Lyon, george axelrod, al hine, george axelrod, larry h. Lord love a duck illustrates, with corrosive wit, how the mindless pursuit of. Lord love a duck 1966 letterboxd your life in film. Check out this behind the scene look at bad boys for life. Lord love a duck watch turner classic movies on tcm. Less well known but equally audacious is his goforbroke directorial debut, lord love a duck 1966, a poisonous love letter to the movie business that nourished him and a satire of southern california culture with its drivein chapels, fast food restaurants, and selfimprovement seminars. 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. A broad satire of teenage culture in the sixties, its targets ranging from progressive education to beach movies. Lord love a duck looks and sounds exactly as one would expect. Lord love a duck 1966 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Lord love a duck 1966 one of my alltime favorite movies and tuesday weld at her best. George axelrods corrosively satiric lord love a duck is one of the most irreverent and cockeyed films of the 1960s. Unfortunately, when shown on tcm recently, the picture was cropped to eliminate the boom mike intrusions.
Find movie and film cast and crew information for lord love a duck 1966 george axelrod on allmovie. Along the way, the satire bites teen mores, beachblanket bikini movies, adults in charge, the countryclub set. Lord love a duck cast and crew cast photos and info. Makes anarchy of the typical teen beach comedy that was so popular at the time. Unfortunately, the vignettes here sprawl without adding up.
A little known 60s classic made just at the start of the now generation. Lord love a duck bluray disc details highdef digest. Lord love a duck has been ranked 41 times, wins 39. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters.
Whether or not tcm approves of the breaking of the frame, it should run the film as it was first shown, and as it is shown on the dvd. It is based on al hine s 1961 novel of the same name. Lord love a duck, movie, 1966 pictures provided by. See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer. This movie is bizarre and hardly follows the hollywood formula. It was adapted from a novel of the same name by al hine. Lord love a duck is a 1966 black comedy film directed by george axelrod and starring roddy mcdowall and tuesday weld. 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. Lord love a duck the 1966 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. High school graduation grants him opportunity to complete the job, and so. Trouble is, whether funny or not, theyre poorly blended, unlike the better satires of the daythe loved one 1965, dr.
Lord love a duck would make an excellent double feature with the loved one. 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 is the kind of movie that makes you pity marketing executives. Stella barnard in lord love a duck 1966 the film stars tuesday weld as the innocent attention seeking teenager from a broken home who aspires to become loved by everyone, wears 12 colorful cashmere sweaters given to her by friend and mastermind roddy mcdowall who was 36 at the time playing a teen. Lord love a duck is a 1966 teen comedy produced, directed and cowritten by george axelrod and starring roddy mcdowall and tuesday weld. A wacky satireblack comedy with high school senior mcdowall helping schoolmate weld get whatever she desires. Lord love a duck 1966 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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. I think roddy mcdowall must have based his portrayal of the mad hatter in batman the animated series from his role in this film. 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. From his prison cell, young alan musgrave roddy mcdowell relates his experiences of the previous year dedicated to fulfilling every whim of beautiful and selfabsorbed high school senior barbara ann greene played by tuesday weld.
Find films and movies featuring malcolm brown on allmovie. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. Discussing the 1966 george axelrod film, lord love a duck with special guest, julie carriker. Lord love a duck 1966 sacha howells 02232009 its not generally good business to antagonize your audience, but the marketing for lord love a duck, george axelrod s. Roddy mcdowall born september 17, 1928 was 36 years old, playing a high school senior, when this movie was filmed in 1965 for its february 21, 1966 release. Tuesday weld and max showalter in lord love a duck 1966 roddy mcdowall and tuesday weld in lord. Lord love a duck dvd 1966 movie on dvd teen culture. Roddy played opposite a 22 year old tuesday weld, but was the same age as harvey korman as the school principal and only 3 years younger then lola albright welds mother. Think of it as a darker, much more savage rushmore, in which almost all the false gods of our civilization phony preachers, psychoanalysis. Lord love a duck original motion picture sound track 1966 lord love a duck is a 1966 teen comedy starring roddy mcdowall and tuesday weld. If u find any movie with download link unavailable leave a comment under that movie i. Movie trailer for the 1966 george axlerod comedy lord love a duck starring roddy mcdowall, tuesday weld, lola albright, martin west and.
At first glance, george axelrods, lord love a duck appears to be a satire of 60s beach party movies. Buy lord love a duck movie posters from movie poster shop. Save lord love a duck dvd to get email alerts and updates on your ebay feed. Le film lord love a duck 1966 vostfr admin 20170524t23. Synopsis this motion picture is an act of pure aggression. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing lord love a duck near you. Value of lord love a duck original american one sheet. Lord love a duck movie posters from movie poster shop. Some movie parts of course are funnier than others. A bright satirical comedy about an innocent high school girl granted her wishes by a student prodigy.
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