1941 (3/11) Movie CLIP - Patriotic Duty (1979) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Sgt. Tree (Dan Aykroyd) informs Ward Douglas (Ned Beatty) that his property is strategically advantageous for Japanese defense from the Pacific Ocean.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
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 involve lusty young men, officers (Tim Matheson) and civilians (Bobby Di Cicco) alike, eager to bed the young ladies of their dreams; Wild Bill Kelso, a nutty fighter pilot (John Belushi) following what he thinks is a squadron of Japanese fighters along the California coast; a well-meaning but clumsy tank crew (including John Candy) led by straight-arrow, by-the-book Sgt. Tree (Dan Aykroyd), who doesn't recognize the thug (Treat Williams) in his command; and homeowner Ward Douglas (Ned Beatty), who is eager to do his part for the nation's defense and, despite the misgivings of his wife (Lorraine Gary), doesn't mind his front yard overlooking the ocean being chosen to house a 40 mm anti-aircraft gun. There is also a pair of grotesquely inept airplane spotters (Murray Hamilton, Eddie Deezen) who are doing their job from atop a ferris wheel at a beachfront amusement park; a paranoid army colonel (Warren Oates) positive that the Japanese are infiltrating from the hills; a big dance being held on behalf of servicemen, being attended by a lusty young woman of size (Wendie Jo Sperber) eager to land a man in uniform; and General Joseph "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell (Robert Stack), in charge of the defense of the West Coast, who can't seem to get anyone to listen to him when he says to keep calm. And, oh yes, there's also a real Japanese submarine that has gotten all the way to the California coast under the command of its captain (Toshiro Mifune) and a German officer observer (Christopher Lee), only to find itself without a working compass or usable maps. Its captain won't leave until the sub has attacked a militarily significant, honorable target, and the only one that anyone aboard ship knows of in California is Hollywood. By New Year's Eve, all of these characters are going to cross paths, directly or once-removed, in a comedy of errors and destruction strongly reminiscent of the finale to National Lampoon's Animal House (as well as several disaster movies from the same studio), but on a much larger and more impressive scale.

CREDITS:
TM & © Universal (1979)
Cast: Ned Beatty, Jordan Brian, Steven Mond, Treat Williams, Lorraine Gary
Director: Steven Spielberg
Producers: Buzz Feitshans, Janet Healy, Michael Kahn, John Milius
Screenwriters: Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, John Milius

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[rossdiamondthief]

0:13 HAHA😂🤣 I love that John Candy still knocks on the door.

[nathanforester]

Only Aykroyd can go into that much detail when discussing the details of a piece of machinery.

[Whtxombi]

My granddad was living in LA after Pearl Harbor and said this movie wasn't too far from the truth. People were half insane from paranoia.

[maximuscaligula]

Dan Aykroyd as Sgt. Frank Tree is perfect in this, love his later classic, hilarious techno-babble demonstration scene of the 40mm AA gun, LOL...

[adamzanzie]

It's funny: I've seen this movie a few times, but never caught Mickey Rourke's appearance in this scene until I watched it here on YouTube. I always assumed his scenes were all cut out of the movie. But there he is at 0:45 and 1:31.

[jeffburnham]

On February 23, 1942 at 7pm a lone Japanese submarine did conduct a bombardment of the oil refinery at Ellington (near Santa Barbara). Damage was minimal. This movie is a parody of that event.

[devinh.]

Do you realize how Awesome it is that Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, The Dudes that made Back to The Future wrote this and Steven Spielberg directed this?

[TeurastajaNexus]

Dan Aykroyd fits the role of a sergeant perfectly!

[Stevesautopartsify]

The talent in the movie rivals every Cannon Ball run movie to date!

[setpunks]

One of the soldiers is Mickey Rourke before he was famous

[bonvivantinsf]

I love Danny in this scene - it's sorta the end of his youthful ignorance.

[rhinoman]

The months after 9/11 this would have been my parents if the Army wanted to park a tank in our backyard. :-D

[seansky]

1941 could be Ned Beatty's best role EVER!

[ahegele]

check out mickey rourke looking like a bad ass in the background.

[Legba]

I learned this today that Reese, the guy in the wife beater, is actually Mickey Roarke.

[woodson]

Good to know that once the war was over Plaza Cable would give Hinshaw a job.

[SiriusMined]

They got the unit patch correct.  Cool

[michaelmckinley]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 do not load a round into the chamber, like this, do not pull the charging handle like lolz

[RottenTomatoesTRAILERS]

i could be mistaken, but isn't that him on the far left at 0:46 ?

[atdhedudi]

There is no Mickey Rourke in this scene, he appears later in the movie at 2 and 10 minutes or something and he's one line only, that goes something like "torppido" if i remember correctly.