Difficult to describe and far too sly for most audiences of 1966, lord love a duck is black comedy at its very best. Movie trailer for the 1966 george axlerod comedy lord love a duck starring roddy mcdowall, tuesday weld, lola albright, martin west and ruth gordon. How to murder your wife lord love a duck soundtrack 1965. Everything we know about the lord of the rings amazon series. If you like lord love a duck you are looking for humorous, sexual and dark humor movies about with high school, misfit, satire, teenager, teenage life, best friends and youth themes of comedy, drama and romance genre shot in usa. Lord love a duck 1966 george axelrod, roddy mcdowall. A man for all seasons 1966 full movie video dailymotion. How to murder your wife lord love a duck soundtrack from 1965, 1966, composed by neal hefti. Neal hefti lord love a duck original motion picture sound. 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 origin the history of the exclamation lord love a duck. It is based on al hines 1961 novel of the same name.
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. Film lord love a duck is a 1966 black comedy starring roddy mcdowall and tuesday weld. George axelrods unclassifiable satire is one of the oddest hollywood movies, which over the years has engendered passionate support and derision. A bright satirical comedy about an innocent high school girl. Lord love a duck the 1966 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Original motion picture soundtrack for the movie lord love a duck composed by neal hefti, the wild ones, released by united artists records in 1966. Roddy mcdowall, tuesday weld, lola albright, martin west, ruth gordon, harvey korman, sarah marshall, lynn carey. 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. 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.
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At first glance, george axelrods, lord love a duck appears to be a satire of 60s beach party movies. For some its an incisively bizarre portrait of sixties america, for others its a sloppily made, undisciplined mess with more boom. The film was a satire of popular culture at the time, its targets ranging from progressive education to beach party films. A wacky satireblack comedy with high school senior mcdowall helping schoolmate weld get whatever she. Dec 23, 2012 lord love a duck was also a black comedy from 1966 starring roddy mcdowell and tuesday weld whatver happened to her. Mcdowall was 40 when this film was made, and in his 55th motion picture.
On the latest episode of the forgotten filmcast, todd is joined by his walt sent me cohost kristen lopez to discuss a bizarre late 60s satire. Requiem for a bachelor lord love a duck original soundtrack recording 11. Posted by grantbarrett on july 12, 2014 add comment. 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. Most similar movies to lord love a duck the list contains related movies ordered by similarity. How to murder your wife lord love a duck soundtrack. The best movies of 1966 picked by critics and filmmakers and sorted by rank. A broad satire of teenage culture in the sixties, its targets ranging from progressive education to beach movies. Lord love a duck is a 1966 black comedy film directed by george axelrod and starring roddy mcdowall and tuesday weld. Movie trailer for the 1966 george axlerod comedy lord love a duck starring roddy mcdowall, tuesday weld, lola albright, martin west and. 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. A wacky satireblack comedy with high school senior mcdowall helping schoolmate weld get whatever she desires. Britains bloodiest dynasty s1 e1 britains bloodiest dynasty. The main thrust is directed at the 60s plastic society, with an emphasis on the.
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. Released by kritzerland in 2009 kr 2003 containing music from lord love a duck 1966, how to murder your wife 1965. Yet, he plays a brainy, pencilneck geek who is valedictorian of his high school graduating class. Lord love a duck 1965, directed by george axelrod film.
This episode is hosted by martha barnette and grant barrett, and produced by stefanie levine. Unlike the loved one with its gothicbaroque focus on one issue, duck tackles a couple of dozen topical targets headon and with admirable accuracy. Forgotten films a look at the movies forgotten by time. Vandalizing their new high school, miscreant alan roddy mcdowall explains his nickname to barbara ann tuesday weld who offers her depraved ambition, in george axelrods lord love a duck, 1966. Kritzerland kr 2003 country united states format cd release date 7sep2009 upn 8572520036 2 cds. One response to lord love a duck 1966 david csontos, on june 11th, 2008 at 9.
The title track, sung by the wild ones and composed by ernie sheldon, features the typical monkees era hey hey hey business and even camp duck quacks. With roddy mcdowall, tuesday weld, lola albright, martin west. Ruth gordon, roddy mcdowall, tuesday weld, lord love a duck, 1966 bp9c9j from alamys library of millions of. Roddy mcdowell, tuesday weld, harvey korman and ruth gordon star in this deliciously offbeat comedy that. Unfortunately, i have to disagree on just about all counts here. Overview of lord love a duck, 1966, directed by george axelrod, with roddy mcdowall, tuesday weld, lola albright, at turner classic movies. Lord love a duck 1966 george axelrod, roddy mcdowall, tuesday weld, lola albright july 4, 2019 highschool senior barbara ann greene has a lot to overcome to reach her dreams to be popular, get a job, find a husband, and maybe even be a movie star. George axelrods unclassifiable satire is one of the oddest hollywood movies, which over the years has. The enemy below here is one of the best war movies ever, a chess game of cat and fish not mouse duration. Sep 20, 2000 lord love a duck was a 1966 movie starring roddy mcdowall and tuesday weld. Lord love a duck was also a black comedy from 1966 starring roddy mcdowell and tuesday weld whatver happened to her. 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.
Blackbear 2019 very valentine tv movie 2019 bound by movement 2019 cinderela pop 2019 money trap 2019 you cant watch this 2019 the lumber baron 2019 madonna and the breakfast club 2019 marriage killer 2019 disappearance 2019. 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. He jokes in the promotional short that lord love a duck may look like a beach picture, but is actually a booby trap. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing lord love a duck near you. Jun 03, 2010 the enemy below here is one of the best war movies ever, a chess game of cat and fish not mouse duration. Ruth gordon, martin west, lola albright, tuesday weld, roddy mcdowall. Lord love a duck is a 1966 teen comedy produced, directed and cowritten by george axelrod and starring roddy mcdowall and tuesday weld. Alan musgrave roddy mcdowall watches with amazement as stella bernard ruth gordon, a society dowager, downs her third gin fizz in.
Strangelove, et al, and features mcdowalls greatest performance apparently outstripping his scenerychewing dr. In other words, its a satire, and one thats all the more subversive for taking the innocuous form of a. Roddy mcdowall and tuesday weld star in 1966s lord love a duck. The wild oneslord love a duck theme song halos heaven. Axelrods patchy but often brilliant first attempt at direction. There was a 1966 or so film starring roddy mcdowall, tuesday weld, lola albright, ruth gordon and harvey korman named lord love a duck, a way out offbeat comedy that lampooned the 60s southern california teen culture. Jul 11, 2016 on the latest episode of the forgotten filmcast, todd is joined by his walt sent me cohost kristen lopez to discuss a bizarre late 60s satire.
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