1941 - Where are you going to Hollywood

Movie
German title	1941 - Where are you going to Hollywood
Original title	1941
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1979
length	113 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Steven Spielberg
script	Bob Gale , John Milius , Robert Zemeckis
production	Buzz Feitshans , John Milius
music	John Williams
camera	William A. Fraker
cut	Michael Kahn
occupation
Dan Aykroyd : Frank Tree Ned Beatty : Ward Douglas John Belushi : Captain Wild Bill Kelso Christopher Lee : Captain Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt Toshirō Mifune : Akiro Mitamura Warren Oates : Colonel Maddox Robert Stack : General Joseph W. Stilwell Treat Williams : Chuck Sitarski Nancy Allen : Donna Stratton John Candy : Foley Wendie Jo Sperber : Maxine Dexheimer John Landis : Mizerany Mickey Rourke : Reese Joe Flaherty : Raoul Lipschitz Tim Matheson : Captain Loomis Birkhead Slim Pickens : Hollis P. Wood Eddie Deezen : Herbie Kazlminsky

1941 Where are you going to Hollywood (Original title: 1941 ) is an American comedy film from 1979 . The director was Steven Spielberg , the writer wrote Bob Gale , John Milius and Robert Zemeckis . The main roles were played by Dan Aykroyd , Ned Beatty and John Belushi .

action

The action takes place in Los Angeles , shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor . Mass hysteria and chaos arise in the city. In the desert near the city, the paranoid Colonel Maddox thinks he is surrounded by imaginary Japanese paratroopers .

General Joseph W. Stilwell in charge of the city's defense does not want to be disturbed. He just visited a cinema performance and cries when he an animated film from Walt Disney - in this case, Dumbo - sees. Meanwhile, Stilwell's adjutant Captain Loomis Birkhead is approaching the city in Maddox's reconnaissance plane, but is more “busy” with Government Commissioner Donna Stratton than with the machine itself. Since Birkhead does not answer (the machine has no radio), in LA alarm is triggered and all anti-aircraft guns are fired, even if none has a precise target. On top of that, the crazy Army Air Forces pilot Captain “Wild Bill” Kelso follows the scout with his P-40 .

The commander of a Japanese submarine , Akiro Mitamura, wants to attack Hollywood , but is initially confronted with massive verbal criticism from the German liaison officer, Captain von Kleinschmidt, who is on board. To at least have some peace here, Mitamura lets the annoying ally go overboard when he tries to take over the ship. Eventually he destroys a ferris wheel in an amusement park. The attack is repulsed by the volunteer vigilante group, which cannot hit the submarine with its gun , damages the home of the vigilante commander and shoots down Wild Bill's hunters. Bill finally "boards" the submarine and can be brought to Japan to arrest the Tenno . When Ward Douglas tries to hang an Advent wreath on the door of his house, the house slips into the Pacific .

Reviews

“An over-the-top spectacle with a barely manageable sequence of film quotes, gags and slap-top effects, which uses the patterns stylized by Hollywood tradition to prove the immortality of the film industry and its myths. Although the enormous effort often becomes an end in itself and obscures the satirical intention, the film offers amusing entertainment for long stretches. "

- Lexicon of international film

“After 118 terribly failed minutes full of flat jokes, a haphazard star crowd and hysterical Bambule, you breathe a sigh of exhaustion, with one laughing and one crying eye. Some of you are happy about this fantastic escapist nonsense with all its vibrating madness. What is sad, however, is the fact that today every second blockbuster is designed according to the principle of 'stupid, loud, rowdy and expensive', without even approaching the naive charm of '1941'. "

- movie starts

Awards

The film was nominated for the Oscar film award in 1980 in three categories : Best Cinematography , Best Visual Effects, and Best Sound .

backgrounds

• When it came out, the film was mostly badly reviewed, sometimes panned, and is still considered one of Spielberg's weakest directorial works. Even so, the film generated over $ 90 million in revenue worldwide at approximately $ 35 million in production costs.
• In addition to the main actors Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, who became famous a year later with the film Blues Brothers , the film featured high-class supporting roles. Mickey Rourke began his Hollywood career with a small role in the film.
• The model for the film was the so-called " Battle of Los Angeles " on the night of February 24-25, 1942.

Soundtrack release

• John Williams et al .: 1941 - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack . Varèse Sarabande, Columbia Pictures and Universal City Studios, Studio City o.J., sound carrier no. VSD-5832

Web links

• 1941 - Who Do I to Hollywood in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• 1941 - Where are you going to Hollywood ( Memento from December 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) in the Dirk Jasper FilmLexikon
• 1941 - Where are you going to Hollywood in schnittberichte.com (with detailed descriptions of numerous scenes and pictures)
• 1941 - Where are you going to Hollywood at Rotten Tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Certificate of Release for 1941 - Where are you going to Hollywood . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF).
2. ↑ 1941 - Where are you going to Hollywood. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
3. ↑ Robert Cherkowski: 1941 - Where are you going to Hollywood. Movie starts website . Retrieved February 25, 2014.