War ·Action ·Science Fiction · United States of America · 1980 · 1h 43m

The Final Countdown

The Final Countdown poster
Director
Don Taylor
Cast
Kirk Douglas as Capt. Matthew Yelland Martin Sheen as Warren Lasky Katharine Ross as Laurel Scott James Farentino as Wing Commander Richard T. Owens Ron O'Neal as Commander Dan Thurman Charles Durning as Senator Samuel Chapman
Crew
Victor J. Kemper — Director of Photography Robert K. Lambert — Editor John Scott — Original Music Composer David Ambrose — Screenplay Gerry Davis — Screenplay Thomas Hunter — Screenplay
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

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Mood & Themes
airplaneworld war iitime travelpearl harborpacific warnaval warfare1940s1980sjapaneseuss nimitz
Key Collaborators
Don Taylor Director Victor J. Kemper Director of Photography Robert K. Lambert Editor John Scott Original Music Composer David Ambrose Screenplay Gerry Davis Screenplay Thomas Hunter Screenplay Peter Powell Screenplay Thomas Hunter Story David Ambrose Story Peter Powell Story Peter Douglas Producer
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