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5.8In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.
Cast
- Dan Aykroyd as Sgt. Frank Tree
- Ned Beatty as Ward Douglas
- John Belushi as Capt. Wild Bill Kelso
- Lorraine Gary as Joan Douglas
- Murray Hamilton as Claude Crumn
- Christopher Lee as Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
Themes
- california
- panic
- submarine
- war ship
- world war ii
- pearl harbor
- satire
- los angeles, california
- 1940s
- anarchic comedy
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Steven Spielberg
- Screenplay by
- Robert Zemeckis Bob Gale
- Story by
- Robert Zemeckis Bob Gale John Milius
- Produced by
- Buzz Feitshans
- Starring
- Dan Aykroyd Ned Beatty John Belushi John Candy Lorraine Gary Murray Hamilton Christopher Lee Tim Matheson Toshirō Mifune Warren Oates Robert Stack Treat Williams Nancy Allen Eddie Deezen Bobby Di Cicco Dianne Kay Slim Pickens Wendie Jo Sperber Lionel Stander Mickey Rourke
- Cinematography
- William A. Fraker
- Edited by
- Michael Kahn
- Music by
- John Williams
- Color process
- Metrocolor
- Production company
- A-Team Productions
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures (North America), Columbia Pictures (International)
- Release dates
- December 13, 1979 ( 1979-12-13 ) ( Cinerama Dome ) December 14, 1979 ( 1979-12-14 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 118 minutes, (theatrical cut) , 146 minutes, (director's cut)
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $35 million
- Box office
- $94.9 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 113
- FilmAffinity ID
- 810245
- Image
- Filming Spielbergs "1941" (4971527550).jpg
Show 4 more facts
- publication date
- 1979-12-14
- title
- 1941
- review score
- 34/100
- capital cost
- 35000000
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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. The story involves a panic in the Los Angeles area after the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
Co-writer Gale stated the plot is loosely based on what has come to be known as the Great Los Angeles Air Raid of 1942, as well as the bombardment of the Ellwood oil refinery, near Santa Barbara, by a Japanese submarine. Many other events in the film were based on real incidents, including the Zoot Suit Riots and an incident in which the U.S. Army placed an anti-aircraft gun in a homeowner's yard on the Maine coast.