowall and tuesday weld. George axelrods corrosively satiric lord love a duck is one of the most irreverent and cockeyed films of the 1960s.
In a short documentary that comprises the sole special feature on the new dvd edition of lord love a duck, writerdirector george axelrod notes that the 1966 film is against just about everything. If youre one of those people who wanted to hug ferris bueller rather than. Yet, he plays a brainy, pencilneck geek who is valedictorian of his high school graduating class. If you like lord love a duck you are looking for humorous, sexual and dark humor movies about with high school, misfit, teenager, teenage life, best friends, youth and romance themes of comedy, drama and romance genre shot in usa. In the 37 years between lord love a duck and his 2003 death, he produced little of note, and the films allencompassing satire and comic density suggests he might have used up all of his ideas in one place. Mgms new dvd of the film includes a promotional short in which the writer. Cute and small birds are one of the most interesting creatures on earth. To catch a duck 1997 season 1 episode 126 the mighty ducks. Story concerns the musings of roddy mcdowall in the. For some its an incisively bizarre portrait of sixties america, for others its a sloppily made, undisciplined mess with more boom mikes visible in full frame than even play it again sam. Malibu 1983 tv movie frankenstein meets the spacemonster 1965 frankenstein general hospital 1988 lord love a duck 1966 fireball 500 1966. Belmonts awful beach movies have monnikers like the thing that ate bikini beach, cold war bikini and bikini countdown. A bright satirical comedy about an innocent high school girl granted her wishes by a student prodigy.
It was adapted from a novel of the same name by al hine. Truly unconventional and loaded with quasitaboos and other dangerous content, lord love a duck is as subversively sardonic as its title. The plot revolves around the attempts of high school student alan. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Lawyers from the office of the senate president files a petition at the supreme court in manila. The plot revolves around the attempts of high school student alan musgrave mcdowall to win the heart of barbara ann green weld by granting her every wish. Lord love a duck is a 1966 teen comedy produced, directed and cowritten by george axelrod and starring roddy mcdowall and tuesday weld. This episode is hosted by martha barnette and grant barrett, and produced by stefanie levine. The animated series episode guides, cartoon characters and crew lists. If you watch the trailer, turn your sound down first i never heard of it before so it must not have been a big hit. Duck season original soundtrack, as selfexplanatory, is the official soundtrack for the virtualreality horror game, duck season. Throughout the 1970s and 80s, both lord love a duck 1966 and massacre at central high 1976 routinely played midnight shows and revival houses, exuding a similarly punkish energy and righteous nihilism to savvy audiences. The duck sailed into our harbour and stole the hearts and instagram accounts of a city.
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