The Final Countdown
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The Final Countdown

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

1980 1h 43m ★ 6.6 (651 votes) Released

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

Screenplay

David Ambrose

Screenplay

Gerry Davis

Screenplay

Thomas Hunter

Rating
6.6
Runtime
103 min
Budget
$12.0M
Revenue
$16.6M
Profit/Loss
+4.6M

Production

Bryna Productions
United Artists United Artists

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JPV852
★ 8/10 May 13, 2021

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...

Keywords

airplaneworld war iitime travelpearl harborpacific warnaval warfare1940s1980sjapaneseuss nimitz

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