Duck is a 2005 English-language Drama movie written and directed by Nic Bettauer and produced by Nic Bettauer and Domini Hofmann. A blighted Los Angeles in 2009. Arthur is recently widowed, his savings wiped out by his wife's illness. Their only son is long dead. Alone, Arthur adopts and is adopted by a duckling he names Joe. Saved from suicide, Arthur's life becomes caring for Joe and keeping clean a pond on land near his son's memorial tree. Homelessness awaits Arthur, and although he experiences a great deal of unkindness - from a bus driver, motorists, and animal control officers - he also offers and finds kindness. The pond drained, Arthur and Joe head west on a picaresque journey. Is there room for angels in Los Angeles? Written by. Duck features Philip Baker Hall, Bill Brochtrup, Amy Hill, Ian G Lockhart, Buckley Sampson, Jim Thalman and Dassler Jimenez. The film has a running time of 98 minutes. It was released on 11th May 2007. Duck was made on a budget of $0 million and at the box office it grossed only $0 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by Right Brained Releasing.