1941
La folie gagne Hollywood
1979 • 118 min • Comedy · War · Action
Our family guide
Best from age 12- 100 Reviewers · 3 · 53%
- 58 Audience · 718 · 47%
Après l'attaque de Pearl Harbor, une panique généralisée s'empare de la Californie. Cette comédie anarchique suit une série d'événements absurdes et croissants, y compris un sous-marin japonais au large des côtes et des citoyens se préparant à une invasion imaginée.
- Violence & peril
- 5/10
- Language
- 3/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 3/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 2/10
- Scary moments
- 4/10
Heads up
- Violences burlesques et comiques
- Quelques allusions humoristiques légères
- Représentations de la panique liée à la guerre
What it models well
- Le courage dans les périodes de chaos
- L'esprit communautaire (parfois mal avisé)
- La résilience sous la pression
Talk about it after
- Les anxiétés en temps de guerre
- Comment les rumeurs et la peur peuvent se propager
- La différence entre le patriotisme et la panique
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Top billed cast
Director: Steven Spielberg • Crew: Bob Gale, Robert Zemeckis, Robert Zemeckis, John Milius, Bob Gale
Dan Aykroyd
Sgt. Frank Tree
Ned Beatty
Ward Douglas
John Belushi
Capt. Wild Bill Kelso
Lorraine Gary
Joan Douglas
Murray Hamilton
Claude Crumn
Christopher Lee
Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
Tim Matheson
Capt. Loomis Birkhead
Toshirō Mifune
Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura
Warren Oates
Col. 'Madman' Maddox
Robert Stack
Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell
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Reviewer notes
RecommendedAnyone remember "The Mouse that Roared" (1959)? Well this reminded me of that, only nowhere near as good or funny. Days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a Japanese submarine that probably couldn't find it's own way back home stumbles into Los Angeles harbour. Shame prohibits them from returning home without some sort of victory honour, so they decide to decimate Hollywood.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersIn short, 1941 is gloriously unhinged chaos! I saw it 3 times in the theaters!! John Williams delivers an absolutely brilliant, swaggering score that punches every scene. It's messy, mad, bonkers and totally unforgettable type of movie! I absolutely love this flick!!!!
RecommendedTrusted family reviewers**_Spielberg’s wild comedy about the West Coast’s response to Pearl Harbor_** This is basically a melding of "The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!" with the over-the-top zaniness of "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," both of which were made by the same production team.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 5.8/10 (718)
- Age rating
- PG
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $35,000,000
- Box office
- $94,900,000
- IMDb
- tt0078723
