Trivia
The first advance trailer centered on
John Belushi's character, who was identified as "Wild Wayne Kelso". When the movie was shot, the character's name was changed to "Wild Bill Kelso".
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Quotes
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On December 7, 1941, the Naval Air Arm of the Imperial Japanese Fleet, in a surprise attack, struck the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor and hurtled an unsuspecting America into World War II.
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American citizens were stunned, shocked and outraged at this treacherous attack. On the West Coast, paranoia gripped the entire population as panic-stricken citizens were convinced that California was the next target of the Imperial Japanese Forces.
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Major General Joseph W. Stilwell, ...
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I grew up on Spielberg flicks, love his style ET, Jaws, Close Encounters, Jurrassic Park, etc.
Just saw this movie for the first time. I was completely shocked at how bad it was.
The storyline, the characters, the whole thing is just BAD. I was bored out of my mind.
No redeeming qualities, unbelievable amounts of money spent on NOTHING.
Not funny.
Speillberg blew it big time on this one.
It was cool to see all the old, 80's comedians when John Candy & Belushi were still alive.
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