Film

The Final Countdown

1980 · 1h 43m · War · Action · Science Fiction

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

IMDb

6.7

Rotten Tomatoes

52%

Metacritic

51

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.

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

Peter Douglas

Quartermaster

Joe Lowry

Cdr. Damon

Ted Richert

Tideman's Assistant

Mark Thomas

Marine Cpl. Kullman

• Don TaylorDirector
• David AmbroseScreenplay · Story
• Gerry DavisScreenplay
• Thomas HunterScreenplay · Story
• Peter PowellScreenplay · Story
• Peter DouglasProducer
• Richard R. St. JohnsExecutive Producer
• Victor J. KemperDirector of Photography
• John ScottOriginal Music Composer
• Robert K. LambertEditor

Trailer #2Trailer #1The Final Countdown (1980) - Teaser Trailer

Release date

January 31, 1980

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

PG

Budget

$12,000,000

Revenue

$16,647,800

Genres

War, Action, Science Fiction

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