1941 (Collector's Edition) [DVD] [Standard] [1988]

was and is one of my favorite comedies.All actors in this movie performed awesomely.If you want to spend a couple of hours laughing,look no further than this dvd.

When I ordered this item, there was no mention of widescreen or letterbox on the description. But this movie is very difficult to watch on my computer. It is very small. I thought I was ordering full screen version. Now I have a movie that I can't watch and enjoy. If I return it I only get the same movie in exchange. Not what I wanted.

1941, Spielberg's 5th fiilm, was quite anticipated upon its release in 1979. His first 2 films (Duel & The Sugarland Express) gave him critical acclaim and his following 2 (Jaws & Close Encounters of the Third Kind) said he was here to stay as a film director. First, the good news: Spielberg assembled a dream cast, including the top-billed John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, along with Robert Stack, Christopher Lee, Toshiro Mifune, Ned Beatty, and others. The art direction, music, and costumes also are well done. Now, the bad news: Sadly, what kept the film from attaining the same classic status as Dr. Strangelove is the lack of one thing every comedy needs in order to be good: laughs. While the film has a chuckle or two (like Lee and Mifune speaking to each other solely in German and Japanese, respectively), there are no standout classic funny moments as there are in classic laughfests like A Shot in the Dark, What About Bob?, and the aforementioned Kubrick film. Thankfully, the cast keeps the movie from becoming something even worse than an unfunny comedy-a painfully unfunny comedy. Hence, 1941 isn't as bad as, say, Nothing But Trouble, Tomcats, Bubble Boy, or Freddy Got Fingered. For that, it's certainly worth a look for the curious. Happily, Spielberg's future attempts at comedy proved more successful (Catch Me If You Can & The Terminal).

If you love SNL. Then you will love this movie. Most of the original cast is in it. Plus alot of the cast from SCTV. Great movie. A must have.