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Overview

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Director:
Steven Spielberg
Writers:
Robert Zemeckis (story) &
Bob Gale (story) ...
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Release Date:
14 December 1979 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | War more
Tagline:
A Comedy Spectacular!
Plot:
Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. more
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Spielberg's Musical Aspirations
 (From WENN. 25 June 2002)

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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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Night the Japs Attacked (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
118 min | USA:146 min (director's cut) | West Germany:111 min
Country:
USA
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo (35 mm prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)
Filming Locations:
Cannon Beach, Oregon, USA more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Steven Spielberg has said that the march John Williams composed for 1941 (1979) is his favorite of all of the marches Williams has written. more
Goofs:
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. more
Quotes:
Colonel Akiro Mitamura: This has not been honorable... more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Martin Sheen/David Bowie (#5.7)" (1979) more
Soundtrack:
Daddy more

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8 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Slapstick Hysteria, 3 August 2001
10/10
Author: SaraAutumn from Virginia

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.

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