Following *Jaws* and *Close Encounters of the Third Kind,* Steven Spielberg decided to try his hand at screwball comedy: *1941.*) Loosely based on the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attacks in December of that titular year, we follow the antics of assorted Americans as they live through that tumultuous time between declaration of war and the meatgrinder of combat. Comedy gold, right? While not technically a flop, it…More







