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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 Rourke in his film debut.
Dec 14, 1979 · 1941: Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, Lorraine Gary. Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor.
May 1 – Orson Welles ' Citizen Kane, consistently rated as one of the films considered the all-time best, is premiered at the Palace Theatre (New York City). July 2 – Sergeant York, the film biopic of World War I hero Alvin C. York, starring Gary Cooper in the title role, premieres in New York City.
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Steven Spielberg's attempt at screwball comedy collapses under a glut of ideas, confusing an unwieldy scope for a commensurate amount of guffaws. After Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, residents of...
- Comedy, Action, Adventure
1941 1h 40m Approved. 8.0 (167K) Rate. 97 Metascore. San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.
1941 Steven Spielberg directs this riotous farce depicting the hysteria of a cross section of Los Angeles citizens following the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The film is loosely based on a true event in which a Japanese submarine surfaced off the California coast, setting off a brief wave of panic.
Drawing influence from disaster movies, ensemble epics, and any number of WWII pictures, 1941 is more ambitious in scope and scale than most films ever dare to be.
Dec 14, 1979 · Steven Spielberg's all-star, all-out assault on an America gone mad with the war jitters. Starring comedy greats John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, and backed by a huge cast of character actors any film would wish to enlist, "1941" is a big, bombastic blast zone of laughs and state-of-the-art Oscar-nominated visual effects.
Pandemonium erupts in Los Angeles after the WWII attack on Pearl Harbor in the wartime spoof, 1941. This epic comedy soufflé features lavish special effects and screwball characters in an all-star extravaganza set on the streets of Hollywood.
