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Synopsis: Hysteria grips California in the wake of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. An assorted group of defenders attempt to make the coast defensible against an imagined Japanese invasion, in this big budget, big cast comedy. Members of a Japanese submarine crew scout out the madness, along with a Captain in Germany's Kreigsmarine (Navy).
Genre: Action, Comedy, War
Director(s): Steven Spielberg
Production: MCA Universal Home Video
  Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
34
Rotten Tomatoes:
36%
PG
Year:
1979
118 min
1,512 Views


- God.

Air raid.

Japs. Japs!

Japs!

Get outta my way!

- Air raid!

I never thought

they'd be this nervous.

Hi, girls. Your first air raid?

Are you two sisters?

- Get lost!

- We want a man!

Soldier! Soldier!

Help us!

Hey, Wally, I think we swiped

the wrong style.

- What?

- Those gals are khaki wacky!

- They're what?

- Look at that!

- Dames are falling for uniforms.

- I don't want dames!

All I want is to dance

with Betty tonight.

Come on!

Let's get outta here!

Everybody, down!

Everybody, down!

This is your

diagonal warning!

Everybody, down!

Oh, no.

Fill 'er up.

Ethyl.

Where?

It was just a case of war nerves.

Two squadrons of Japanese Zeroes-

The Japs tried to bomb

San Francisco last night.

Two squadrons of Jap Zeroes.

I've been trackin' them ever since.

I lost them

somewhere over Fresno.

Radio says that's not true

about San Francisco.

- It was just a case of war nerves.

- War nerves?

- Yeah.

- Who said, "war nerves"?

I heard it

on that radio there.

- Radio's wrong.

- Oh, my God!

Oh, sh*t!

Oh!

Stop that plane!

Stop! Stop!

Damn it! Stop!

Madness. It's the only word

to describe it.

This isn't the state of California.

This is a state of insanity.

General Stilwell,

Colonel Grant suggests dispatching...

...guard units to all

the city reservoirs.

Intelligence suspects that

Fifth Columnists are going to...

"pour poison into

the water supply."

And G-2 should pour knockout

drops into the water supply.

Maybe the people of the city would

calm down and leave the war to the Army.

Stand off!

Sir? Sir? The General.

- My fingers. I need them over here.

- Do you hear sirens?

- Captain Birkhead. General Stilwell is here.

- Do I hear sirens?

Ow! Oh!

Sirens!

- What are you doin'? I'm not finished yet.

- Oh!

- Sorry, Captain. Captain, what's your name again?

- Loomis Birkhead.

- Sorry, Captain Birkhead, but that's General Stilwell.

- Wait!

- I've got to get my story!

- I was just giving it to you.

I'll tell ya, DuBois, there are

positive and negative aspects...

...about being a general's aide.

The general couldn't have been

a couple more minutes late, could he?

It is wartime, and we all

have to make sacrifices.

Here he comes!

- You have a telegram from Colonel Maddox, sir?

- Madman Maddox?

- What does he want?

- Troops, sir.

Troops? It's a practice bombing range

in Barstow in the middle of the desert.

What's he want troops for?

Give me that.

"Request emergency troops.

Invasion imminent.

Suspect hidden Jap airfield

in Pomona alfalfa fields."

I blame myself.

I put that lunatic out there.

Jesus H. Christ, DuBois.

Is that the General's new secretary?

Yes, sir.

She came in from G-2 this morning.

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Robert Zemeckis

Robert Lee Zemeckis is an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter who is frequently credited as an innovator in visual effects. more…

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