1941 - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of 1941 or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to 1941

[richard]

Theatrical movie debut of Mickey Rourke (Reese).

[jesse]

Steven Spielberg originally wanted Roy Scheider for the role of Major General Joseph W. Stilwell.

[beth]

As he steals his motorcycle, Captain "Wild" Bill Kelso (John Belushi) says to Sergeant Mizerany (John Landis), "Aw, look. A baby wolf!" Mizerany replies, "Where?" At the time, Landis was working on An American Werewolf in London (1981).

[jessica]

In his autobiography Lee talked about filming his scenes in German opposite Mifune, who could only speak Japanese, describing the scenes as amusing since the the two are communicating in separate languages. Rather than use a translator in the scene it was decided that the two characters could understand one another perfectly but refused to converse in the other's language to "for fear of losing face". Lee added "Some of the language I used in that film did not spare the ears of the German audiences."

[norma]

Christopher Lee's dialogue as the German officer is exclusively in German. Lee was fluent not only in German but French, Italian, and Spanish. He was moderately proficient in Swedish, Russian, and Greek.

[beth]

In the scene in the Director's Cut, where Wally is fired from the diner, there is a group of children dressed up like the kids in the "Little Rascals" theatrical shorts. Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment produced The Little Rascals (1994).

[brent]

The gas station that Wild Bill Kelso accidentally blows up early in this movie is the same one seen in Duel (1971), with Lucille Benson appearing as the proprietor in both movies.

[caroline]

This movie was initially set up at MGM, where John Milius had a production deal. It wound up at Columbia Pictures because Steven Spielberg did not want to work at MGM. Besides, he made Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) for Columbia Pictures, and wanted to make another movie there. Spielberg got Universal to co-produce because he wanted to fulfill a contractual obligation with the studio.

[morris]

Once Slim Pickens was signed on, the character of Hollis "Holly" Wood was greatly expanded.

[kyle]

The trailer was narrated by Percy Rodrigues.

[tammy]

During the "attack" on Hollywood scene, when Wild Bill Kelso is flying his plane through the streets of Los Angeles chasing and shooting at the trainer airplane, the soldiers move into action. Two soldiers man an anti-aircraft gun. The soldiers manning this gun, Willy and Joe, are Michael McKean and David L. Lander, who played "Lenny" and "Squiggy" on Laverne & Shirley (1976). McKean and Lander also appeared as the television jamming duo, Eddie and Freddie in Used Cars (1980), which was also written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale (and directed by Zemeckis).

[steve]

Like real movies of the early 1940s, Steven Spielberg planned for a card at the end urging the audience to "Buy War Bonds at This Theater".

[nina]

The film takes place from December 13 to December 14, 1941.

[fred]

Immediately after doing a lengthy scene with John Belushi, Robert Stack remarked in a very believable manner: "That's the craziest sonofabitch I've ever met."

[michele]

Often regarded as Steven Spielberg's first failure. It was actually a moderate box-office success, earning $92 million worldwide on a budget of $35 million. But when compared to his early hits Jaws (1975) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), it didn't meet expectations.

[carla]

Thief 1981

Frank is an expert professional safecracker specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home wife and kids. To accelerate the process he ...

Thief features neo noir, atmospheric, cerebral, cult classic and retro style.

[Mixmew]

Chaos 2005

Two cops a rookie and a grizzled vet pursue an accomplished bank robber.

Chaos features exciting, surprise ending, realistic, serious and suspenseful style.

[morris]

Sicario 2015

A young female FBI agent joins a secret CIA operation to take down a Mexican cartel boss a job that ends up pushing her ethical and moral values to the limit.

Sicario features suspense, realistic, serious, tense and neo noir style.

[toni]

Contraband 2012

When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago smuggling to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong and Farraday finds himself wanted by cops crooks and killers alike.

Contraband features exciting, realistic, clever, suspenseful and serious style.