The part where the dummy comes up out of the water and has the water coming out of his nose is the whole reason I watch the whole movie. It lays me out every time!
In the late 80's, there was a special effects show at Universal studios. You were brought into a dark room and sat down, when the monitors went on they showed this scene and then did an introduction. When the lights came up, here was the Ferris wheel and a bunch of the scale Ocean Park buildings... man, I almost peed myself seeing it. I truly believe it was the last great special effects and miniature movie before CGI started creeping in...
I still can't believe that Stephen Spielberg directed this. I always thought it was a Mel Brooks movie. The only thing they didn't have was breaking the fourth wall.
Most underrated movie Steven Spielberg movie ever made ...especially with the timing of his what's next timing this goes to that that sets this into motion style like no one else can do ...let alone duplicate. As a Star Wars kid of the 70's then Raiders of the Lost Ark .l could see the connections of "TIMING" he does in all his movies ... I bet it was such a"TRIP" on that set with Belushi Aykroyd and of course beloved John Candy ...RIP
This side of Spielberg is part Leslie Neilson, part Mel Brooks and I found this movie truly hilarious. Contrary to what everyone else has said about 1941, this movie stands right along side all his other wonderful movies
Although this is considered one of Spielberg's lesser works, there's no denying the FX are truly amazing, especially in this sequence. Greg Jein, who created the Mothership in Close Encounters, built the miniatures seen here and earned an Oscar nod. But I must agree there's a lot of mugging and overacting in the film for the sake of getting laughs that aren't there. (And rumors of Belushi's cocaine use didn't help either.) I think Spielberg just didn't know when to stop.
I think the original idea was kind of an"Animal House goes to War" movie. I heard Spielberg consulted with animator Chuck Jones to try to stage some of the gags. I remember the headline in Rolling Stone: "Spielberg Releases his Xmas Turkey."
The late, great Toshiro Mifune was known as the Japanese Clint Eastwood. When he arrived on the set at Culver City at the U-Boat set (it was in fact a German U-Boat the Imperial Japaneses Navy characters were manning and operating with the awesome Christopher Lee as the evil Nazi German Kriegsmarine officer Captain von Kleinschmidt as their Nazi observer ally on board, not an inferior Japanese I-class submarine) he was appalled by the lack of discipline and lack of seriousness by the Japanese-American extras and actors set to play his submarine crew. He asked Spielberg for permission to whip these guys into shape and instill Japanese WWII-style discipline and fervor and drill them into military precision and make them get proper 1941-era Imperial Japanese Navy haircuts, not 1979-era mops. Spielberg enthusiastically gave his permission and it worked perfectly. Years later for "Saving Private Ryan" (1998) Spielberg repeated the process and gave the famous retired U.S. Marine Corps Captain and Vietnam veteran and now a successful and highly respected and in-demand professional war movie/tv show technical advisor Dale Dye permission to use the same practice with Tom Hanks and his squadmates and fellow actors for a two-week hellish, realistic-style military drill and training "boot camp " in preparation for their U.S. Army Ranger and 101st Airborne paratrooper roles.
Dale Dye did the "actors go to bootcamp" thing on Platoon (1986), a long time before Saving Private Ryan. He pitched the idea to the director Oliver Stone, as he felt so frustrated at how unrealistic battles in movies were. Stone, a Vietnam Vet himself, agreed. Spielberg was simply following the path laid down by Stone and Dye.
@@schizoidboy Mifune never served in combat. He was designated to be photographer to take portraits of Kamikaze pilots. Mifune was subject to constant beating by his superiors for speaking against abuse within the military. Thus he was not seen fit to serve combat duty. That saved his life and become one of most successful actor in Japan.
I remember the ferris wheel being all over the TV advertising for this movie, so as a kid, when we rented it on VHS, I spent pretty much the entire running time being bored waiting for this scene.
+Gregory May The Laws of Physics of the cinema.Great, underrated film, but only see the Special Edition Fully Restored Director's Cut. Any other version is a waste of time.
You know, something similar to this actually DID happen in February 1942, when a Japanese submarine DID assault the coast of California, except that instead of a Ferris Wheel, it was an oil refinery. The Elwood Oil Refinery to be precise.
0:08 Saying their prayers. 0:18 Fire! 0:21 The cannonball hits the ferris wheel, making it move. 0:26 The captain laughs. 0:32 Hands in the air! 0:42 The cannon hits the ferris wheel again. 1:24 The wheel starts rolling. 1:33 Screaming is heard. 1:44 The wheel is about to fall! 1:49 The ferris wheel lands in the ocean. 2:12 The puppet comes out of the water. 2:29 "Boy, that was fun! Can we do it again?"
The Japanese did actually send a sub to the East Coast off Los Angeles and it did shell the coast. The sub crew shown here were more successful in the sense they actually hit something. The other sub tried to hit an oil tank, but they missed. They also tried shelling a coastal artillery position at another time, but likewise they didn't hit anything. Ironically, the base didn't fire back because it would have given their position away.
One my earliest TV memories I was like 5 and this was on some TV channel... I do remember thinking “what the heck am I watching ?”. The line between comedy and serious didn’t quite make sense to me yet.. which made this disturbing
In fact this was a great Japanese victory, the morale of that US community was crushed when they realized their prized ferris wheel had been sunk by enemy fire.
This is Pedro's fear, my father, but it's also another uncle who thinks that the Ferris wheel will lose a screw, if it comes loose from the base, it will roll away with him inside.I've never seen him so scared of the ferris wheel😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
the ferris wheel going down the pier still looks pretty good after all these years. I remember seeing this is 1979 and being super impressed.
Thats a pretty deep there considering the top of the ferris wheel almost went under. Those are long pier stilts I tell ya!
The part where the dummy comes up out of the water and has the water coming out of his nose is the whole reason I watch the whole movie. It lays me out every time!
In the late 80's, there was a special effects show at Universal studios. You were brought into a dark room and sat down, when the monitors went on they showed this scene and then did an introduction. When the lights came up, here was the Ferris wheel and a bunch of the scale Ocean Park buildings... man, I almost peed myself seeing it. I truly believe it was the last great special effects and miniature movie before CGI started creeping in...
I still can't believe that Stephen Spielberg directed this. I always thought it was a Mel Brooks movie. The only thing they didn't have was breaking the fourth wall.
XXLSSBBW It’s an amazingly underrated Steven Spielberg film and a magnificent comedy! I would put it up there with some of the best comedies ever!!
James Moyner
The scene with slim pickins was one of the funniest in movie history
It can't possibly be mistaken for a Mel Brooks movie because those are actually funny.
It really happened somewhat! Morro Bay California USA 🇺🇸 and Facts USA 🇺🇸 the History of USA 🇺🇸 and The Alma a Cement tug boat 🛶
It’s definitely no Jaws, Schindler’s List, Jurassic Park or Indiana Jones, but I have SUCH a soft spot for this movie!
Most underrated movie Steven Spielberg movie ever made ...especially with the timing of his what's next timing this goes to that that sets this into motion style like no one else can do ...let alone duplicate. As a Star Wars kid of the 70's then Raiders of the Lost Ark .l could see the connections of "TIMING" he does in all his movies ... I bet it was such a"TRIP" on that set with Belushi Aykroyd and of course beloved John Candy ...RIP
The Japanese junior officer crying at the demise of the Ferris Wheel, thinking it's a Hollywood landmark was hilarious.
HORRYWUUUUUD!!!!
To this day, I've not heard a theater break out with such laughter
The one scene everyone remembers this movie!
This... and the toilet bowl scene.
Roland Latore Speed jaws scene
@@dede9806 wow
@@DartLuke ok
I always LMAO at this scene. Love it as ferris wheel speeds up, so does the fairground music
This scene was a tip of the hat to the carousel scene from Alfred Hithcock's movie, "Strangers On a Train."
Yep!
"And lord please don't let me go to the same place he goes!"
R.I.P. Gregory Jein, model maker of the Ferris wheel and other models in 1941, as well as models in Star Trek and Close Encounters.
I don't care what the critics say, I loved "1941" and watch it every year or so.
As a little kid watching the Ferris roll into the ocean created a phobia of rides at boardwalks for me. Til this day I still get anxious.
This side of Spielberg is part Leslie Neilson, part Mel Brooks and I found this movie truly hilarious. Contrary to what everyone else has said about 1941, this movie stands right along side all his other wonderful movies
Although this is considered one of Spielberg's lesser works, there's no denying the FX are truly amazing, especially in this sequence. Greg Jein, who created the Mothership in Close Encounters, built the miniatures seen here and earned an Oscar nod. But I must agree there's a lot of mugging and overacting in the film for the sake of getting laughs that aren't there. (And rumors of Belushi's cocaine use didn't help either.) I think Spielberg just didn't know when to stop.
+David Lucas I'm having a hard time believing this is a Spielberg movie. It has Mel Brooks all over it.
I think the original idea was kind of an"Animal House goes to War" movie. I heard Spielberg consulted with animator Chuck Jones to try to stage some of the gags. I remember the headline in Rolling Stone: "Spielberg Releases his Xmas Turkey."
go watch hook and see crap
@@DaveLucas427 One of the gags was a torpedo going on land following someone on a bike, but they couldn't make the effect work.
A fair point but as a Brit I admire the sheer hilarity of the movie: its crazy humour.
The late, great Toshiro Mifune was known as the Japanese Clint Eastwood. When he arrived on the set at Culver City at the U-Boat set (it was in fact a German U-Boat the Imperial Japaneses Navy characters were manning and operating with the awesome Christopher Lee as the evil Nazi German Kriegsmarine officer Captain von Kleinschmidt as their Nazi observer ally on board, not an inferior Japanese I-class submarine) he was appalled by the lack of discipline and lack of seriousness by the Japanese-American extras and actors set to play his submarine crew. He asked Spielberg for permission to whip these guys into shape and instill Japanese WWII-style discipline and fervor and drill them into military precision and make them get proper 1941-era Imperial Japanese Navy haircuts, not 1979-era mops. Spielberg enthusiastically gave his permission and it worked perfectly. Years later for "Saving Private Ryan" (1998) Spielberg repeated the process and gave the famous retired U.S. Marine Corps Captain and Vietnam veteran and now a successful and highly respected and in-demand professional war movie/tv show technical advisor Dale Dye permission to use the same practice with Tom Hanks and his squadmates and fellow actors for a two-week hellish, realistic-style military drill and training "boot camp " in preparation for their U.S. Army Ranger and 101st Airborne paratrooper roles.
The model of the sub was later borrowed from Spielberg, repainted, and used for the scene when it resurfaces in "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
Dale Dye did the "actors go to bootcamp" thing on Platoon (1986), a long time before Saving Private Ryan. He pitched the idea to the director Oliver Stone, as he felt so frustrated at how unrealistic battles in movies were. Stone, a Vietnam Vet himself, agreed. Spielberg was simply following the path laid down by Stone and Dye.
Toshiro Mifune was a veteran of the Japanese military where he served as an officer in an areal photography section during the war.
@@schizoidboy Mifune never served in combat. He was designated to be photographer to take portraits of Kamikaze pilots. Mifune was subject to constant beating by his superiors for speaking against abuse within the military. Thus he was not seen fit to serve combat duty. That saved his life and become one of most successful actor in Japan.
@@DaeGonKwon He was probably the smartest person in the Imperial military.
The Japanese Guy that Yells “Horrywood” throughout the Film is my Favorite Part of this Movie. 🤣🤣
Can't get enough of Mifune's laugh early on when he removes his binoculars
R.I.P Slim Pickens (1919-1983)
R.I.P Christopher Lee (1922-2015)
I remember the ferris wheel being all over the TV advertising for this movie, so as a kid, when we rented it on VHS, I spent pretty much the entire running time being bored waiting for this scene.
It still puzzles me how the ferris wheel stayed lit after detaching from it's frame.
+Gregory May The Laws of Physics of the cinema.Great, underrated film, but only see the Special Edition Fully Restored Director's Cut. Any other version is a waste of time.
Always loved the movie.
long cable was attached. But it wasn't that long. Someone put batteries on it , yea right !
HORRYWOOOOOOOOOOD
You wouldn't be able to see it if the lights went out
Kids today don't know comedy. THIS ROCKS !!MAN !!
1941, USED CARS, GRAND THEFT AUTO AND ITS A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD!!
リアルタイムで映画館で観て腹筋が壊れた。77年に住んでいたリバーサイドや、毎日通った貯水湖が出てきて嬉しかった。ジョンベルーし最高です。
Man those are some long power cables!
My favorite part was the ferris wheel doing a burnout when it broke free....
Damn. Mayor Larry Vaughn and Mandark must’ve had fun. XD
0:33 / 1:48
R.I.P Ferris Wheel
You know, something similar to this actually DID happen in February 1942, when a Japanese submarine DID assault the coast of California, except that instead of a Ferris Wheel, it was an oil refinery. The Elwood Oil Refinery to be precise.
so did the ferris wheel start rolling away
Elwood is also the name of one of the Blues Brothers, played by Dan Akroyd, who also happens to appear in "1941" as Sgt. Frank Tree. Coincidence?
@@Dulcimerist Yeah, indeed it does sound coincidental!
The dummy comes up for air first...LMAO!
0:08 Saying their prayers. 0:18 Fire! 0:21 The cannonball hits the ferris wheel, making it move. 0:26 The captain laughs. 0:32 Hands in the air! 0:42 The cannon hits the ferris wheel again. 1:24 The wheel starts rolling. 1:33 Screaming is heard. 1:44 The wheel is about to fall! 1:49 The ferris wheel lands in the ocean. 2:12 The puppet comes out of the water. 2:29 "Boy, that was fun! Can we do it again?"
This is like the Ferris wheel scene in Smurfs 2
Something like this actually DID happen on February 23, 1942, but instead of a ferris wheel, it was an oil refinery.
I love this movie
The Japanese did actually send a sub to the East Coast off Los Angeles and it did shell the coast. The sub crew shown here were more successful in the sense they actually hit something. The other sub tried to hit an oil tank, but they missed. They also tried shelling a coastal artillery position at another time, but likewise they didn't hit anything. Ironically, the base didn't fire back because it would have given their position away.
映画、ガルパンというアニメに三船作戦出ました！
eddie deezen getting choked in the water is comedic gold😂😂😂😂
Not afraid to admit that Girls und Panzer brought me here.
GuP brought me here too
k
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Tulsa!
Me too :P
I was just blown here by the wind.
"Goodbye...Horrywood"
One my earliest TV memories I was like 5 and this was on some TV channel... I do remember thinking “what the heck am I watching ?”. The line between comedy and serious didn’t quite make sense to me yet.. which made this disturbing
If anyone is surrounded by late-war Allied Tanks in a theme park, we might just have a plan to get out....
"Operation Mifune", begin!
hehehehehehehehehehehe GuP
Eddie Deezen rocks!!
True Story! ❤
I would like to see Disneyland, and disneyworld do ferriswheel rides like that
In fact this was a great Japanese victory, the morale of that US community was crushed when they realized their prized ferris wheel had been sunk by enemy fire.
Is this Ferris wheel scene filmed at Santa Monica pier
2:09 godbye holywooooooodd hahaha
Oh my shit. I totally forgot about the puppet. Now I have to find another clip from earlier in this scene.
Dont broken the Ferris wheel
" Bye, HOLLYWOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!"🤣
That was fun. Can we do it again.
I use to work with the guy who made this prop. Gary Weaks
Funny by who is on the ferris wheel as rolls off pier into the ocean, and how one of them found it fun doing that.
A true classic!
1:43
*You turn in your test*
1:46
*You see your grade*
This is Pedro's fear, my father, but it's also another uncle who thinks that the Ferris wheel will lose a screw, if it comes loose from the base, it will roll away with him inside.I've never seen him so scared of the ferris wheel😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The Ferris wheel shouldn’t still have electric lights on when it rolls free.
The Man in The High Castle - The Japanese Invasion of San Francisco (REMASTERED)
You know this scene is referenced in Girls und Panzer der Film.
これが劇場版ガルパンのミフネ作戦
ガルパン勢にお勧めされて来ました
LOL can we do it again
You can really tell they went were in something writing this film.
noobmaster117 That makes all of us
This scene is why I hate Ferris Wheels. 😱
I heard that Spielberg insisted on directing everything including the miniature photography.
It really rolled good tho it looked like a tire but then t fell in the water :(
Contracts Must be Filled.
The Mayor from Jaws on the Ferris Wheel--
I love this movie great stuff
_Can we do it again?!_
Fun facts 1941 was the last year for macys parade because of world war 2 but it came back in 1945
Caseoh broke free to take a bath😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
There's something like this were to happen without life, would anyone on board surfive?
A wonderful movie!
uh oh!
Eddie Deezen big fan from Japan
For each explosion there should be a WTF BOOOOOOOOOOOOM
なんで遊園地を軍事基地と思ったのやら…
Smurfs turned this into a joke
My favorite scene in 1941 :-D
Santa monica
He is probably the nerdiest nerd of comedians / voice actors!
0:24 why is it speeding so fast
Banzai!
ヒカキンからきました
Eddie Deezen is in the crazy house.
ガルパンの元ネタ
Oh my god the ferris wheel 🎡 is rolls
Japanese shooting accuracy!
Ya! Greeting from japan 😘✌
Ferris wheel is rools to the water
Mandark??
Funny how all the action is happening at the carnival and los angeles is bombing the sky in the background.
0:18 Incoming!
Today, if they bombed Hollywood….WE would cheer!
観覧車先輩の元ネタ。
YOU REALLY WANNA DO IT AGAIN???? (strangles him)
Originally that was to be Jackie Gleason and Art Carney but their schedules were full
Tsar tank? Panjandrum?
waaw!
"Horrywooooooooo..."
voila
I need to buy this film
Why did Ferris wheel 🎡 get to the fury
HAI!!!!