In the 37 years between lord love a duck and his 2003 death, he produced little of note, and the film s allencompassing satire and comic density suggests he might have used up all of his ideas in one place. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. 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. Lorde film scoresoundtrack vinyl records for sale ebay. Ruth gordon, martin west, lola albright, tuesday weld, roddy mcdowall. Jul 12, 2014 the history of the exclamation lord love a duck. The wild oneslord love a duck theme song halos heaven. However, the films bleak tone is mitigated by its obvious affection for the central characters. The library of congress may or may not own a copy of a particular film or. 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. An exclamation of surprise 19 ian hay the writings of ian hay lord love a duck. Lord love a duck 1965, directed by george axelrod film.
The title track, sung by the wild ones and composed by ernie sheldon, features the typical monkeesera hey hey hey business and even camp duck quacks. Lord love a duck illustrates, with corrosive wit, how the mindless pursuit of. Equally disappointing is the denouement, in which mcdowall confesses unconvincingly to the true motivations behind his actions. With roddy mcdowall, tuesday weld, lola albright, martin west. The soundtrack to a fine george axelrod movie, lord love a duck combines the standard, prepsychedelic rock of bands like the dave clark five or paul revere with mod organ and blues. George axelrods unclassifiable satire is one of the oddest hollywood movies, which over the years has engendered passionate support and derision. Samuel goldwyn studios 7200 santa monica boulevard, west hollywood, california, usa see more. Neal hefti lord love a duck original motion picture sound. The love mcdowall fans particularly have for this film runs deep, and this podcast will help explain why. This in and if itself lends a weird, dark quality to the film. It is based on al hines 1961 novel of the same name.
Lord love a duck 2008 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. Ambitious student barbara anne tuesday weld in an altogether prurient job interview with unhinged principal weldon emmett harvey korman in george axelrods lord love a duck, 1966. Lord love a duck is the kind of movie that makes you pity marketing executives. Fly good eagle, get back to your nest, you got a home, and a pretty nest. Kritzerland kr 2003 country united states format cd release date 7sep2009 upn 8572520036 2 cds. The title lord love a duck is a riff on an obscene alliterative phrase use your imagination.
Lord love a duck was by no means a success at the box office, but it certainly was a hit with roddy mcdowall and tuesday weld fans, who decades after its box office failure, made it a cult classic. For some its an incisively bizarre portrait of sixties america, for others its a sloppily made, undisciplined mess with more boom. If you love roddy mcdowell you have to see this movie. The film is told in flashback with mcdowall in the prison. A bad influence picks his role models the writer and filmmaker known for the cult classics pink flamingos, crybaby and hairspray reflects on. Eccentric spoof of mid60s culture with roddy mcdowall and tuesday weld. Variant of earlier 18th century lord love you, god love us, etc. Axelrods patchy but often brilliant first attempt at direction. Daughter of lola albrights sluttish cocktail waitress, high school senior barbara ann greene weld expects the worldand roddy mcdowalls worshipful familiar scrambles to give it to her on a platter. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended. A masterpiece of american film comedy as undefinable as its title, duck swings wildly between deadlyearnest pathos and wigflipping dada. Jazz on the screen is a reference work of filmographic information and does not point to digitized versions of the items described. Laurs kemps rating of the film lord love a duck laurs kemp a hal ashbystyle black comedy masquerading as a kooky teen movie complete with incest, murder, class divisions, perverse puritanism, and the american dream in all its selfish glory. Tuesday weld in lord love a duck 1966 tuesday weld and max showalter in lord love a duck 1966.
Tagged with academic disciplines articles censorship connotation euphemism figures of speech iframe linguistics oath. Le film lord love a duck 1966 vostfr admin 20170524t23. 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. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Dont nobody care, so tired of swimming and getting nowhere. The lord love a duck soundtrack by neil hefty is a great find too, if you can fish it out of ebay. Lord love a duck looks and sounds exactly as one would expect.
Lord love a duck watch turner classic movies on tcm. Released in 1966 and directed by george axelrod, lord love a duck is a quirky satirical comedydrama about a nonchalant student prodigy roddy mcdowell fascinated by a fellow senior girl tuesday weld, using his preternatural gifting to grant her dubious wishes. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and touching films with plots about love and romance, youth, high school, high school life, coming of age, teenage life and lifestyle mostly in comedy, drama and romance genres. Lord love a duck 1966 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Mcdowell is given a starring part which doesnt happen often. If so, he went out in a blaze of glory, with one of the weirdest, most brilliant teen movies ever made. Jan 24, 20 lord love a duck is a sunbaked faustian farce about southern california teen barbara ann greene weld, onetime head cheerleader and most popular girl at longfellow high school, now facing an uncertain future of dreaded anonymity as a senior at the ultramodern consolidated high. Most similar movies to lord love a duck the list contains related movies ordered by similarity. A hal ashbystyle black comedy masquerading as a kooky teen movie complete with incest, murder, class divisions, perverse puritanism, and the american dream in all its selfish glory.
Lord love a duck is a 1966 black comedy film directed by george axelrod and starring roddy mcdowall and tuesday weld. At first glance, george axelrods, lord love a duck appears to be a satire of 60s beach party movies. Based on the novel of the same name, lord love a duck is a 1966 black comedy that sets out to lampoon almost everything that. Lord love a duck 1966 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. High school graduation grants him opportunity to complete the job, and so. 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. George axelrods corrosively satiric lord love a duck is one of the most irreverent and cockeyed films of the 1960s. The film was a satire of popular culture at the time, its targets ranging from progressive education to beach party films.
Mgms new dvd of the film includes a promotional short in which the writer. The instrumental balboa blast is the killer, however. Mgms new dvd of the film includes a promotional short in which the. Thats my reading anyway, although other readings may be equally or even more viable. Lord love a duck dvd 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. Its similar to the english film im all right jacks twist on the colorful english expression, fxxx you jack, im all right. Film adaptation, parody, teen film, black comedy, comedy, drama. Lord love a duck is a 1966 teen comedy produced, directed and cowritten by george axelrod and starring roddy mcdowall and tuesday weld.
Music lord love a duck is a musical album of neal hefti. Film lord love a duck is a 1966 black comedy starring roddy mcdowall and tuesday weld. Based on the novel of the same name, lord love a duck is a 1966 black comedy that sets out to lampoon almost everything that comes to mind when you think of. Is the expression lord love a duck a long winded rhyme for an expletive that has to remain unuttered in this polite company, or is there a story behind it. Fapp art direction malcolm brown film editor william a. A bright satirical comedy about an innocent high school girl granted her wishes by a student prodigy. Movie clip from the 1966 george axlerod comedy lord love a duck starring roddy mcdowall, tuesday weld, lola albright, martin west and. It was adapted from a novel of the same name by al hine. 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. Throughout lord love a duck, axelrod treats one social sacred cow after another with amused disdain, skewering religion, motherhood, education, and matrimony. Nevertheless, theres enough of interest in lord love a duck to recommend it as mustsee viewing for all film fanatics at least once. The library of congress may or may not own a copy of a particular film or video. Posted by grantbarrett on july 12, 2014 add comment.
And i keep swimming around in this little old pond, cant fly like an eagle, cant get me a swan. Unfortunately, 1960s audiences never really appreciated lord love a duck. Buy lord love a duck movie posters from movie poster shop. Lord love a duck movie posters from movie poster shop. 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. Jaspar lamar crabbs rating of the film lord love a duck.
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