I was born in Maryland and spent my first thirty years living there, first in the Appalachian Mountains, then on the Eastern Shore, and later in suburban Washington. After a year in South Carolina, I moved to Georgia in 1977. I soon met another park ranger who worked in Florida. She was a wonderful woman who became my best friend. then my wife, and soon the mother of our three children. I spent over eleven years working in the historic city of Savannah, Georgia, and on the moss-draped sea islands nearby before moving to Atlanta.. In 2007, I retired from the National Park Service and a career dedicated to preserving and interpreting resources and themes in the cultural and natural history of the United States. It was a most rewarding experience. Today, I enjoy living in the rolling hills and woods of the Appalachian Piedmont east of Atlanta.
This week's film is Steven Spielberg's 1941, a comedy released in 1979 and based on the fear of a Japanese attack on California following Pearl Harbor. The film was a financial success for its backers and well received by critics. Unfortunately, it was overshadowed by Spielberg's enormous blockbusters, Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, that appeared in 1975 and 1977. Though viewed as a lesser success, 1941 has entered cult film status due to its casting, homage to film history, Oscar-winning special effects, and comedy genius of John Belushi.
Here's a teaser:
And the official trailer:
Fasten your seat belts and make sure you have plenty of Coke on hand.
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