-- 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.

* 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.