1941 (1979)

1941  (1979)  ¢ ¢ ¢
    D: Steven Spielberg
    Dan Aykroyd, Treat Williams, Robert Stack,
    Tim Matheson, John Belushi, Ned Beatty,
    Nancy Allen, Slim Pickens, Toshiro Mifune,
    Christopher Lee, Warren Oates, John Candy
A comedy of mass destruction, about what happens when a Japanese submarine surfaces off the coast of California a few days after Pearl Harbor. A big, long, loud slapstick diversion in which a lot of gags get pitched against the wall and only some of them stick. Spielberg himself said he probably wasn't the ideal director for this, but it's fun to see him playing it so fast and loose. He's never done anything else this crazy. Highlights: Slim Pickens spoofing his role in "Dr. Strangelove", Susan Backlinie spoofing her role in "Jaws", Robert Stack reduced to tears watching Walt Disney's "Dumbo", and any scene featuring the maniacal John Belushi.