1941 (1979)
| Release Date | 13 December 1979 |
| Budget | $35,000,000 |
| Tagline | A Comedy Spectacular! |
| Genre | Comedy, War |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Cannon Beach, Oregon, USA |
| Language | English, Japanese, German |
| Sound Mix | Stereo, 70 mm 6-Track |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Military Comedy, Action Comedy |
| Mood | Just for Laughs |
| Themes | Life on the Homefront |
| Tones | Goofy, Madcap, Silly, Irreverent, Frantic, Nostalgic |
| Tags | Dance [social Event], Fighter Pilot, Japanese [nationality], Military, Paranoid, Pearl Harbor, Soldier, World War |
1941 is a 1979 period comedy film directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, and featuring an ensemble cast including John Belushi, Ned Beatty, John Candy, Christopher Lee and Dan Aykroyd. The film is about a panic in the Los Angeles area after the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Bobby Di Cicco
Wally Stephens
Jordan Brian
Macey Douglas
J. Patrick McNamara
Pvt. DuBois
Frank McRae
Pvt. Ogden Johnson Jones
Steven Mond
Gus Douglas
Iggie Wolfington
Meyer Mishkin
Christian Zika
Stevie Douglas
E. Hampton Beagle
Phone Man
Dave Cameron
Reporter
Vito Carenzo
Vito
Mark Carlton
Stilwell Aide
Gary Carlos Cervantes
Zoot-Suiter
Paul Cloud
Stilwell Aide
Luis Contreras
Zoot-Suiter
Carol Culver
Anderson Sister
Lucinda Dooling
Lucinda
Gray Frederickson
Lt. Bressler
Brian Frishman
USO Goon
Marjorie Gaines
Anderson Sister
Dian Gallup
Twin
Denise Gallup
Twin
Trish Garland
Anderson Sister
Barbara Gannen
Interceptor Assistant
Brad Gorman
USO Nerd
Diane Hardin
Interceptor Assistant
Robert Houston
Maddox's Soldier
Mark Marias
Dept. Store Kid
John McKee
Reporter
Ronnie McMillan
Winowski
Dan McNally
Reporter
Akio Mitamura
Ashimoto
Antoinette Molinari
Mrs. Scioli
Walter Olkewicz
Pvt. Hinshaw
Whitney Rydbeck
Daffy
Donovan Scott
Kid Sailor
Kerry Sherman
USO Girl
Hiroshi Shimizu
Ito
Galen Thompson
Stilwell Aide
Frank Verroca
USO Nerd
Carol Ann Williams
USO Girl
Jenny Williams
USO Girl
Denise Cheshire
Swimming Girl
Mo Lauren
Girl in Dance Club
Debbie Rothstein
USO Girl
Director
Writer
Bob Gale
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Producer
Buzz Feitshans
producer
Janet Healy
associate producer
Michael Kahn
associate producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
William A. Fraker
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Editor
Michael Kahn
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Casting Director
Sally Dennison
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Production Designer
Dean Edward Mitzner
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Art Director
William F. O'Brien
Set Decorator
John P. Austin
Costume Designer
Deborah Nadoolman
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Makeup Department
Susan Germaine
hair stylist
Jack Obringer
assistant makeup artist
Dorothy J. Pearl
assistant makeup artist
Ellen Powell
assistant hair stylist
Bob Westmoreland
makeup artist
Production Manager
Charles Myers
unit production manager
Herb Willis
unit production manager
John G. Wilson
executive in charge of production
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paul Moen
additional second assistant director
Steve Perry
first assistant director
Chris Soldo
second assistant director
Bruce Solow
additional second assistant director
Jerry Ziesmer
first assistant director
Art Department
Henry Alberti
set designer
Glen E. Bardlerar
painter
Ray Beetz
miniature propmaker
Clyde Booten
painter
Tom Cengr
miniature propmaker
Bernard Charron
painter
Arnold Ciaralo
paint foreman
Hillery Clinton
painter
Ed Cornell
painter
Ray Critzas
lead man
Michael Del Genio
miniature propmaker
Anthony Doublin
miniature propmaker
Ken Ebert
miniature propmaker
Oscar Esquivel
property staff
Francis Evans
miniature propmaker
Louis S. Fleming
property staff
Tom J. Furginson
lead man
Daniel Gluck
set designer
Sam Gordon
property master
Joe Griffith
additional illustrator
James Hassinger
additional set decorator
David Heilman
miniature propmaker
Tim Huchthausen
miniature propmaker
George Jensen
production illustrator
Joseph Karas
construction foreman
Sharon Lee
miniature propmaker
Illyanna Lowry
miniature propmaker
Dave Margolin
signwriter
Michael McMillen
miniature propmaker
Teri Mensch
painter
Michele Miller
painter
Ted Mossman
assistant property master
Gregory Pickrell
set designer
Virginia L. Randolph
set designer
Sandra Renfroe
swing gang
Carleton E. Reynolds
set designer
Nick Seldon
miniature property maker
William Ladd Skinner
set designer
Wayne Smith
painter
Susan Turner
miniature propmaker
Gary Weeks
miniature propmaker
Doug Wilson
key painter
Bill Wolford
construction foreman
Mickey Woods
construction coordinator
Robert E. Worthington
miniature property maker
D.A. Zingelewicz
painter
Edward Zingelewicz
key painter
Louis Zamora
labor foreman
Sound Department
Bub Asman
sound effects editorial staff
Alex Bamattre
sound effects editorial staff
Fred J. Brown
supervising sound effects editor
Shelley Brown
sound effects assistant
Raul A. Bruce
boom operator
Gene S. Cantamessa
production sound mixer
Juno J. Ellis
sound effects assistant
Robert Glass
sound re-recording mixer
Lori Hollingshead
sound effects assistant
Chris Jenkins
sound re-recording mixer
Robert Knudson
sound re-recording mixer
Don MacDougall
sound re-recording mixer
Edward L. Sandlin
sound effects editorial staff
Michele Sharp
sound effects editorial staff
Fred Stafford
sound effects editorial staff
Caryl Wickman
sound effects editorial staff
David Wolpa
cable person
Brian L. McCarty
boom operator
Lee Strosnider
sound mixer
Special Effects
Arthur Arp
special effects technician
Thomas Arp
special effects technician
Wilbur Arp
special effects technician
Eugene Crum
special effects technician
Ken Estes
special effects foreman
A.D. Flowers
special effects
Terry D. Frazee
special effects technician
Steve Galich
special effects technician
Marlin Jones
special effects technician
Steve Lombardi
special effects technician
Gary Monak
special effects technician
Billy Myatt
special effects technician
Donald Myers
special effects technician
Joe Zomar
special effects technician
Frank Ceglia
special effects assistant
John Wagner
grip: special effects department
Visual Effects
L.B. Abbott
optical consultant
William Aldridge
miniature rigging crew
Michael Barrett
miniature rigging crew
Glenn Erickson
miniature coordinator
Don Hathaway
miniature rigging crew
Gregory Jein
miniature supervisor
Robert L. Johnston
miniature rigging crew
Robin Dean Leyden
miniature lighting designer
Jim Liles
matte consultant
David Peterson
miniature rigging crew
Larry Robinson
visual effects supervisor
Milius Romyn
miniature prop maker
Doyle Smiley
miniature rigging crew
Richard Stutsman
miniature rigging crew
Mitch Suskin
miniature production assistant
Matt Sweeney
miniature rigging crew
Ken Swenson
assistant miniature supervisor
Brad Turpin
miniature rigging crew
Frank Van der Veer
blue screen consultant
Matthew Yuricich
matte painter
Stunts
Terry Leonard
stunt coordinator, stunts
May Boss
stunts
Steve Boyum
stunts
Jerry Brutsche
stunts
Steven Burnett
stunts
Denise Cheshire
stunts
Roydon Clark
stunts
Danny Costa
stunts
Vince Deadrick Jr.
stunts
Dick Durock
stunts
Bud Ekins
stunts
Donna Ekins-Kapner
stunts
Tom Elliott
stunts
Eurlyne Epper
stunts
Gary Epper
stunts
Richard Epper
stunts
Tony Epper
stunts
John Escobar
stunts
Bob Herron
stunts
Leslie Hoffman
stunts
Norman Howell
stunts
Loren Janes
stunts
Mike Johnson
stunts
Kevin N. Johnston
stunts
Al Jones
stunts
Walt La Rue
stunts
Mo Lauren
stunt performer
Denver Mattson
stunts
Joyce McNeal
stunts
John Meier
stunts
Jimmy Ortega
stunts
Regina Parton
stunts
mary peters
stunts
Mario Roberts
stunts
Walter Robles
stunts
George Robotham
stunts
Mic Rodgers
stunts
Kerry Rossall
stunts
Ray Saniger
stunts
Rick Sawaya
stunts
Fred Scheiwiller
stunts
Ben Scott
stunts
John-Clay Scott
stunts
Joe Stone
stunts
Keith Tellez
stunts
R.L. Tolbert
stunts
Rock A. Walker
stunts
Dick Warlock
stunts
Ted White
stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
Fredrick Albrecht
grip
Bill Beam
key grip: second unit
Gerald H. Boatright
best boy
Steve Bridge
first assistant camera
Dick Colean
camera operator
John Cucura
electrician
Gary R. Dodd
key grip
John Donnelly
best boy
Donald Glenn
grip
Jack Kennedy
best boy
Jan Koshay
dolly grip
Bill Krattiger
electrician
Donald M. Morgan
camera operator: second unit
Ed Natividad
assistant camera: second unit
Aaron Pazanti
assistant camera: second unit
William L. Peets
gaffer: second unit
Doug Pentek
gaffer
Ed Reilly
electrician
Tom Riffo
electrician
Andy Romanoff
crane operator: Louma crane
Charles W. Short
camera operator: second unit
Peter Sorel
still photographer
Steve Stafford
assistant camera
Frank Stanley
additional director of photography
Phil Stern
still photographer
Ty Suehiro
grip
Bill Sutton
grip
Richard Turner
second assistant camera
Rand R. Vargas
grip
Ron Vargas
first assistant camera
John Wright
electrician
Don Yamasaki
electrician
Mike Chevalier
additional camera operator
Adam Glick
set lighting technician
Paul Jacobsen
rigger, electrician
Robert D. McBride
camera operator
Rexford L. Metz
additional photographer: second unit
Gary Stark
set lighting technician
Richard Walden
additional first assistant camera
Casting Department
Robert Buckingham
atmosphere casting
Stanzi Stokes
casting assistant
Franklyn Warren
extras casting
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Adrienne Childers
costumer
Mina Mittelman
wardrobe: women
Daniel G. North
costumer
Jerry Sklar
assistant men's wardrobe
Theresa Volpe Laursen
assistant wardrobe: women
Ed Wynigear
wardrobe: men
Editorial Department
Bob McMillian
color consultant
Randy Jon Morgan
assistant editor
Daniel Cahn
assistant editor
Music Department
Marion Klein
orchestra manager
John Neal
score mixer
Herbert W. Spencer
orchestrator
Kenneth Wannberg
music editor
Transportation Department
Paul Casella Jr.
transportation coordinator
William Charles Hauer
transportation captain
William 'Scott' Pierson
driver co-captain
Gina August
driver
Chris Haynes
driver
Other Crew
Larry Albright
special consultant
Timothy Bright
production assistant
R. Anthony Brown
production associate
Carol Sue Byron
office staff
Tom Camp
pilot
Pat Carmen
tank operator
Paul Casella Jr.
production assistant
Paul De Rolf
choreographer
Matt Ford
craft service
Steve Hinton
pilot
Saul Kahan
publicist
Marie Kenney
script supervisor
Richleigh Kerr
production assistant
Adria Later
studio teacher
Jean-Marie Lavalou
louma crane technical advisor
Jerry Layne
ventriloquial consultant
Davi Loren
office staff
Darrin Martin
apprentice
Maria Melcher McConnell
office staff
Lillian Michelson
researcher
Margaret Mitchell
production accountant
John Russell
process technician
Lata Ryan
production coordinator
Robert Short
special consultant
Gail Siemers
assistant: Mr. Spielberg
Syd Stembridge
weapons consultant
Judy Van Wormer
assistant choreographer
Eric Von Buello
mannal and ventriloquial creator
Frank Tallman
pilot
Production Company
Universal Pictures
Columbia Pictures Corporation
A-Team
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Distributor
Universal Pictures
DiscoVision
Columbia Pictures
Warner-Columbia Film
Warner-Columbia Filmverleih
Warner-Columbia Film
Columbia Films
MCA Videodisc Inc.
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
CIC Victor Video
MCA/Universal Home Video
Universal Studios Home Video
Universal Home Entertainment
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Argentina Video Home
CIC Vídeo
Columbia TriStar Television
Columbia-EMI-Warner
Paramount Home Entertainment
Universal Home Entertainment
Warner-Columbia
Miscellaneous
Dolby Laboratories
sound post-production
Freeze Frame
titles
Pickwick Public Relations
publicity
Todd-AO Studios
sound recording
Van der Veer Photo Effects
optical effects
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