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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Robert Zemeckis (story) &
Bob Gale (story) ...
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Release Date:
14 December 1979 (USA) 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
NewsDesk:
Spielberg's Musical Aspirations
(From WENN. 25 June 2002)
User Comments:
best comedy i've seen in a long time 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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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
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Color (Metrocolor)
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2.20 : 1 more
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Stereo (35 mm prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)
Certification:
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:12
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Feature film debut for Mickey Rourke. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Angelo pushes the anti-aircraft gun back towards the house with his car; the clutch is easily visible, but he never uses it to put the car into gear. more
Quotes:
Betty Douglas: Wally! more
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Referenced in "Have I Got News for You: (#30.5)" (2005) more
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I'll keep this short; read msa0510's review for a more in-depth review. The best part in this movie is Slim Pickens. Just thinking about his scenes makes me start laughing again.
It was nice having the "Making of 1941" on the dvd and seeing the remarks by Spielberg; I knew this movie had been panned by the critics but I hadn't known that it was popular in Europe. I can't understand why we Americans don't find it funny; it's hysterically funny to me.
It's a perfect 10 in my book; so few comedies these days are so over-the-top funny as this movie is.