The Final Countdown
The Final Countdown
Release: 1980-01-31
·Runtime: 103m
·★ 6.6
War
Action
Science Fiction
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Bryna Productions
United Artists
Cast
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
Soon-Tek Oh
as Simura
Alvin Ing
as Lt. Kajima
Lloyd Kaufman
as LCdr. Kaufman
Dan Fitzgerald
as Navy Doctor
Harold Bergman
as Bellman
Gary Morgan
as Helicopter Crewman
Robert Goodman
as Enlisted Man
Edward Andrews
as USS Nimitz Crew Doctor
Crew
David Ambrose
Screenplay
Gerry Davis
Screenplay
Thomas Hunter
Screenplay
John Scott
Original Music Composer
Victor J. Kemper
Director of Photography
Don Taylor
Director
Lloyd Kaufman
Associate Producer
Maurice Binder
Visual Effects
Mark Mangini
Sound Effects Editor
Richard L. Anderson
Sound Effects Editor
Kent H. Johnson
Property Master
Lloyd Kaufman
Unit Production Manager
Thomas Hunter
Story
David Ambrose
Story