Queer Duck: The Movie
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DVD cover for Queer Duck: The Movie
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| Directed by | Xeth Feinberg |
| Produced by | Tal Vigderson Mike Mendel Mike Reiss |
| Written by | Mike Reiss |
| Starring |
Jim J. Bullock Jackie Hoffman Kevin Michael Richardson Billy West Maurice LaMarche Jeff Glenn Bennett Tim Curry Conan O'Brien David Duchovny |
| Music by | Sam Elwitt |
| Edited by | Damon P. Yoches |
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Disgrace Films
Icebox.com |
| Distributed by |
Icebox.com Paramount Pictures |
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Running time
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72 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Queer Duck: The Movie, is a direct-to-DVD film based on the popular web series Queer Duck produced by Icebox.com for Mishmash Media, Inc. The film first aired on the gay-themed channel Logo in July 16, 2006, then it was released on DVD July 18, 2006. Paramount and Viacom now own the rights to the film. They released it free to The Paramount Vault YouTube channel on April 3, 2015.
The film reunites the original creators and cast of Queer Duck, plus special guest stars Conan O'Brien as himself, Tim Curry as Peccery the butler, Jeff Glen Bennett as the main antagonist; a homophobic bigoted priest named Reverend Vandergelding, Mark Hamill as a hot dog vendor, Bruce Vilanch as himself, Andy Dick as former drag queen Rex (formerly Regina), Jackie Hoffman as Broadway actress Lola Buzzard, April Winchell doing additional voices and David Duchovny as "Tiny Jesus".
All of the Queer Duck production staff from Icebox.com returned for the movie. It was originally going to be produced and aired by its TV network Showtime but since the network quit supporting gay shows, the series was dropped and it became a full Icebox production. The animation has approved a little such as Queer Duck frolicking more smoothly, Openly Gator's mouth being shorter and Oscar Wildcat gaining weight, but still had the limited animation style from the webisodes. Also, the theater sign that says "Queer Duck - The Musical" changed to "Queer Duck - The Movie" to support the movie. The theme song has also extended as well. Footage of each actors recording sessions were provided in the credits.
Several past characters such as Queer Duck's family return for the film and just like the original series, several celebrities were parodied and voiced by imitators, with the exceptions of Bruce Villanch and Conan O'Brien. Unlike the original series, non-celebrity humans also appear such as the gay baseball players, a hot dog vendor (Mark Hamill) and the Happy Family who own the themepark Happyland, now Fairyland. The film was released to DVD in all the US except Utah. This was their latest Queer Duck and presumably final one since 2001. It was the first Internet animation to be screened during the Polish Festival of Equality 2008 in Warsaw. Creator Mike Reiss considered the film the "best thing he ever wrote".
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