1941

It's December of 1941, and the people of California are in varying states of unease, ranging from a sincere desire to defend the country to virtual blind panic in the wake of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Thus begin several story threads that comprise the "plot" of this strange period comedy, a sort of satirical disaster movie, from Steven Spielberg. The stories and story threads culminate so that by New Year's Eve, all of the zany characters are going to cross paths, directly or once-removed, in a comedy of errors and destruction. An all-star cast including John Belushi, Dan Akroyd, John Candy, Robert Stack and Ned Beatty headline this hit!