I saw "1941" when it was released, at the Waikiki Theater in Honolulu. My family was in Hawaii on vacation and somehow my parents didn't mind my 12 year-old self venturing off solo to see the movie. It was perhaps the most gorgeous cinema I've ever visited - a positively huge (over 1300 seats) single screen dating back to the mid-30s, with palm trees inside - and I can attest that "1941" looked phenomenal on the big screen. That model work remains some of the greatest I've ever seen in a film, and I'm glad to hear the guys sing the praises of old vets like A.D. Flowers and Logan Frazee, men who worked as part of Arnold Gillespie's crew at MGM decades earlier. As a side note, nice to see photo credits for Susan Turner, a woman who had such an interesting career at a time when there were not a lot of women working in visual effects.
Sorry to be so offtopic but does someone know of a method to log back into an instagram account? I was dumb lost the account password. I appreciate any tips you can offer me.
@Merrick Scott thanks for your reply. I got to the site on google and im waiting for the hacking stuff atm. I see it takes a while so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
No surprise that A.D Flowers was on that show along with all of these other trick shot rock stars. Say what you will about the movie itself the FX were absolutely amazing. Thank you for so much for posting these important archives.
I first heard about 1941 during a road trip with my parents when I was 15. There was an article about the effects and the main (or only) interviewee was the woman shown at 8:51 It was also that issue that informed me about the magazine Cinemagic which I immediately subscribed to.
In my opinion, 1941 is one the greatest WWII films ever made. 🤩 • It has an incredible All-Star cast • it’s fast paced • it’s cartoonishly fun and over-the top (but not like Will Ferrell over-the-top where it becomes embarrassing and cringe-y because he doesn’t know how or when to dial it back) • it has an excellent _and memorable_ Main Title theme (and soundtrack, overall) • it’s action packed with excellent stunt work. • the costume design is phenomenal! (Nancy Allen as Donna Stratton is a BOMBSHELL in those outfits!) 🤩😍 • choreographed 1940s dance number, anyone? This movie is technically perfect in my opinion. It’s always been on of my top five favorite movies I’ve ever seen.
Thanks for showing this! So much knowledge of the good stuff. Great stories. Love it. We want to champion these techniques and more Special Effects back in the business at IWS - Imagination Workshop Studio, our parent company's effects division.
So conflicted over this movie. Best made bad movie ever? The talent wasted...well, not wasted but it never got the recognition it deserved. Still, would have been a blast to work on.
A friend at Universal had the Zemeckis-Gale 1941 screenplay; I can testify it was hilarious, with inspired slapstick and very funny dialogue. I followed every day of that production as it was being cast and filmed in 1979; it was enormous, and anticipation was huge. But even viewed at the Cineramadome the film was disappointing - forced and bloated. But to this day the miniature model work is breathtaking, and remains enough reason to watch.
I wish the group I had been with had wanted to see "1941" instead of "Star Trek: The Motion Picture." Man, _that_ movie sucked... but I had a blast when I got to see"1941" later (and added the VHS and DVD to our movie collection). Screw the haters; "1941" rocked. =)
It was. But only for the above the line people. Model makers and FX budgets are usually kept low. Much of the budget on larger films is also wasted filming scenes that get edited out later.
Never stop collecting these stories. They are gold.
1941 is, not only my favorite Spielberg movie, but my favorite John Williams score.
I saw "1941" when it was released, at the Waikiki Theater in Honolulu. My family was in Hawaii on vacation and somehow my parents didn't mind my 12 year-old self venturing off solo to see the movie. It was perhaps the most gorgeous cinema I've ever visited - a positively huge (over 1300 seats) single screen dating back to the mid-30s, with palm trees inside - and I can attest that "1941" looked phenomenal on the big screen. That model work remains some of the greatest I've ever seen in a film, and I'm glad to hear the guys sing the praises of old vets like A.D. Flowers and Logan Frazee, men who worked as part of Arnold Gillespie's crew at MGM decades earlier. As a side note, nice to see photo credits for Susan Turner, a woman who had such an interesting career at a time when there were not a lot of women working in visual effects.
Sorry to be so offtopic but does someone know of a method to log back into an instagram account?
I was dumb lost the account password. I appreciate any tips you can offer me.
@Christian Xander instablaster :)
@Merrick Scott thanks for your reply. I got to the site on google and im waiting for the hacking stuff atm.
I see it takes a while so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
@Merrick Scott It worked and I finally got access to my account again. I'm so happy:D
Thanks so much you saved my account !
@Christian Xander happy to help :D
Grew up watching Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Land of the Giants, and Lost in Space, they were classics.
No surprise that A.D Flowers was on that show along with all of these other trick shot rock stars. Say what you will about the movie itself the FX were absolutely amazing. Thank you for so much for posting these important archives.
More coming soon!
I love 1941
Such an underrated film. One of the best screwball comedies ever made.
It’s one of the greatest WWII films ever made, in my opinion.
All these guys seem like they would have been really fun to have conversations with. I sure wish I could have met them.
I first heard about 1941 during a road trip with my parents when I was 15. There was an article about the effects and the main (or only) interviewee was the woman shown at 8:51 It was also that issue that informed me about the magazine Cinemagic which I immediately subscribed to.
Model maker Susan Turner. She also made the alien spaceship for Carpenter´s, The Thing.
In my opinion, 1941 is one the greatest WWII films ever made. 🤩
• It has an incredible All-Star cast • it’s fast paced
• it’s cartoonishly fun and over-the top (but not like Will Ferrell over-the-top where it becomes embarrassing and cringe-y because he doesn’t know how or when to dial it back)
• it has an excellent _and memorable_ Main Title theme (and soundtrack, overall)
• it’s action packed with excellent stunt work.
• the costume design is phenomenal! (Nancy Allen as Donna Stratton is a BOMBSHELL in those outfits!) 🤩😍
• choreographed 1940s dance number, anyone?
This movie is technically perfect in my opinion. It’s always been on of my top five favorite movies I’ve ever seen.
I worked with Tony as a model builder for several projects, including Lawnmower Man.
Cool! I have a segment here on my channel about Tony Doublin where he talks about Lawnmower Man.
Nice little name drop there... the Lydecker brothers are effects legends.
Thanks for showing this! So much knowledge of the good stuff. Great stories. Love it. We want to champion these techniques and more Special Effects back in the business at IWS - Imagination Workshop Studio, our parent company's effects division.
More segments about miniature effects coming up soon!
Extremely amazing model my friend 👌👍💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎🤩🤩😳😊👏👏👏👏👏
i just love your these videos so much. they are so special. thank you.
Thanks! More segments coming up soon.
So conflicted over this movie. Best made bad movie ever? The talent wasted...well, not wasted but it never got the recognition it deserved. Still, would have been a blast to work on.
A friend at Universal had the Zemeckis-Gale 1941 screenplay; I can testify it was hilarious, with inspired slapstick and very funny dialogue. I followed every day of that production as it was being cast and filmed in 1979; it was enormous, and anticipation was huge. But even viewed at the Cineramadome the film was disappointing - forced and bloated. But to this day the miniature model work is breathtaking, and remains enough reason to watch.
This is STILL one of the funniest movies I ever saw 🤣
「１９４１」は私の大好きな映画なのですが、役者が良い脚本が良い当然 監督が良いからなのですが、こおいった「大ミニチュア･ワーク」がとても素晴らしいと思うのでした！
I wish the group I had been with had wanted to see "1941" instead of "Star Trek: The Motion Picture." Man, _that_ movie sucked... but I had a blast when I got to see"1941" later (and added the VHS and DVD to our movie collection). Screw the haters; "1941" rocked. =)
I was under the impression that 1941 had a very large budget? All the more disasterous when it flopped big-time.
It was. But only for the above the line people. Model makers and FX budgets are usually kept low. Much of the budget on larger films is also wasted filming scenes that get edited out later.
1941 made around 93 million dollars against a 35 million dollar budget. Not as big as Spielberg's other films , but not exactly a flop, either.
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