Storyline for 'Howard the Duck':
The story begins of a sarcastic humanoid duck the size of a man by the name of Howard from outer space is pulled from his home world to Earth through a laser beam and somehow winds up in Cleavland where he meets and quickly befriends with Beverly Switzler, a lead singer where they must stop an alien invader known as the Dark Overlords at all costs. | Howard, a cigar-chomping extraterrestrial duck, is accidentally beamed to Earth by physicist Dr. Walter Jenning (Jeffrey Jones) and his assistant, Phil Blumburtt (Tim Robbins), in this sci-fi comedy produced by George Lucas. In spite of being a giant bird, Howard soon finds romance with punk-rock singer Beverly Switzler (Lea Thompson). But their happiness is threatened when government officials and a nasty space thug come looking for Howard.



