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Budget. $35 million [1] Box office. $94.9 million [1] 1941 is a 1979 American war comedy film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale. The film stars an ensemble cast including Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, John Candy, Christopher Lee, Tim Matheson, Toshiro Mifune, Robert Stack, Nancy Allen, and Mickey ...
Sep 30, 2014 · 1941 is an homage to classic Hollywood (there are many little details inspired by old movies) by way of a 1970's sense of humor. Its look conjures up nostalgia for the 1940s even if it does rely on sexual innuendo and bathroom humor. The opening scene spoofs the director's first big blockbuster Jaws.
An appreciation of "1941" and interview with Bob Gale. The film has this huge cast consisting of big-name stars, veteran character actors and then-unknowns in early roles--Mickey Rourke made his screen debut as one of the members of the tank crew--and even the list of people who turned down roles was pretty illustrious--both John Wayne and Charlton Heston declined to play General Stilwell ...
Oct 3, 2014 · The crazy World War II comedy dissected. After the double whammy of Jaws and Close Encounters, Spielberg’s follow-up 1941 is a Marmite movie, derided in some quarters but beloved in others. Read ...
Slim Pickens. Actor: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Slim Pickens spent the early part of his career as a real cowboy and the latter part playing cowboys, and he is best remembered for a single "cowboy" image: that of bomber pilot Maj. "King" Kong waving his cowboy hat rodeo-style as he rides a nuclear bomb onto its target in the great black...
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Aug 27, 2017 · This is a great bit of physical comedy that really lays the foundation for Pickens’ more widely recognized comic bull’s-eye once he gets among the company of Mifune and Lee. Pickens’ appearance in 1941 is brief—he’s not integrated into the action the way John Belushi’s Wild Bill Kelso is.
