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Synopsis: Utterly wild comedy epic
directed by Steven Spielberg and nominated for three Academy Awards.
Lavish effects sequences highlight this hilarious, all-star extravaganza
set in Los Angeles just days after the attack on Pearl Harbor,
when fear of a Japanese invasion threw the city into a state of
Pandemonium. Screwball characters run wild on Hollywood Boulevard
as manic servicemen, zealous store owners, teary-eyed girls and
bickering Nazis are thrown together in this fast-rising comic
souffle that even features a sendup of Spielberg's own Jaws opening.
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This film features a dance contest at a WW II USO Canteen dance
that gets the Zoot Suitors all revved up to Jitterbug / Lindy
Hop. The Swing dancing is good and entertaining considering a
time (1979) when this style was not widely known around Hollywood
choreographers, Good Period Clothing and Hair Styles. Swing Dancers
will like this movie, so if your not a dancer you may find it
lame.
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