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The Final Countdown
“Trapped outside the boundaries of time and space... 102 aircraft... 6,000 men... all missing.”
6.6 / 10• 1980• 1h 43m•PG• English
WarActionScience Fiction
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Kirk Douglas
Capt. Matthew Yelland
Lead
Martin Sheen
Warren Lasky
Katharine Ross
Laurel Scott
James Farentino
Wing Commander Richard T. Owens
Ron O'Neal
Commander Dan Thurman
Charles Durning
Senator Samuel Chapman
Victor Mohica
Black Cloud
JC
James Coleman
Lt. Perry
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Don Taylor's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Final Countdown is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
