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Director:
Henri Safran
Writers:
Henrik Ibsen (play)
Tutte Lemkow (writer)
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Release Date:
22 March 1985 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
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Awards:
3 nominations more
User Comments:
The Wild Duck? sheesh, give me some of that "Famous Grouse!" more

Cast

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Liv Ullmann ... Gina

Jeremy Irons ... Harold
Lucinda Jones ... Henrietta
John Meillon ... Old Ackland
Arthur Dignam ... Gregory
Michael Pate ... Wardle
Rhys McConnochie ... Mr. Roland
Colin Croft ... Mellison
Marion Edward ... Mrs. Summers
Peter De Salis ... Peters

Jeff Truman ... Johnson
Clive Marshall ... Gray
Desmond Tester ... Elderly Guest
Georgie Stirling ... Caretaker
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dale Aspin
Robert Bruning
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:95 min
Country:
Australia
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Australia:PG | USA:PG
Filming Locations:
New South Wales, Australia more

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6 out of 11 people found the following comment useful:-
The Wild Duck? sheesh, give me some of that "Famous Grouse!", 12 November 2001
Author: Noel Bailey (uds3@hotmail.com) from Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Australia

THE benchmark in boring movies. Not the 'worst movie' ever made, simply the slowest!

Ultimately lethargic and snooze-inducing rendition of the famed Henry Ibsen play. Basically two days in the life of the Ackland family around the turn of the century. Humorless Harold Ackland (Irons) can barely countenance his blind and illegitimate daughter, who totally starved of love and affection, bestows all her feelings on a pet wild duck. This is hardly the basis for a life-affirming and uplifting drama to begin with.

Now, IF one is truly dedicated to producing an ultimately depressing and charismaticless flick, Jeremy Irons and Liv Ullman would be the first two on your casting list. Henri Safran obviously thought so too. The actors, most of them in fact, are just on auto-pilot and about the only likely beneficiaries of this screen disaster would be students of the work of Henry Ibsen.

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