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1941
MEANRANK
55/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 34, highest is Google on 86. Critics average 36, everyone else 60.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In the panic following the attack on Pearl Harbor, a Japanese submarine is spotted off the coast of Los Angeles. The city descends into a massive, comedic chaos as the military and civilians prepare for a potential invasion. The film follows multiple intersecting stories of hysteria, from a dance hall brawl to an anti-aircraft gun destroying a neighborhood.
Details
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Writers
- Bob Gale, John Milius, Robert Zemeckis
- Released
- 14 December 1979
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $35.0M
- Box office
- $94.9M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Academy Awards 1979 | Best Cinematography | William A. Fraker | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1979 | Best Sound | Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don MacDougall and Gene S. Cantamessa | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1979 | Best Visual Effects | William A. Fraker, A. D. Flowers and Gregory Jein | Nominee |
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3 awards — 1941
×| Best Cinematography | William A. Fraker | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don MacDougall and Gene S. Cantamessa | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | William A. Fraker, A. D. Flowers and Gregory Jein | Nominee |