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14 December 1979 (USA) moreTagline:
A Comedy Spectacular!Plot:
Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. moreUser Comments:
Slapstick Hysteria more (179 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Dan Aykroyd | ... | Sgt. Frank Tree |
 | Ned Beatty | ... | Ward Douglas |
 | John Belushi | ... | Capt. Wild Bill Kelso |
| Lorraine Gary | ... | Joan Douglas |
| Bobby Di Cicco | ... | Wally Stephens |
| Murray Hamilton | ... | Claude Crumn |
 | Christopher Lee | ... | Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt |
 | Tim Matheson | ... | Capt. Loomis Birkhead |
| Toshirô Mifune | ... | Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura |
| Warren Oates | ... | Col. 'Madman' Maddox |
 | Robert Stack | ... | Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell |
 | Treat Williams | ... | Cpl. Chuck 'Stretch' Sitarski |
| Nancy Allen | ... | Donna Stratton |
| Lucille Benson | ... | Gas Mama (Eloise) (as Lucille Bensen) |
| Jordan Brian | ... | Macey Douglas |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
118 min | USA:146 min (director's cut) | West Germany:111 minCountry:
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2.20 : 1 moreCertification:
Brazil:12 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Chile:TE | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Iceland:L | Netherlands:AL | Norway:12 (original rating) | Norway:15 | Peru:PT | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG (certificate #25726) | West Germany:12Fun Stuff
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Steven Spielberg has said that the march John Williams composed for 1941 (1979) is his favorite of all of the marches Williams has written. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Sgt. Tree tries to convince Pvt. Jones to join the fight, he is holding his jacket in his hand. The very next shot he is wearing his coat, without having the opportunity to put it on. moreSoundtrack:
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Teasing the audience with an opening spoof of Jaws, Spielberg's star studded cast -- from Christopher Lee and Toshiro Mifune to Dan Ackroyd and John Belushi -- take on the post-Pearl Harbor Attack hysteria of California.
The slapstick is classic. The story is entertaining. The whole experience is simply F-U-N. Nothing more to be said.
Spielberg surrounds himself with some favorites: actor Murray Hamilton, composer John Williams, and Frank Marshall as his second unit director.