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The Final Countdown (1980)

6.6 | Jan 31, 1980 (US) | War, Action, Science Fiction | 01:43
Budget: 12 000 000 | Revenue: 16 647 800

Trapped outside the boundaries of time and space... 102 aircraft... 6,000 men... all missing.

During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in time to 1941—mere hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Featured Crew

Director
Associate Producer, Unit Production Manager
Sound Effects Editor
Screenplay, Story
Stunt Coordinator
Screenplay, Story
Screenplay
Special Effects
Original Music Composer
Music Editor

Cast

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Kirk Douglas
Capt. Matthew Yelland
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Martin Sheen
Warren Lasky
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Katharine Ross
Laurel Scott
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James Farentino
Wing Commander Richard T. Owens
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Ron O'Neal
Commander Dan Thurman
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Charles Durning
Senator Samuel Chapman
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Victor Mohica
Black Cloud
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James Coleman
Lt. Perry
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Soon-Tek Oh
Simura
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Alvin Ing
Lt. Kajima

Teasers

The Final Countdown (1980) - Teaser Trailer

Reviews

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JPV852
8 | May 13, 2021
Pretty fun Twilight Zone-esque movie that was entertaining throughout. Always like the ideas of alternate history and while this doesn't quite change history in the end (and shouldn't given it was Pearl Harbor, not to mention when this movie was released, survivors were only in their early/mid 60s), still was a good time. On the downside, the actual travel through the portal was cheesy and cheap even for 1979/80. **3.75/5** As a side, interesting that only 7 years later, the sons of Kirk Douglas and Martin Sheen will star in Wall Street...