Proved to be the most expensive comedy of all time with a budget exceeding $35 million. The depiction of Los Angeles in the chaotic days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor combines elements of fantasy and black humor.
Distribution
Critics' Choice Video & DVD, PO Box 749, Itasca, IL 60143, Toll-free: 800-993-6357, Email: vcatalog@ccvideo.com, URL: http://www.ccvideo.com
Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 120 minutes.
Cast and Crew
- Genres
- Amusement Parks, Big-Budget Bombs, The Homefront: U.S./Canada, World War II, L.A., Strained Suburbia, Submarines, Airborne, Military: Army, Military Comedy, Sanity Check, Screen Teams: Belushi & Aykroyd, You Big Dummy!
- Screenplay
- Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, John Milius
- Cast
- John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Patti LuPone, Ned Beatty, Slim Pickens, Murray Hamilton, Christopher Lee, Tim Matheson, Toshiro Mifune, Warren Oates, Robert Stack, Nancy Allen, Elisha Cook, Lorraine Gary, Treat Williams, Mickey Rourke, John Candy, Wendie Jo Sperber, Lucille Benson, Eddie Deezen, Bobby DiCicco, Dianne Kay, Perry Lang, Frank McRae, Lionel Stander, Dub Taylor, Joe Flaherty, David Lander, Michael McKean, Samuel Fuller, Audrey Landers, John Landis, Walter Olkewicz, Donovan Scott, Penny Marshall
- Cinematography
- William A. Fraker
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Music
- John Williams
- Producer
- Buzz Feitshans, John Milius, A Team Productions