A ma connnaissance,trois publications officielles existent sur le tournage de 1941.Après le succès des DENTS DE LA MER et de RENCONTRES DU 3 EME TYPE,les studios se jettent aux pieds de Steven Spielberg pour accueillir son prochain projet.Persuadé que tout lui réussit,ce dernier veut s'essayer à la comédie loufoque...
miniatures,mechanical effects and Louma...
A.D Flowers was in charge of mechanical effects...

During 1977 Cannes film festival,Spielberg discovered a new shooting device,from two french technicians: the Louma.He used one of these device on 1941 as main camera for live action as well as miniatures action.


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The miniatures effect artist Greg Jein was already present on the previous Spielberg movie CE3K.He is back for some of the most memorable 1941' scenes as the Luna Park and the planes chase on Hollywood Boulevard.

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On 1941,Spielberg is back on JAWS with the first scene and in the future too with the plane crashing in a prehistoric park ... 1941 Starlog Official Movie Magazine/100 pages / Color and B&W photos couleur et Noir & Blanc/Copyright O Quinn Studios Inc 1979
American Cinematographer Vol 60/issue 12 /December 1979 /Article 20 pages article /Color and B&W photos couleur et N&B/Copyright ASC Holding Corp
Making of 1941 / Glen Erickson & Mary Ellen Trainor/128 pages/B&W photos N&B/Ballantine books/Copyright Universal & Columbia Studios/February 1980