Pop some popcorn and get your ducks in a row. The documentary “The Million Dollar Duck” wings its way to Animal Planet to unveil the real drama behind the Federal Duck Stamp Contest, which was a minor subplot in the Coen Brothers’ 1996 film “Fargo.”
The annual contest, which began in 1934 with the aim to raise money for wildlife conservation, pits artists from around the country in a duck-themed paint-off. After a panel of five judges weigh in, a winner is chosen, and with that victory comes prestige, bragging rights and the promise of financial reward.
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Filmmaker Brian Golden Davis didn’t hear about the contest from “Fargo,” but from a friend and eventual winner Ron Louque. “I had a friend in high school whose dad had won the contest,” Davis told IndieWire in an interview. “We were talking about it and he said,...
The annual contest, which began in 1934 with the aim to raise money for wildlife conservation, pits artists from around the country in a duck-themed paint-off. After a panel of five judges weigh in, a winner is chosen, and with that victory comes prestige, bragging rights and the promise of financial reward.
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Filmmaker Brian Golden Davis didn’t hear about the contest from “Fargo,” but from a friend and eventual winner Ron Louque. “I had a friend in high school whose dad had won the contest,” Davis told IndieWire in an interview. “We were talking about it and he said,...
- 9/14/2016
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
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