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Steven Spielberg directed this movie in 1979

Title 1941
Year 1979
Director Steven Spielberg
Genre Comedy, War, Action

Interpreted by

  • Dan Aykroyd
  • Ned Beatty
  • John Belushi
  • Sir Christopher Lee
  • Toshirō Mifune
  • Treat Williams

Plot – A few days after Pearl Harbor attacks, in Los Angeles the Japaneses are supposed to be preparing an offense against United States. A Japanese submarine is indeed trying to locate Hollywood to attack it and the city goes in panic. In the end the submarine launches a torpedo and leaves.

All actors – Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Christopher Lee, Tim Matheson, Toshirô Mifune, Warren Oates, Robert Stack, Treat Williams, Nancy Allen

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“1941” Quotes 29 quotes

  • “- Col. 'Madman' Maddox: Winowski, a little tall for a Jap, wouldn't you say?
    - Winowski: Yeah, but those Japs are sneaky bastards, sir. You never know.
    - Col. 'Madman' Maddox: You're right. Check him for stilts.”

    Warren Oates - Col. 'Madman' Maddox
    Ronnie McMillan - Winowski

    [Tag:cars, japan, war]

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    “- Capt. Loomis Birkhead: I tell ya, DuBois, there are drawbacks to being a general's aide. I mean, the general could have been a few minuteslater, now couldn't he?
    - Pvt. DuBois: Well, it is wartime, sir, we all have to make sacrifices.”
    Tim Matheson - Capt. Loomis Birkhead
    J. Patrick McNamara - Pvt. DuBois

    [Tag:sacrifice, war]

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    “- Sgt. FrankTree: You think the Japanese believein Santy Claus?
    - Crowd: No!
    - Sgt. FrankTree: Well, instead of turkey for your Christmas dinner, how would you like to have raw fish heads and rice?
    - Crowd: No!”
    Dan Aykroyd - Sgt. Frank Tree

    [Tag:food, japan, santa claus]

  • “- Ward Douglas: My girlfriendwas there, because... There was this wild man there and she...
    - Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell: Son, is this a long story?
    - Ward Douglas: Yes, sir.
    - Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell: Well, then, save it.”

    Ned Beatty - Ward Douglas
    Robert Stack - Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell

    [Tag:boredom, storytelling]

  • “- Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura: All of our navigational equipment is inoperable. It's all crap! What kind of submarine did your government sell us?
    - Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt: The instrumentson this vesselare the finest Swiss-made. The problemis with your crew. Even children in the Hitler youth learnby the age of ten how to operate a simple...” (continue)
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    Toshirō Mifune - Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura
    Sir Christopher Lee - Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt

    [Tag:ability, children, nazism]

  • “You ain't gettin' shit out of me. I've been constipated all week and there ain't a damn thing you can do about it!”
    Slim Pickens - Hollis P. Wood

    [Tag:self-control, talking]

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    “- Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell: What was that?
    - Pvt. DuBois: Appears to be a large Negro, sir.”
    Robert Stack - Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell
    J. Patrick McNamara - Pvt. DuBois

    [Tag:body, ethnicity]

  • “- Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura: Ito, take a landing party ashore and determine our position!
    - Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt: Captain, you are insane.
    - Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura: These men are the descendantsof Ninja Assassins. They will find Hollywood!”

    Toshirō Mifune - Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura
    Sir Christopher Lee - Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt

    [Tag:america, japan, soldiers]

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    “There's a Kraut on board too. We got the whole damn Axis here.” Lionel Stander - Angelo Scioli

    [Tag:insult, japan]

  • “If there's one thing I can't stand seeing, it's Americans fighting Americans.”
    Dan Aykroyd - Sgt. Frank Tree

    [Tag:americans, fighting, war]

  • “You can't have an air raid without bombs!”
    Robert Stack - Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell

    [Tag:airplane, weapons]

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    “- Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura: Where is Hollywood?
    - Hollis P. Wood: Right here.
    - Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura: What?
    - Hollis P. Wood: You're looking at him.”
    Toshirō Mifune - Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura
    Slim Pickens - Hollis P. Wood

    [Tag:america, americans]

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    "Dumbo". Surebe good to get my mind off things for a while. Robert Stack - Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell

    [Tag:movie, war]

  • “- Wally Stephens: I know I can't beat you in a fair fight.
    - Cpl. Chuck 'Stretch' Sitarski: Stupid, I don't fightfair.
    - Wally Stephens: Neither do I!”

    Bobby Di Cicco - Wally Stephens
    Treat Williams - Cpl. Chuck 'Stretch' Sitarski

    [Tag:fairness, fighting]

  • “Now, wait a minute General! I'm doin' the best I can. You've got to tell these guys that I got to have a little bit more privacy. Shoot, how in the hell do you expect a guy to take a bowel movement with a bunch of buffalo rifles a-pointin' at him? Shoot, I have enough problems just pissin' in a public restroom.”
    Slim Pickens - Hollis P. Wood

    [Tag:ability, fear, weapons]

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    “We've got to figure out how to make these things smaller!” Robert Houston - Maddox's Soldier

    [Tag:radio, technology]

  • “- Donna Stratton: Sorry, Captain, I didn't realize you had a seriousinterests in strategic bombers.
    - Capt. Loomis Birkhead: Donna, my interest is very strategic. How would you like me to showyou the cockpit?”

    Nancy Allen - Donna Stratton
    Tim Matheson - Capt. Loomis Birkhead

    [Tag:atomic bomb, interests, strategy]

  • “This time we win or we die trying.”
    Dan Aykroyd - Sgt. Frank Tree

    [Tag:battle, death, perseverance]

  • “- Capt. Loomis Birkhead: Sir, you don't have any bombers here, do you, sir?
    - Col. 'Madman' Maddox: Bombers? Son, if I had bombers I'd be bombin' the hell out of them right now!”

    Tim Matheson - Capt. Loomis Birkhead
    Warren Oates - Col. 'Madman' Maddox

    [Tag:atomic bomb, explosion, weapons]

  • “Bombs! I don't hearany bombs! Now they're up there. They came all the way from Asia. Don't you think they'd bring a few bombs along?”
    Robert Stack - Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell

    [Tag:atomic bomb, china, japan]

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    “I don't know what they've told you down at the USO, but you're going to be meeting a lot of strange men. Men in uniform. Boys a long way from home, lonely, desperate. They really have one thing on their minds. Show'em a good time.” Ned Beatty - Ward Douglas

    [Tag:soldiers, war, women]

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    “Ladies and gentlemen, every where I look... soldiers are fighting sailors, sailors are fighting Marines! Directly in front of me, I see a flying blond floozy! Everywhere I look... everywhere, pure pandemonium... pandemonium!” Joe Flaherty - Raoul Lipschitz

    [Tag:fighting, radio, storytelling]

  • “You sneaky little bastards aren't getting doodly-shit from me, except maybe my name, rank, and Social Securitynumber: Wood, Hollis P., Lumberjack, Social Security106-43-2185.”
    Slim Pickens - Hollis P. Wood

    [Tag:data, name]

  • - Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt: The Führer was right! There is no place in the Third Reich for you yellow swine!
    - Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura: You can take your "Third Reich" and shove it up your ass!

    Sir Christopher Lee - Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
    Toshirō Mifune - Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura

    [Tag:germany, insult, japan]

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    “- Col. 'Madman' Maddox: Let me hearyour guns!
    - Capt. Wild BillKelso: My what?
    - Col. 'Madman' Maddox: Your guns! Ack, ack, ack, ack, ack!”
    Warren Oates - Col. 'Madman' Maddox
    John Belushi - Capt. Wild Bill Kelso

    [Tag:sound, weapons]

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