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| Lord Love a Duck | 
 enlarge | Director: George Axelrod
Actors: Roddy Mcdowall, Tuesday Weld, Lola Albright, Martin West, Ruth Gordon
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Running Time: 105 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: D1005695D
ISBN: 0792859049
UPC: 027616899569
EAN: 9780792859048
Theatrical Release Date: 1966
Release Date: December 2, 2003
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Condition: brand new factory original dvd
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(Headline/Quote): Hilarious! A trunkful of laughs! Cue You can t always get what you want unless of course you ve got Alan Mollymauk Musgrave on your side! Featuring outstanding performances by Roddy McDowall Tuesday Weld and a supporting cast that includes Lola Albright Ruth Gordon and Harvey Korman this hilarious (Variety) satire on teen excesses is superbly comic (Los Angeles Times)!With a special gift for manipulating the outcome of any situation high-minded high schooler Mollymauk (McDowall) sets out to help beautiful new girl on campus Barbara Anne (Weld). Trouble is Barbara Anne wants everything and Mollymauk s help is making a mess out of everyone s lives including hers! A meddling high schooler (Roddy McDowall) sets out to help beautiful new girl on campus (Ruth Weld) in this hilarious (Variety) satire on 60s teen culture!Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY UPC: 027616899569 Manufacturer No: 1005695
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The term "cult movie" might have been invented for this little-known satire. Lord Love a Duck was the directing debut of screenwriter George Axelrod, who wrote The Seven Year Itch and adapted Breakfast at Tiffany's. He displays little feel for directing, and the movie's ideas spray out in a dozen directions (academic absurdity, Drive-In Churches, psychoanalysis), yet the thing is so weird it becomes distinctive. Roddy McDowall and Tuesday Weld are the every-which-way nonconformists, and Weld leaves no doubt she was a movie star who understood exactly how silly movie stars were (maybe that's why she never broke through). Weld's character has a scene modeling cashmere sweaters for her father that's one of the loopiest Freudian pranks ever pulled in a movie. It never jells into something solid, but this film deserves a spot between The Loved One and The Knack on the shelf of 1960s pop satire. --Robert Horton
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| Customer Reviews: Read 16 more reviews...
 John Waters without the oomph September 17, 2007
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Granted, it WAS the '60s, but that's no excuse for this heavy-handed satire. You'll want to soundly slap just about everyone involved in it (well, except for the wondrous Ruth Gordon).
I figured this to be a last-ditch attempt to make a teen idol of sad old queen Roddy McDowell.
Many of the scenes, especially those involving Tuesday Weld and her "father," have a real John Waters feel -- I found myself wondering if the Master of Sleaze had seen this abortion of a movie.
Make like it's the '60s again and watch it high -- otherwise, you won't be able to stomach it.
 McDowall, Weld and Gordon salvage this disjointed mess September 13, 2007
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
This movie tries to be a brilliant satirical comedy, but it fails almost as often as it succeeds -- and a few of the failures are downright painful to watch. E.g. the scene of a father lusting after his daughter, to the point of moaning and drooling, tries to be funny, or bizarre, or something, but comes off simply as what it is: horribly creepy and perverted.
Also, the direction in this film isn't just bad, for the most part it's non-existent. Fortunately with Weld, McDowall and Gordon at the acting helm, the lack of direction isn't fatal.
 unwatchable May 29, 2007
you know your in trouble when the best thing about a DVD is the trailer.
you have been warned !
 What's It All About? January 12, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
What's it all about? That's a good question. Perhaps the insignificance of our mercenary aspirations as we get older compared to just enjoying life when we are young and innocent is what director and writer George Axelrod had in mind. Roddy McDowall brilliantly plays the man of wisdom way beyond the youthful body that hosts his knowledge of what is truly important in our lives.
Flawed, Highly Recommended July 7, 2005
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Hey-hey-hey! This "crazy" film helped me stay sane. KTLA TV in Los Angeles used to play it on a semi-regular basis in the bleary-eyed hours of the morning. That's when Lord Love a Duck first did its magic and made me see the light. Of course, since then, it's been on VHS and DVD (with a bonus auto-bio on director George Axelrod), so now there's no excuse but to put aside everything and see this movie now.
Just off the top, there's nothing quite as satisfyingly bent as the father & daughter go cashmere sweater shopping sequence. It defies print. For that achievement alone I would give the film 5 stars! Fortunately though, there's lots more to appreciate.
As much as I LOVE "Love a Duck", it does have its flaws. The comic momentum sags a bit in the middle, especially the lead-up and suicide committed by Barbara Anne's mother. That's where the smart and darkly-styled comedy veers into staid drama. And mixed-genres do have way of going afoul (or a-FOWL, in this case). But this was Axelrod's first go as a director and there are way more gains than losses here. His anarchistic approach is, after all, consistent with the theme and persona of lead character Maulymuck, played by McDowall.
When discussing movies, I often recommend that people see this film and they almost never know what I'm talking about. Lord Love a Duck falls undeservedly off the radar. I think this is due to its unique but worthy quirks which seem to broadside people's expectations. How do you place LLAD in term of its' antecedents or influences on other films? --best not to. Its humor is spread subtly and not hung up on a single peg. It's not that easily "branded" -- the most overused buzz-word of the last decade.
The Lord Love a Duck soundtrack by Neil Hefty is a great find too, if you can fish it out of Ebay.
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