FEATURE FILM

The Final Countdown

6.6/10
TMDB715 votes
1980Original: English103 min

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.

Genres: War, Action, Science Fiction
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross, James Farentino, Ron O'Neal

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About The Final Countdown

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

The Final Countdown (1980) is a film in the war, action, science fiction genres. Directed by Don Taylor. The cast includes Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross, James Farentino.

Released
1980-01-31
Original language
English
Runtime
103 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
United States of America
Production companies
Bryna Productions, United Artists
Directors
Don Taylor
Writers
David Ambrose, Gerry Davis, Thomas Hunter, Peter Powell

The Final Countdown cast & characters

Audience reviews

6.6/10 from 715 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

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TMDB member review

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.…

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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...

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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.

Who stars in The Final Countdown?

Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross, James Farentino, Ron O'Neal, Charles Durning. See the cast cards above for character names.

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