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The Final Countdown (1980)  link to The Final Countdown on IMDb  

Number: 2444

poster The Final Countdown

IMDb Rating:
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6.7/10 (17777 votes)

Country: USA, 103 minutes

Spoken Languages: English, Japanese, Russian

Genre(s): Action, Sci-Fi

Director(s): Don Taylor

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
In 1980, the assistant of the Department of Defense Warren Lasky is assigned by his mysterious chief Richard Tideman to visit the aircraft carrier USS Nimtz commanded by Capt. Matthew Yelland as an observer of the routines. Lasky finds that Wing Commander Richard T. Owens has a great knowledge of history. Out of the blue, the vessel faces a weird storm and they find that they have traveled back in time to the eve of the attack of Pearl Harbor on 06 December 1941. When the two Japanese Zeros attack the motorboat of Senator Samuel Chapman, the crew of the Nimitz rescues the senator and his assistant Laurel Scott. But sooner Lasky learns that the senator had disappeared on that day and Capt. Matthew Yelland is planning to attack the Japanese. Will these actions create a time paradox?

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Cast:

photo Kirk Douglas Kirk Douglas Capt. Matthew Yelland
photo Martin Sheen Martin Sheen Warren Lasky
photo Katharine Ross Katharine Ross Laurel Scott
photo James Farentino James Farentino Cdr. Richard Owens / Mr.Tideman
photo Ron O'Neal Ron O'Neal Cdr. Dan Thurman

Medium: Unknown,

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1