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1941 is a movie directed by Steven Spielberg and starred John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. A comedy about the panic that occurs after the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the film is generally considered to be Spielberg's first major box office flop after nearly a decade of box office success.

Plot


The story takes place days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, with panic and chaos among the citizens of Los Angeles. The story is told through connecting vignettes. At the center of the story is a crusty general (Robert Stack) who tries to bring order among the people whose lives are intertwined with others. It is notable as one of the few American films featuring Toshiro Mifune, the best-known Japanese actor in the history of film. The Plot is based on two actual incidents that occurred during World War Two. The first is the West coast air raid. The second was the shelling of a West coast oil refinery by a Japanese Submarine. Both incidents occurred in 1942.

Box Office Flop?


The film, mainly a production of Columbia Pictures (with some help from Universal Studios), was a moderate box office success, but not the blockbuster film the producers were hoping for. Because the film failed to match the box office numbers of Spielberg's previous films, Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1941 was considered a flop by comparison and a stain on Spielberg's reputation.

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@EAmobile Just one voice, but I would buy a Henry Hatsworth iPhone game. Even a Zubo game. I hold out hope for Battlefield 1941 (a prequel).
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RT @DavidAbiker: Juste avant son suicide en 1941 Sweig m'écrit "j'ai quitté l'Europe à cause de Boyle, entre autres".
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