Audiences and the makers all criticize what went wrong, what could have been done different. From the script, cast, dance numbers, FX, cinematography, John Williams’ score to Steven’s magical hands, this is a perfect movie, from the first to the last frame.. it will take the world maybe another 100 years to realize it, I did it the first I saw it as a child. This is simply a perfect movie.
My grandparents took me at 10 years old to see this movie. They thought "1941" would be similar to "Midway" or "The longest day". Needless to say they were shocked and I was never the same afterwards. God, I love this movie to this day. Such a great christmas movie.
I went to high school with Bobby DiCicco (the guy Treat Williams was chasing around the dance floor). He had a lot of ambition. His career fizzled not long after this. I still can't figure out how he got this role.
I watched this movie when it came out, several times, during that spring-break. An excellent pop-corn movie! The ONLY message I got from it was, "Sit back, enjoy and have some laughs!" Hollywood has forgotten that message...
I loved this movie and so did many of those in the crowded theater. In fact, I didn’t even know it was a “bomb” until the media said it was years later.
It wasn't a flop though. A budget of $35 million and made $95 million back. And it was Oscar nominated too. Critics didn't like it, but it was far from a flop.
It's only remembered as a flop in the sense that Spielberg had just come off the one-two punch of Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, which were both among the highest grossing movies of their year. 1941 made money, but it didn't make Jaws money. Then two years later, Spielberg came back with Raiders of the Lost Ark, and that was such a smash that it made everyone forget about this little oddity.
@sperrin well,it was considered a flop for it didn't gross as much as Jaws did but it is a hell of a movie and surely will be remembered as the new Hellzapoppin'
*1941* is one of my all time favourite movies. 🎥 🍿 It’s also one of the greatest WWII films ever made. Grew up watching it on Betamax™️ over and over and over. I love that it’s on PLUTO TV a lot lately. (watching it right now, in fact. 12.19.2022 🤓)
I love 1941, it's goddamn hilarious and such a blast. But I'm glad you uploaded this, because this is way better aspect ratio than the DVD of this movie I have which was a special collector's edition of the extended cut which had the making of featurette, which it zoomed up the original ratio to a 1:78.1 ratio. Purely stupid.
Thanks for uploading! This doc is really great for showing how much hard work and skill goes into creating even a profoundly unfunny film. haha It's really interesting to hear almost every person in charge recount here how many people cautioned them against doing virtually everything they were doing, and yet they just went for it. Well, sometimes that pays off...and sometimes it doesn't.
That movie is insanely funny. Imho Spielbergs best film. The girl hanging on the periscope still makes me giggle just when i think about it. Greetings from Germany!
What if Spielberg's 1941, Saving Private Ryan, and Schindler's List were all a trilogy that takes place in the same reality? Their release order coincides with the historical order of the events they center around. The story just gets darker and darker.
Movie had all the potential in the world to be a classic. Written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, direction by Steven Spielberg. Huge star-studded cast including Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, John Belushi etc. It need a rewrite tbh but who knows, everything happens for a reasons. Maybe if this wasn’t a failure we wouldn’t of gotten the masterpiece of Back to the Future
This is more of a Robert zemeckis film than a Steven Spielberg film. Had Zemeckis had more clout as a director, he would’ve directed it. Also, the outtakes were actually funny. Wish they left it in the final film
Was the torpedo scene ever done as an animation piece by anyone because that is funny and can certainly be done now with green screens and CGI. Did Chuck Jones draw out several stills to describe the sequence or just those storyboards?
I remember seeing photos of the sky above Los Angeles where the anti-aircraft tracer rounds were literally lighting up the sky above the city. I'm having trouble finding it now, or the newspaper articles that went with it before it was announced as a false alarm. It was so quickly jumped upon and silenced by the military that it might have been a secret weapon (or alien UFO's) that had drawn the fire. Gunners believed they were shooting at something as the number of rounds reported to be fired was a huge number, which is not included in the Wikipedia entry. This movie as well is mysteriously under-represented as it was for a time the greatest white elephant ever to come from Hollywood.
1941 needed Peter Sellers for it to work. Had he played multiple characters in the movie, the roles played by Robert Stack, Christopher Lee, Ned Beatty & Eddie Deezan the movie would have been funnier & caught on with a larger audience: the Goons meet SNL
I have the extended version of this movie (which in my opinion is the better version) digitally ripped in mp4 format. I could upload it to Google Drive and then you can download it from there.
@@Yet.Another.Channel Sounds great! Upload the movie to Google Drive where I can be able to download it from my computer and I couldn't thank you enough.
@@Joshua_Quinzel_Isley Unfortunate news. After attempting several times I just gave up on uploading to google drive. I'm not sure what the issue is. You can purchase the blu ray on ebay for a reasonable price if you absolutely must see the extended version.
I like the film. Funny with awesome sets! But I will admit that the film never finds it's comedic footing as say a film like Mad Mad Mad Mad World. The film is not a bad film but not a great film eitheir.
1941 is one those films that everyone wanted to be a really great film (Star Trek The Motion Picture, The Black Hole, Heavens Gate, Hulk) but somehow it isn't. But I've always liked 1941. Ironically the non comedian star-Robert Stack-is the funniest character in the film! Dumbo!
I think John Wayne's reaction to the script pretty much sums it up, why many Americans couldn't laugh about this movie. They felt it was anti-American. Which it wasn't. Also not from a foreigner's perspective. If they had written a similar script about Nazis, I think Steven would be still counting his money today. In my view this is one of the most hilarious movies ever made. But I never laughed over the Americans as such.
Budget of $35 million, made $95 million.... so a $60 million profit 'flop'? This wasn't a flop, not even close. IT just didnlt make the kind of money his previous tew films made.
Mr. Speilberg if you ever get to read this...I loved this movie when I was 14 in 79 and still today
Yeah, I bet Spielberg goes through all the You Tube channels featuring him to read each and every comment.
I was 9 in 1979 and loved it old boy!
As a military historian, I love this movie. The amount of parodies and twists of historical facts was just fantastic. Comedy Supremo !!
Love love love this movie. It's what makes American great that we have movie's like this. Diamond's in the ruff...
Audiences and the makers all criticize what went wrong, what could have been done different. From the script, cast, dance numbers, FX, cinematography, John Williams’ score to Steven’s magical hands, this is a perfect movie, from the first to the last frame.. it will take the world maybe another 100 years to realize it, I did it the first I saw it as a child. This is simply a perfect movie.
My grandparents took me at 10 years old to see this movie. They thought "1941" would be similar to "Midway" or "The longest day". Needless to say they were shocked and I was never the same afterwards. God, I love this movie to this day. Such a great christmas movie.
I went to high school with Bobby DiCicco (the guy Treat Williams was chasing around the dance floor). He had a lot of ambition. His career fizzled not long after this. I still can't figure out how he got this role.
He was in I Wanna Hold Your Hand which Robert Zemeckis directed. Zemeckis also wrote this film and probably recommended him to Spielberg.
This is a wonderful look at the creative process and the making of a great film. Thanks for posting!
I watched this movie when it came out, several times, during that spring-break. An excellent pop-corn movie! The ONLY message I got from it was, "Sit back, enjoy and have some laughs!" Hollywood has forgotten that message...
What a great film. I saw this as a kid 10 times in the theatre.
The shots with the plane flying through the streets are absolutely unbelievable. Today it would be done with soulless CGI.
You're dead wrong. The miniature work is fabulous
I loved this movie and so did many of those in the crowded theater. In fact, I didn’t even know it was a “bomb” until the media said it was years later.
It still stands in film history as the best looking flop ever conceived..i wish it could be shown more in theatres today...
It wasn't a flop though.
A budget of $35 million and made $95 million back. And it was Oscar nominated too. Critics didn't like it, but it was far from a flop.
It's only remembered as a flop in the sense that Spielberg had just come off the one-two punch of Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, which were both among the highest grossing movies of their year. 1941 made money, but it didn't make Jaws money.
Then two years later, Spielberg came back with Raiders of the Lost Ark, and that was such a smash that it made everyone forget about this little oddity.
@sperrin well,it was considered a flop for it didn't gross as much as Jaws did but it is a hell of a movie and surely will be remembered as the new Hellzapoppin'
Thanks for posting this great stuff.
I hope Steven Spielberg knows that 1941 is a classic, one of my favourites.
*1941* is one of my all time favourite movies. 🎥 🍿
It’s also one of the greatest WWII films ever made.
Grew up watching it on Betamax™️ over and over and over.
I love that it’s on PLUTO TV a lot lately. (watching it right now, in fact. 12.19.2022 🤓)
I love 1941, it's goddamn hilarious and such a blast. But I'm glad you uploaded this, because this is way better aspect ratio than the DVD of this movie I have which was a special collector's edition of the extended cut which had the making of featurette, which it zoomed up the original ratio to a 1:78.1 ratio. Purely stupid.
For the record, 1941 is flawed. But it's a fantastic film. It's a glorious spectacle and a lot of fun to watch.
To quote Ian Holm in Alien (1979) - “I admire its purity”
well said.
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The reason why the film was not so popular in the US is because of the perfect depiction of the American culture.
thank you for posting
Have you been searching/waiting for this documentary?
@@Yet.Another.Channel I have because it was uploaded in parts years ago in 2011 but was taken down.
@@chrislondo2683 Hopefully this time it won't be removed.
I loved this movie when it came out,and still love it today.
Thanks for uploading! This doc is really great for showing how much hard work and skill goes into creating even a profoundly unfunny film. haha It's really interesting to hear almost every person in charge recount here how many people cautioned them against doing virtually everything they were doing, and yet they just went for it. Well, sometimes that pays off...and sometimes it doesn't.
I'm an American, and I loved it.
That movie is insanely funny. Imho Spielbergs best film. The girl hanging on the periscope still makes me giggle just when i think about it. Greetings from Germany!
Proudly own the extended limited addition of this film on Laserdisc and will never give it up.
What if Spielberg's 1941, Saving Private Ryan, and Schindler's List were all a trilogy that takes place in the same reality?
Their release order coincides with the historical order of the events they center around. The story just gets darker and darker.
Movie had all the potential in the world to be a classic. Written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, direction by Steven Spielberg. Huge star-studded cast including Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, John Belushi etc. It need a rewrite tbh but who knows, everything happens for a reasons. Maybe if this wasn’t a failure we wouldn’t of gotten the masterpiece of Back to the Future
This is more of a Robert zemeckis film than a Steven Spielberg film. Had Zemeckis had more clout as a director, he would’ve directed it. Also, the outtakes were actually funny. Wish they left it in the final film
There had also been in 1942 "The Battle of Los Angeles" (said to be a UFO encounter or something like that)
The dead-eyed Bobs are so 'SC cinema, funny. Great film! Always loved it.
@2:00 Bordello of Blood became TALES FROM THE CRYPT 2 @2:30 TANK stars JAMES GARNER ❤
The coat hanger gag was funnier in ROTLA because the bad guy used it front of the prisoners
Its interesting that this movie was very popular in Europe(according to Speilberg)
Was the torpedo scene ever done as an animation piece by anyone because that is funny and can certainly be done now with green screens and CGI. Did Chuck Jones draw out several stills to describe the sequence or just those storyboards?
It is a great movie. Fun to watch!
the way I say "Hollwood" was changed forever after this movie.
What I really want more than anything is the translation of all of the japanese dialogue from the submarine scenes...
Slim Pickins at his best.
This is a great movie
1941 is actually really hilarious. It was just the time for Speilberg to get knocked down.
Love this movie
This movie isn't a comedy. It's a looney. And I'll always love it.
I remember seeing photos of the sky above Los Angeles where the anti-aircraft tracer rounds were literally lighting up the sky above the city. I'm having trouble finding it now, or the newspaper articles that went with it before it was announced as a false alarm. It was so quickly jumped upon and silenced by the military that it might have been a secret weapon (or alien UFO's) that had drawn the fire. Gunners believed they were shooting at something as the number of rounds reported to be fired was a huge number, which is not included in the Wikipedia entry. This movie as well is mysteriously under-represented as it was for a time the greatest white elephant ever to come from Hollywood.
This movie would have made a spectacular 3D film. Pair it with surround sound and,,,,,wow.
As an Aussie, I love the over produced zaniness comedy
1941 needed Peter Sellers for it to work. Had he played multiple characters in the movie, the roles played by Robert Stack, Christopher Lee, Ned Beatty & Eddie Deezan the movie would have been funnier & caught on with a larger audience: the Goons meet SNL
Brilliant film. Loved it.
I️ loved it!
is bob gale perma-fried on the brown acid, serious Q
I would like to try to find the full movie in full HD for free on TH-cam if I can.
Do you think you can help me out with that sometime?
I have the extended version of this movie (which in my opinion is the better version) digitally ripped in mp4 format. I could upload it to Google Drive and then you can download it from there.
@@Yet.Another.Channel Sounds great! Upload the movie to Google Drive where I can be able to download it from my computer and I couldn't thank you enough.
@@Yet.Another.Channel I'm still kind of waiting for the movie to upload to my Google Drive so I can download it.
Maybe send me a link to it please?
@@Joshua_Quinzel_Isley Unfortunate news. After attempting several times I just gave up on uploading to google drive. I'm not sure what the issue is. You can purchase the blu ray on ebay for a reasonable price if you absolutely must see the extended version.
@@Yet.Another.Channel Good news! I got the Blu-ray as a birthday gift last Friday. So that'll make up for it.
Eddie Deezen is that nerdy kid from Polar Express.
I loved this movie! Saw it the day it came out. I would’ve gone to see any movie with Belushi in it
this man is a genius thank you for showing me how to write a story broad thank u theatre dripp you tube
Great Film for me too Steven, Belushi’s role alone made it a classic.
I like the film. Funny with awesome sets! But I will admit that the film never finds it's comedic footing as say a film like Mad Mad Mad Mad World. The film is not a bad film but not a great film eitheir.
I always loved this movie
Doom 2 mind you, not 1 but 2
Doom 2 is still a haunting experience with quality headphones in a dark room. Great game.
I could never understand why people don't like this movie. I laughed throughout as a kid and as an adult years later!
Only those with a HIGHER level of intelligence get this movie. Feel privileged if you get it.
1941 is one those films that everyone wanted to be a really great film (Star Trek The Motion Picture, The Black Hole, Heavens Gate, Hulk) but somehow it isn't. But I've always liked 1941. Ironically the non comedian star-Robert Stack-is the funniest character in the film! Dumbo!
Great underrated movie
I believe that 1941 can be remade not as a pure comedy film, but a dark comedy film.
I think John Wayne's reaction to the script pretty much sums it up, why many Americans couldn't laugh about this movie. They felt it was anti-American.
Which it wasn't. Also not from a foreigner's perspective.
If they had written a similar script about Nazis, I think Steven would be still counting his money today.
In my view this is one of the most hilarious movies ever made. But I never laughed over the Americans as such.
1:02:42
Back when Spielberg made movies instead of politically-charged propaganda.
Is this a clone of Greg Kinnear?
1941 was steven spielberg's first flop
Budget of $35 million, made $95 million.... so a $60 million profit 'flop'?
This wasn't a flop, not even close. IT just didnlt make the kind of money his previous tew films made.
bob gale is annoying