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1941 (Collector's Edition)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Product Group: DVD
Studio: Universal Studios
ISBN: 0783231032
EAN: 9780783231037
UPC: 025192055027
DVD
DVD Sides: 1
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 146 minutes
Original Release Date: 1979-12-14
Theatrical Release Date: 1979-12-14
Release Date: 1999-03-23
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
SKU: BX019-061016004
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Non-rental DVD in original case with insert (as pictured). Very minor case wear, CD has a few light scratches but plays fine.
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Editorial Reviews
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Amazon.com
Watching this director's cut, it's finally possible to see why the studio made Spielberg mercilessly hack up this comedy: it's a screaming movie (everyone screams a lot), and screaming movies do not need character development. So all those character-development scenes hit the cutting-room floor and, surprise, they were all critical to Spielberg's pace for the humor in this film. The screaming wasn't that funny then--and it still isn't--but what is funny are the reinserted development scenes, showcasing the now-evident sense of hysteria in the Los Angeles community, post-Pearl Harbor. A bunch of certified nitwits, and a few certified lunatics, act as if Tojo Hideki's entire Imperial force is just off the mainland. Actually, one Japanese submarine is, and it helps fuel the frenzy. John Belushi is Wild Bill Kelso, an insane fighter pilot, and Dan Aykroyd plays a conciliatory tank commander. Robert Stack's performance as General Stilwell, one of the best of the film, finally makes sense. Also fun for the numerous cameos, Spielberg's inside jokes, and John Williams's great score. --Keith Simanton
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Customer Reviews
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Tore it! Tore it! Tore it!
Rating  (1)
Date: 2008-06-19
A boring comedy with no sense of timing, made even worse in its "extended version". It's like a long joke badly told; you cringe all the way through it. Rule of thumb: avoid any movie referred to as "wild", "zany", "wacky", "crazy", "insane", "hysterical" or "screwball", unless you have a taste for forced humor, overkilled comedians, worn slapstick, or excruciating experiences in general. If so, man, is this the movie for you: a dummy gets the best laugh!
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This bomb is a dud.
Rating  (2)
Date: 2008-06-02
1941 is 1979 film directed by Steven Spielberg. I don't recommend buying it. Thanks for reading.
The problem is that 1941 just isn't very funny. Even when I saw this as an uncritical kid in the movie thatres in 1979 I didn't think it was all that great. The humour is so forced and unnatural. It's as if Spielberg attended a Stupid Humour course and had lecturers teaching "Now Bozo gets a custard pie thrown in his face at Point A, then..." and is then asked to do his own project. And gets a C+ grade. Just consider an opening gag, where a woman is swimming in the water, feels a tug at her leg (obvious Jaws in joke there) then ends up clinging to the periscope of a Japanese submarine. A Japanese sailor sees her there and cries out "Hollywood!" Wondering what's meant to be so funny? If you actually see this on screen you'll still wonder too. There is alot of screaming and explosions after that. It's just stupid attempts at humour that are usually so wide of the mark they're embarassing. And it's far too long for a comedy. I've typed enough I think, I don't have strong feelings about this movie enoughto elaborate more. It's just boring. If you buy it and dislike, well, don't blame me!
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not good, but not bad
Rating  (3)
Date: 2008-05-25
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
this movie was okay, it get funny twoards the end of the movie, but it does have good actors in it.
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It isn't Anamorphic...
Rating (2)
Date: 2008-05-14
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
All story points aside (I loved it as a kid and couldn't wait to see it again), this presentation is NOT anamorphic, not enhanced for 16x9 screens. Had I known this before I opened it I wouldn't have bought it.
I think it's high time Amazon.com started stating whether or not a movie is anamorphic along with the widescreen and the other format information. (And for Universal to stop putting out nonanamorphic DVD releases).
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A complete idiocy!
Rating (3)
Date: 2008-04-21
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Well, I was aware of the movie's genre when I was buying it. But I didn't expect it to be that stupid! Steven Spielberg must be a real genius to put so much idiocy in one movie! Everything is just incredibly exaggerated. Imagine Los Angeles getting laid waste by its citizens just because of fear to be attacked by the Japanese! No, I don't understand that kind of humor. I barely made it to the end. If you decide to watch it, have a good load of beer first.
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