Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor.Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor.Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor.
- Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 6 nominations total
Toshirô Mifune
- Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura
- (as Toshiro Mifune)
Lucille Benson
- Gas Mama (Eloise)
- (as Lucille Bensen)
Jordan Cohen
- Macey Douglas
- (as Jordan Brian)
Elisha Cook Jr.
- The Patron (Dexter)
- (as Elisha Cook)
Storyline
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- TriviaSome scenes were so noisy during filming, the crew could not hear Steven Spielberg yell, "Cut". He had to fire a prop machine gun in the air to get the action to stop.
- GoofsHerbie and Claude change position on the ferris wheel. Spielberg did that deliberately for comedic effect.
- Quotes
Japanese soldier: [trying to squeeze a large radio into the sub] We've got to figure out how to make these things smaller!
- Crazy creditsEnd credits feature scenes showing cast members screaming.
- Alternate versionsThe version released on network television and VHS/DVD/laserdisc is Spielberg's original director's cut, running 146 minutes, fleshing out sub-plots and characterizations, including:
- Wally and Dennis getting thrown out onto the street by Mr. Malcomb after he fires them from the diner where they work.
- Miss Fitzroy lecturing a group of women, Betty and Maxine among them, about tonight's USO dance which is interupted by a group of Army service men and Sailors entering and chanting wanting the women.
- A department store scene with Wally fussing about buying an expensive new zoot suit and Dennis sounding a phoney air-raid siren which leads to panic in the store including a gun-toting Santa Claus yelling out command orders which is revealed to be a set up by Wally who walks out of the store wearing the zoot suit while Dennis meets the twin girls for the first time.
- A scene with Scioli outside his house arguing with his non-English speaking wife about converting their car into an armored car while talking with Claude about sending him and someone else atop the Santa Monica ferris wheel on a spot mission for Japanese planes.
- A extra scene with Ito and the I-19 Japanese submarine shore party disguising themselves as Christmas trees in a remote Christmas tree lot and the drunken Hollis Wood trying to "chop" them down which leads to his capture.
- Scioli arriving at the ferris wheel with Claude and Herbie and explaing to them about their mission in the ferris wheel.
- A dinner scene at the Douglas home and Ward explaining to Betty about her going to the USO dance and telling her about the pros and cons about meeting servicemen.
- A barracks scene with Odgen Johnson Jones arriving for the first time at the barracks and imediately quarling with the racist Foley about property lines within their quarters.
- A scene outside the USO club where Wally arrives and meets with Martinez and his Zoot Suit friends where they are denied access to the club where Corporal Stretch shows up and sets Wally's zoot suit afire which nearly leads to a riot between the Zoot Suiters and the Servicemen. Wally then meets Dennis dressed up as a Marine in order to gain entrance into the club with the twins as his dates.
- Additional dialoge between Captain Birkhead and Donna in their car on the way to the airstrip and being afraid of the dark.
- Another barracks scene where Sergeant Tree breaks up a fistfight between Jones and Foley by informing them about the riot on Hollywood Blvd. and showing them climing into their tank and starting it up.
- A scene of the Japanese submarine I-19 arriving for the first time outside the Douglas house and the sub's entire crew on the deck watching Joan Douglas taking a bath through the bathroom window.
- A scene of the tank traveling down a residential street and Wally shooting up Officer Miller's police car to pieces, sending the policeman and some paserby's running for their lives.
- ConnectionsFeatured in At the Movies: Special Show: The Magic of Spielberg (1984)
- SoundtracksDown by the Ohio
Music by Abe Olman (uncredited)
Lyrics by Jack Yellen (uncredited)
Performed by The Andrews Sisters
Courtesy of MCA Records, Inc.
Featured review
Why is it, in our society, that a movie's success is rated on monetary value?As with "Always", another Spielberg flop, I love "1941".It's a shame when a movie's success can be judged on box office revenue only.It's a great deal of fun, and it's what movies should be about, a chance to laugh,to smile, and if done correctly, a chance to leave our lives for a couple of hours."1941" may not be at the top of all time movie favorites, they're saving that space for the BIG money makers,But it belongs at top of true movie lovers lists everywhere!And to Stash,It's seems that "Close Encounters of a Third Kind"was another Spielberg Film, before "1941", that some might consider as BIG!
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- The Night the Japs Attacked
- Filming locations
- Gold Beach, Oregon, USA(opening scene with sub)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $35,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $31,755,742
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,701,898
- Dec 16, 1979
- Gross worldwide
- $92,455,742
- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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