MOVIEmeter
Top 5000
Down 1,220 this week

1941 (1979)

5.7
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 5.7/10 from 18,402 users  
Reviews: 195 user | 39 critic

Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor.

Director:

Writers:

(screenplay), (screenplay), 3 more credits »
Watch Trailer
0Check in
0Share...

User Lists

Related lists from IMDb users

a list of 10000 titles created 3 months ago
 
a list of 3627 titles created 1 month ago
 
a list of 1623 titles created 5 months ago
 
a list of 31 titles created 13 May 2011
 
a list of 224 titles created 13 Aug 2011
 

Connect with IMDb


Share this Rating

Title: 1941 (1979)

1941 (1979) on IMDb 5.7/10

Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of 1941.
Nominated for 3 Oscars. See more awards »

Videos

Photos

Learn more

People who liked this also liked... 

Stripes (1981)
Comedy | War
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X  

Two friends who are dissatisfied with their jobs decide to join the army for a bit of fun.

Director: Ivan Reitman
Stars: Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates
Comedy | War
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.3/10 X  

A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.

Director: Grant Heslov
Stars: George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges
Comedy | War
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X  

Without hostile intent, a Soviet sub runs aground off New England. Men are sent for a boat, but many villagers go into a tizzy, risking bloodshed.

Director: Norman Jewison
Stars: Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Alan Arkin
Comedy | War
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X  

In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.

Director: Woody Allen
Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Georges Adet
Catch-22 (1970)
Comedy | War
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X  

A man is trying desperately to be certified insane during World War II, so he can stop flying missions.

Director: Mike Nichols
Stars: Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin
Comedy | War
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7/10 X  

An impoverished backward nation declares a war on the United States of America, hoping to lose, but things don't go according to plan.

Director: Jack Arnold
Stars: Peter Sellers, Jean Seberg, William Hartnell
Comedy | Drama | War
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X  

An unorthodox and irreverent DJ begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the US Armed Services Radio station in Vietnam.

Director: Barry Levinson
Stars: Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Tung Thanh Tran
MASH (1970)
Comedy | War | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X  

The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.

Director: Robert Altman
Stars: Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt
Action | Comedy | War
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.4/10 X  

"Rambo" parody in which Topper Harley leads a rescue team into Iraq to save Iraqi war prisoners and all of their previous rescue teams.

Director: Jim Abrahams
Stars: Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges, Valeria Golino
Comedy | Drama | War
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.5/10 X  

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel has a doppelganger, a poor but kind Jewish barber living in the slums, who one day is mistaken for Hynkel.

Director: Charles Chaplin
Stars: Charles Chaplin, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner
Drama | War | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.6/10 X  

A bad Polish actor is just trying to make a living when what should intrude but World War II in the form of an invasion. His wife has the habit of entertaining young Polish officers while ... See full summary »

Director: Alan Johnson
Stars: Ronny Graham, Estelle Reiner, Mel Brooks
Hot Shots! (1991)
Action | Comedy | War
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.6/10 X  

Parody of "Top Gun" in which a talented but unstable fighter pilot must overcome the ghosts of his father and save a mission sabotaged by greedy weapons manufacturers.

Director: Jim Abrahams
Stars: Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino
Edit

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
...
...
Ward Douglas
...
...
Joan Douglas
...
Claude Crumn
...
Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
...
...
Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura (as Toshiro Mifune)
...
...
...
Cpl. Chuck 'Stretch' Sitarski
...
Lucille Benson ...
Gas Mama (Eloise) (as Lucille Bensen)
Jordan Brian ...
Macey Douglas
...
Edit

Storyline

Hysteria grips California in the wake of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. An assorted group of defenders attempt to make the coast defensible against an imagined Japanese invasion, in this big budget, big cast comedy. Members of a Japanese submarine crew scout out the madness, along with a Captain in Germany's Kreigsmarine (Navy). Written by Keith Loh <loh@sfu.ca>

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Taglines:

A Comedy Spectacular!


Certificate:

PG | See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

 »
Edit

Details

Country:

Language:

| |

Release Date:

14 December 1979 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

The Night the Japs Attacked  »

Filming Locations:

 »

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

SEK 5,051,675 (Sweden)
 »

Company Credits

Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

| (director's cut)

Sound Mix:

(35 mm prints)| (70 mm prints)

Color:

(Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

Steven Spielberg shot one million feet of film over 247 shooting days. See more »

Goofs

When Hollis P. Wood is attacked by the 'pine trees', he loses his hat. In the next scene, he falls and his hat comes off again. See more »

Quotes

Private Foley: Now Sarge, what is the loading and firing procedure for the 75-millimeter cannon?
Sergeant Frank Tree: [delirious] There are five basic components...
Private Foley: This is it, pay attention.
Sergeant Frank Tree: ...to the new General Electric refrigerator: one, the freon compressor, two, the freon tube...
See more »

Crazy Credits

End credits feature scenes showing cast members screaming. See more »


Soundtracks

"Down by the Ohio"
Music by Abe Olman (uncredited)
Lyrics by Jack Yellen (uncredited)
Performed by The Andrews Sisters
Courtesy of MCA Records, Inc.
See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

See more (Spoiler Alert!) »

User Reviews

 
And I Saw it on opening day...
6 June 2009 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

I vividly recall the (packed) audience's reaction at the end of 1941: eerie stunned silence... then some guy yelled "what the hell WAS that?" and laughter erupted. I'm a huge Spielberg fan, but 1941 is just wretched excess. It's loud, destructive, unfunny and plot less (it's strictly situational). It's also a bit painful to watch all the now deceased wasted talent (Murray Hamilton, Lionel Stander, Wendy Jo Sperber, Belushi, The great Slim Pickens, Toshiro Mifune, Samuel Fuller, Bob Stack & others...). The film's uncredited cameos are strange (Penny Marshall? James Caan? Lenny & Squiggy from Penny's series??? C'mon...) This was a monumental waste of time, talent & piles of money. (1) unfunny star/10.


7 of 8 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Recent Posts
Why did Wild Bill let himself get captured? OzzyAlvarez
What is it you hate about 1941 stepstonefilms
Fave characters? Least favorite? nancydrewadventure
Sorry, but I really like this movie! KatrinaW
The word 'Jap' Jonhny
Couldn't buy a laugh parillamilt
Discuss 1941 (1979) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page

Create a character page for:
?