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...
The Final Countdown
“Trapped outside the boundaries of time and space... 102 aircraft... 6,000 men... all missing.”
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.
Quick Stats
6.6
TMDB Rating
699
Votes
1h 43m
Runtime
$12.0M
Budget
$16.6M
Box Office
139%
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Key Crew
DirectorDon Taylor
WriterDavid Ambrose
CinematographyVictor J. Kemper
ComposerJohn Scott
EditorRobert K. Lambert
Production DesignDennis Peebles
Produced by
Bryna ProductionsUnited Artists
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Critics & Reviews
1 featuredCast
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
J
James Coleman
Lt. Perry
Soon-Tek Oh
Simura
Alvin Ing
Lt. Kajima
Lloyd Kaufman
LCdr. Kaufman
Dan Fitzgerald
Navy Doctor
P
Peter Douglas
Quartermaster
J
Joe Lowry
Cdr. Damon
T
Ted Richert
Tideman's Assistant
