1941: Difference between revisions

* [[The Cameo]]: John Landis plays the dust-covered soldier who delivers a message to Stilwell

* [[Combat Pragmatist]]

''(kicks Stretch [[Groin Attack|in the crotch]], then hits him across the face with a belt of .50 calibre machine-gun ammo; Stretch smiles dumbly for a second then falls over)'' }}

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: The opening scene where a skinnydipping woman finds herself clutching the upthrusting periscope of a surfacing Japanese submarine (also serves as a hilarious ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'' take-off -- it's even the same actress who was in the corresponding scene).

* [[Doing It for the Art]]: An actual, functioning, replica of an M3 Lee medium tank was built for filming. Part of the reason the movie went over budget.

* [[Drives Like Crazy]]: The aerial variant, namely the dogfight between Donna Stratton and Wild Bill Kelso in the streets of L.A. That is, just simply Wild Bill Kelso.

** We learn how the "HOLLYWOODLAND" sign ''really'' lost the last four letters.

** Also the Japanese sailor trying to fit an enormous radio down the submarine hatch.

** Robert Stack plays the actual commander of the U.S. coastal defense so accurately that pictures of Stack in costume have been mistaken for ones of the real Stilwell.

* [[It's a Long Story]]: Averted by General Stillwell.

"Then save it." }}

* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]

* [[Roofless Renovation]]

* [[Rousing Speech]]: Sergeant Tree's (Dan Aykroyd) [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].

* [[Shout-Out]]: Opening scene Spielberg pays homage to ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]''.

* [[Tanks, But No Tanks]]: Averted when they built an accurate full-scale replica of an M3 tank which reportedly caused yet another budget overrun.

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: Hollis Wood is apparently just left to drown in the middle of the ocean after his heroic escape from the sub.

* [[Who's on First?]]:

'''Hollis Wood:''' Right here. }}

* [[World of Ham]]: And even then, John Belushi's eccentric, overly patriotic Air Force pilot is a standout. Tellingly, each of the primary and supporting characters is represented in the end credits with a clip of them as their actor's name comes up -- and in most of the clips, they are ''screaming''.