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The Final Countdown is a 1980 American science fiction, war, and mystery film directed by Don Taylor. The screenplay was written by Gerry Davis, David Ambrose, and Thomas Hunter, with Peter Douglas serving as producer and Kirk Douglas as executive producer. The cast includes Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross, and James Farentino. The story involves time travel and centers on an aircraft carrier that encounters events related to the Attack on Pearl Harbor and World War II.
The film has a runtime of 103 minutes and was produced on a budget of 12,000,000 to 12,500,000. It grossed 16,647,800 at the box office. Distributed by United Artists and Netflix, it is available via video on demand. The movie received a PG rating and earned one win and two nominations for awards. Critical assessments include a score of 5.9/10, a 52% rating, and a 51/100 Metascore.
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6.6During 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.
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
Themes
- airplane
- world war ii
- time travel
- pearl harbor
- pacific war
- naval warfare
- 1940s
- 1980s
- japanese
- uss nimitz
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Ratings
IMDb
6.7/10
29,416 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
52%
Metacritic
51/100
- Year
- 1980
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- seamanship
- Director
- Don Taylor
- Screenwriter
- David Ambrose
- Cast member
- Soon-Tek Oh
- Composer
- John Scott
- Producer
- Peter Douglas
- Cinematographer
- Victor J. Kemper
- Duration
- 103
- FilmAffinity ID
- 231849
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- F-14A Tomcats of VF-84 during The Final Countdown filming 1979.jpg
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- Commons category
- The Final Countdown (film, 1980)
- publication date
- 1980-07-09
- title
- The Final Countdown
- distributed by
- United Artists
- described at URL
- app2.atmovies.com.tw/film/ffen40080736
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- ship
- review score
- 51/100
- capital cost
- 12500000
- box office
- 16647800
- executive producer
- Kirk Douglas
- form of creative work
- feature film
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