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While overall this movie is inconsistent and disappoints at times, it contains some scenes that are some of my all-time favorites in cinema. These sublime moments make up for the dumb parts of the film. Particularly hilarious are Slim Pickens' scenes! The scene where Slim describes each ridiculous object the Japanese sailors have confiscated from him is just hysterical. You gotta' love Warren Oates' portrayal of the paranoid home defense force commander - "...check 'im for stilts..." Dan Aykroyd with two oranges covering his eyes and wearing pantyhose on his head saying, "I'm a bug"! is also a classic. The music is great, especially John Williams' own swing music creation, "Swing, Swing, Swing" (a parody of the big band classic, "Sing, Sing, Sing") used during the USO scene. How about the big names sitting in on that recording session? Louie Bellson plays drums and Abe Most plays clarinet - both (may Abe rest in peace) are musical giants and their playing is inspired on this song. The brass section is hot, too, and playing about as tightly together as you will ever hear, especially the trombones, right up to the frenzied, awesome finale. Get the soundtrack recording - it is fun. Listen to the swing music song from Disney's, "The Emperor's New Groove" animated film: Clearly it owes some homage to this song in "1941." Get "1941." Watch it. Fast forward through the dumb scenes. Enjoy the sublime scenes.Read full review
One of my all time favorites and now it has a lot of footage that was not in the theatrical release or on VHS format, which I had for over ten years. DVD is my thing now and this one is great! Nothing more I can say except that I am happy with it and the efforts to get it to me. Bravo!
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I watch this movie when it first came out .... it was funny then it is even funnier now. The premise for the whole movie is when the only attack on US soil during WWII was in Southern California, Los Angeles , during the zootsuits riots. The movie is kind of factual in the events that took place during WWII but gets kind of wild as the writer includes his version of what happen that night. But it in the southern california los angeles way we get involved in the battle.... I quote Captin:'Do you see any Planes' gunner: ' No, but we're shooting at them.' The funny thing is I kind of want to find out some of the facts in the movie.. for instance did the japanese sub get lost because they could not create a compus? Was it really called hollywoodland. Did the shells from the sub that attack US soil really attack a amusment park..this is good clean fun .... good for the whole family ...well as long as they are over ten.Read full review
I loved this movie. The music was great and correct for the year 1941. The P40A was painted and marked correctly for the time period and so was the General Grant army Tank. I loved the scene where John Belushi side slipped his P40A down to a landing on that narrow road at the gasoline station. Also loved the scene where Belushi flew his plane down in the Grand Canyon sloshed down his coke and did a barrel roll as he flew out of the canyon. Each character was funny in their own way. Lorraine Gray could not have been cutier. I have no complaints about the movie. I can watch it over and over. My wife thinks I am crazy, but that is ok. She just don't know how the appreciate the finer things in life.
Its as funny and endearing as you remember and if you are over 50, all the more rich with "they way we were". If you are under 50, its a good stereotype of "those times" people talk about and yes? Pretty accurate? Enjoy! Laughs don't stop.
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