On Saturday, December 13, 1941, at 7:01 a.m. (six days after the attack on Pearl Harbor), an Imperial Japanese Navy submarine, commanded by Akiro Mitamura and carrying Kriegsmarine officer … 展开

• Dan Aykroyd as Motor Sergeant Frank Tree
• Ned Beatty as Ward Douglas
• John Belushi as Captain Wild Bill Kelso
• Lorraine Gary as … 展开

According to Steven Spielberg's appearance in the documentary Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures, Kubrick suggested that 1941 should have been marketed as a drama rather than a comedy. The chaos of the events following the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941 展开

The musical score for 1941 was composed and conducted by John Williams. The titular march is used throughout the film and is perhaps the most memorable piece written for it. (Spielberg has said it is his favorite Williams march.) The … 展开

The film was previewed at approximately two and a half hours, but Columbia Pictures and Universal Pictures, which both had a major financial investment, felt it was too long to be a blockbuster. The initial theatrical release was edited down to just under two hours, against … 展开

Box office
During its theatrical run, 1941 had earned $23.4 million in theatrical rentals from the United States and Canada. Because 1941 grossed significantly less than Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the film has been … 展开

• "Review of 1941". Time Out New York. 1979. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved January 25, 2008. 展开