![]() “Also, the prestige of winning, it carries over into all of your other artwork,” he added. “There was a surgeon… from selling and licensing art, that piece of artwork was making multi-millions in sales. “In the ‘80s, during the Ronald Regan era, the stamp was insanely popular,” Davis said. “The Million Dollar Duck” Christian Bruno/Animal Planet Instead, it refers to the potential amount of money the winner can earn from licensing their design and selling their other artwork, based on their newfound fame. READ MORE: ‘Million Dollar Duck’ Clip: You’ve Never Seen a Rivalry Like This BeforeĬheck out what else Davis had to reveal about how quirky the Duck Stamp Contest is and how it’s stranger than any fiction that “Fargo” or “Best in Show” could dream up:ĭespite the name of the film, the winner does not actually get a million dollar check. I think the film is a quirky film, but I think it’s quirky in the sense that it was already quirky - I just happened to film it.” When people dedicate their lives to painting ducks, it automatically evokes a quirky response. That’s one of the first lines in the film where this character says, ‘There’s just something funny about ducks.’ They’re really majestic birds, but they’re also they’re funny birds, and people have this weird association with them. “It’s sort of like the native sense of humor of the subjects and of the contest. “I like the Christopher Guest films a lot, but I wouldn’t say they were a major influence,” Davis said. ![]() Smith’s 2013 book “Wild Duck Chase: Inside the Strange and Wonderful World of the Federal Duck Stamp Contest.” And thus started a deep dive into the world of duck artistry that bore similarities to Christopher Guest’s mockumentary “Best in Show,” about dog show fanatics. Davis’ Ending with Damon Lindelof and Tara Hernandezĭavis decided to revisit the subject many years later, after he had read Martin J.
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