The Final Countdown
1980 · Movie · PG · 103 min · ★ 6.6
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.
Also known as U.S.S. Nimitz: Lost in the Pacific
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Details
- Years
- 1980
- Release date
- 1980-01-31
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (667 votes)
- Box office
- $16,647,800
- Budget
- $12,500,000
Themes
- airplane
- world war ii
- time travel
- pearl harbor
- pacific war
- naval warfare
- 1940s
- 1980s
- japanese
- uss nimitz
Cast & crew
Kirk Douglas
as Capt. Matthew Yelland
Martin Sheen
as Warren Lasky
Katharine Ross
as Laurel Scott
James Farentino
as Wing Commander Richard T. Owens
Ron O'Neal
as Commander Dan Thurman
Charles Durning
as Senator Samuel Chapman
Victor Mohica
as Black Cloud
- JC
James Coleman
as Lt. Perry
Soon-Tek Oh
as Simura
Alvin Ing
as Lt. Kajima
Directed by Don Taylor