The Final Countdown
Trapped outside the boundaries of time and space... 102 aircraft... 6,000 men... all missing.
1980
Rated
PG
103
minutes
Action, Science Fiction, War
Directed By:
Don Taylor
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.
Language
English
Release Date
January 31, 1980
Budget
$12,000,000
Revenue
$16,647,800
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
Soon-Tek Oh
Simura
Alvin Ing
Lt. Kajima
Lloyd Kaufman
LCdr. Kaufman
Dan Fitzgerald
Navy Doctor
Peter Douglas
Quartermaster
Joe Lowry
Cdr. Damon
Ted Richert
Tideman's Assistant
Mark Thomas
Marine Cpl. Kullman
Harold Bergman
Bellman
George Warren
Tideman's Bodyguard
Richard Liberty
LCdr. Moss
Gary Morgan
Helicopter Crewman
Phil Philbin
Admiral
Robert Goodman
Enlisted Man
Neil Ronco
Harvey
Bill Couch
Durrell (as William Couch)
Jack McDermott
Wynn
Masayuki Yamazuki
Togawa
George H. Strohsahl Jr.
Air Boss
Ronald R. Stoops
Navigator
Kenneth J. Jaskolski
Assistant Air Boss
Sergei M. Kowalchik
Crewman
Jake Dennis
Helicopter Pilot
Jim Toone
Helicopter Co-Pilot
Edward J. Deats
Chief
Robert L. Huffman
Radio Officer
James R. Augustus
Jr. Officer Of The Deck
Sam P. Baldwin
Lee Helmsman
Ronnie J. Ellis
Captain's Aide
Timothy W. Gersbacher
Enlisted Man
Wayne L. Flesher
Enlisted Man
William S. Frost
Enlisted Man
David H. Signor
Enlisted Man
Tommy Abel
USS Nimitz Crew
Andrew Akerson
USS Nimitz Crew
Edward Andrews
USS Nimitz Crew
Nick L. Anelli
USS Nimitz Crew
Frank R. Arko
USS Nimitz Crew
Show Full Crew
Writing
David Ambrose
Screenplay
David Ambrose
Story
Thomas Hunter
Screenplay
Thomas Hunter
Story
Gerry Davis
Screenplay
Peter Powell
Screenplay
Peter Powell
Story
Production
Lloyd Kaufman
Associate Producer
Lloyd Kaufman
Unit Production Manager
John W. Hyde
Executive In Charge Of Production
Peter Douglas
Producer
Richard R. St. Johns
Executive Producer
Editing
Directing
Don Taylor
Director
Pat Kehoe
First Assistant Director
Douglas E. Wise
Second Assistant Director
Ed Milkovich
Second Assistant Director
Robert K. Lambert
Second Unit Director
Lynn A. Aber
Script Supervisor
J. David Jones
Second Unit Director
Camera
Victor J. Kemper
Director of Photography
David L. Butler
Second Unit Director of Photography
Robert C. Thomas
Camera Operator
Stan Lazan
Second Unit Director of Photography
Jim Coe
Still Photographer
Sound
Richard L. Anderson
Sound Effects Editor
Mark A. Mangini
Sound Effects Editor
Warren Hamilton Jr.
Sound Effects Editor
Milton Lustig
Music Editor
Robert Nichols II
Sound Recordist
John Scott
Original Music Composer
Bruce Bisenz
Sound Mixer
Visual Effects
Costume & Make-Up
Romaine Greene
Hairstylist
Bob Mills
Makeup Department Head
Bob Mills
Makeup Supervisor
Irving Buchman
Makeup Artist
Ray Summers
Costume Design
Art
Kent H. Johnson
Property Master
Fernando Carrere
Production Design
William Maldonado
Construction Coordinator
Dennis Peebles
Set Decoration
Dale Koeppe
Assistant Art Director
Crew
Bill Couch
Stunt Coordinator
Garry Elmendorf
Special Effects
Orwin C. Harvey
Stunts
Joe Day
Special Effects
Colby Smith
Stunts
Jack Casey
Unit Publicist
Pat Elmendorf
Special Effects
J. David Jones
Stunts
Lighting