The Final Countdown

The Final Countdown (1980)

Released: 1980-01-31 Duration: 1hr 43min
Rating 6.6
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.

Production Companies

Bryna Productions
United Artists
United Artists

Additional Info

Budget $12,000,000.00
Revenue $16,647,800.00
Original Language en
Popularity 16.404

Directed By

Don Taylor

Crew

Screenplay
David Ambrose
Executive Producer
Richard R. St. Johns
Director
Don Taylor
Director of Photography
Victor J. Kemper
Screenplay
Thomas Hunter
Screenplay
Gerry Davis
Screenplay
Peter Powell
Original Music Composer
John Scott
Producer
Peter Douglas
Costume Design
Ray Summers
Visual Effects
Maurice Binder
Associate Producer
Lloyd Kaufman
Sound Effects Editor
Warren Hamilton Jr.
Sound Effects Editor
Mark Mangini
Set Decoration
Dennis Peebles
Sound Effects Editor
Richard L. Anderson
Special Effects
Pat Elmendorf
Hairstylist
Romaine Greene
Camera Operator
Robert C. Thomas
Makeup Department Head
Bob Mills
Production Design
Fernando Carrere
Makeup Artist
Irving Buchman
Special Effects
Joe Day
Construction Coordinator
William Maldonado
Stunt Coordinator
Bill Couch
Music Editor
Milton Lustig
Gaffer
Earl Gilbert
Unit Publicist
Jack Casey
Assistant Art Director
Dale Koeppe
Special Effects
Garry Elmendorf
Still Photographer
Jim Coe
Script Supervisor
Lynn A. Aber
Sound Mixer
Bruce Bisenz
Second Unit Director of Photography
David L. Butler
Property Master
Kent H. Johnson
Sound Recordist
Robert Nichols II
Second Unit Director of Photography
Stan Lazan
Unit Production Manager
Lloyd Kaufman
Second Unit Director
J. David Jones
Makeup Supervisor
Bob Mills
Second Assistant Director
Ed Milkovich
First Assistant Director
Pat Kehoe
Executive In Charge Of Production
John W. Hyde
Second Unit Director
Robert K. Lambert
Stunts
Colby Smith
Second Assistant Director
Douglas E. Wise

TOP CAST

Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas

Capt. Matthew Yelland

Martin Sheen
Martin Sheen

Warren Lasky

Katharine Ross
Katharine Ross

Laurel Scott

James Farentino
James Farentino

Wing Commander Richard T. Owens

Ron O'Neal
Ron O'Neal

Commander Dan Thurman

Charles Durning
Charles Durning

Senator Samuel Chapman

Victor Mohica
Victor Mohica

Black Cloud

James Coleman
James Coleman

Lt. Perry

Soon-Tek Oh
Soon-Tek Oh

Simura

Alvin Ing
Alvin Ing

Lt. Kajima

Lloyd Kaufman
Lloyd Kaufman

LCdr. Kaufman

Dan Fitzgerald
Dan Fitzgerald

Navy Doctor

Peter Douglas
Peter Douglas

Quartermaster

Joe Lowry
Joe Lowry

Cdr. Damon

Ted Richert
Ted Richert

Tideman's Assistant

Mark Thomas
Mark Thomas

Marine Cpl. Kullman

George Warren
George Warren

Tideman's Bodyguard

Richard Liberty
Richard Liberty

LCdr. Moss

Gary Morgan
Gary Morgan

Helicopter Crewman

Phil Philbin
Phil Philbin

Admiral

Robert Goodman
Robert Goodman

Enlisted Man

Neil Ronco
Neil Ronco

Harvey

Bill Couch
Bill Couch

Durrell (as William Couch)

Kenneth J. Jaskolski
Kenneth J. Jaskolski

Assistant Air Boss

Jake Dennis
Jake Dennis

Helicopter Pilot

Jim Toone
Jim Toone

Helicopter Co-Pilot

Robert L. Huffman
Robert L. Huffman

Radio Officer

James R. Augustus
James R. Augustus

Jr. Officer Of The Deck

Sam P. Baldwin
Sam P. Baldwin

Lee Helmsman

Ronnie J. Ellis
Ronnie J. Ellis

Captain's Aide

Wayne L. Flesher
Wayne L. Flesher

Enlisted Man

William S. Frost
William S. Frost

Enlisted Man

David H. Signor
David H. Signor

Enlisted Man

Tommy Abel
Tommy Abel

USS Nimitz Crew

Andrew Akerson
Andrew Akerson

USS Nimitz Crew

Edward Andrews
Edward Andrews

USS Nimitz Crew

Nick L. Anelli
Nick L. Anelli

USS Nimitz Crew

Frank R. Arko
Frank R. Arko

USS Nimitz Crew

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