The Final Countdown

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

6.6(676)19801h 43m

WarActionScience Fiction

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.

Director

Don Taylor

Budget

$12.0M

Revenue

$16.6M

John Scott: The Final Countdown (1980) / Symphonic Suite

Featurette

Cast

Kirk Douglas

Capt. Matthew Yelland

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

James Coleman

Lt. Perry

Soon-Tek Oh

Simura

Alvin Ing

Lt. Kajima

Lloyd Kaufman

LCdr. Kaufman

Dan Fitzgerald

Navy Doctor

News and articles

Reviews

1 review

JPV852

5y ago

8.0

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 e...