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Duck

In a duck who believes him to be its mother, an old man discovers the will to live on…
 
DUCK is a sad-funny story of hope and survival, set in Los Angeles’ as-of-yet avertable future.  In 2009, when Los Angeles’ last city park is closed to the public, a dispossessed man—and the duck who follows him as a mother—quest west, on foot, in search of water and meaning, in the desert that is L.A.

Arthur (Philip Baker Hall) is a retired history professor who has outlived his time and place, friends and family, resources and reasons to live.  In the park where his son and wife are buried, Arthur contemplates putting an end to his own life, when he is confronted by an orphaned duckling who has just escaped death.  Arthur names this duckling Joe.  Joe follows Arthur, the only mother he knows.
 
When their park is landfilled and their pond is drained, Arthur and Joe engage in a Sisyphean struggle to survive, seeking a means to live, a place to live, and a purpose to live, in a world where their lives are not valued.  In their search, Arthur and Joe encounter a host of strangers—some hostile, some helpful, some heroic—until, finally forming a community and a home.
 
If we are but six degrees of separation from one another, are we as few to being alone?
Produced, written, and directed by Nic Bettauer, DUCK is the only narrative feature film winner of the year’s Women In Film Foundation Film Finishing Fund.  DUCK was an Official Selection of the Avignon & Avignon / New York, Hollywood, Denver (where Philip Baker Hall received The John Cassavetes Award for achievement and excellence in American cinema) and Sao Paulo International Film Festivals.  DUCK won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at its Cinequest World Premiere and was selected for the prestigious American Cinematheque’s “Independent Showcase”.  DUCK won Best Foreign Dramatic Feature at the inaugural European Independent Film Festival.

DUCK, theatrically distributed by Right Brained Releasing in Los Angeles,
New York, Washington DC, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, then beyond via Landmark and AMC Select Cinemas, is a one-of-a-kind fable about thinking outside the flock

Director:

Nic Bettauer

Starring:

Philip Baker Hall – Rush Hour Franchise, Zodiac, The Amityville Horror, Bruce Almighty

Bill Brochtrup – “NYPD Blue”

Amy Hill - Cat in the Hat, Fifty First Dates, Big Fat Liar, Herbie: Fully Loaded, Cheaper by the Dozen

French Stewart - Leaving Las Vegas, Stargate, Broken Arrow, “Third Rock from the Sun”

Bill Cobbs - Night at the Museum, Sunshine State, Ed, Hope Floats, Air Bud

Running time:

96 min

Rating:

PG-13

UPC #:

798622366924

Part #:

WLV3669

Order Date :

6/17/2008

Street date:

7/22/2008

SRP:

19.98

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