1941 is a movie novelization written by Bob Gale in 1979 and based on the movie of the same name, directed by Steven Spielberg in 1979. The movie features John Belushi, Bobby Di Cicco, Tim Matheson, Dianne Kay, Treat Williams, Dan Aykroyd, and others.
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Storyline
Six days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, a Japanese submarine surfaces off the Californian coast. The Commander wants to destroy something honorable in Los Angeles and decides to target Hollywood. Later that morning, a 10th Armored Division M3 Lee tank crew, consisting of Sergeant Frank Tree, Corporal Chuck Sitarski, and Privates Foley, Reese, and Henshaw, are having breakfast at a cafe.
Movie vs Book
Year
1979
Minutes
118
Movie Rate
5.80
Source: IMDb
Year
1979
Pages
253
Book Rate
6.96
S: Goodreads
Book
1941: The Year that Will Live in Hilarity!
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“Making the book into a television show makes it feel so much more real and so much more like a real rock documentary.”
TAYLOR JENKINS REID (Writer)
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