The Final Countdown (1980)

01/31/1980 (US) • 1h 43m

War, Action, Science Fiction

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

Overview

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.

Top Billed 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


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$12,000,000.00

Revenue

$16,647,800.00

Keywords

airplane

world war ii

time travel

pearl harbor

pacific war

naval warfare

1940s

1980s

japanese

uss nimitz

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