Charles Durning, James C. Lawrence, James Farentino

Special features on this bonus disc for The Final Countdown -- about a very different outcome of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor -- include an interview with the film's associate producer, Lloyd K...( read more  read more... )aufman, interviews with the Jolly Rogers F-14 Fighter Squadron, poster and still galleries, a biography of star Kirk Douglas and more.

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PG, 102 min.

Directed by: Don Taylor

Release Date: August 1, 1980

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DVD Release Date: March 27, 2007

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  • August 15, 2007
    ITS THE FINAL COUNTDOWN DUM DE DUM
  • March 3, 2007
    Enjoyable time travel fantasy that dumps a modern day aircraft carrier in the path of the attacking japanese force on the eve of Pearl Harbor. Kirk Douglas and Martin Sheen add weight to the cast, and although the idea isn't fully fleshed out, and the direction rather lacklustre ...( read more)and "TV movie", it's still an entertaining diversion. Fans of TV series Quantum Leap will love it.
  • August 16, 2007
    Great film for its time...
  • November 2, 2009
    Un clasico de la Sci-Fi. El USS Nimitz viaja en el tiempo hasta justo antes del ataque a Pearl Harbor. F14s vs Zeros japoneses. Wow!
  • August 15, 2009
    Good movie with a good plot, which raises the question: If we went back in time, do we have the right to change history for the better?
  • July 11, 2009
    Every- now and then there's a movie on paper that you think you should like but don't. All the main actors I truly enjoy. (Kirk Douglas! Martin Sheen! Katherine Ross!) It has time travel in it, WW2 stuff and a bit of a love story. I should like this movie. Unfortunately the whole...( read more) movie falls very, very flat. GREAT concept, but terribly boring execution and suffers from too much "what was the point of this movie?" This movie also suffers from a good case of "the navy let us actually shoot on a naval carrier! How COOL is THAT?! Let's get lots of military porn in there! Let's use every shot we can! Look at those jets soar!"

    This is one of those few cases where I honestly think a remake would be interesting. Good concept and idea, terrible execution.
  • July 9, 2009
    Great, great movie. Solid actors, direction, and photography. A modern-day aircraft carrier ends up in the middle of the Pacific Dec. 6, 1941 with a huge ethical dilemma: whether to turn the firepower of the USS Nimitz against the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. This f...( read more)ilm has an ending that will make you sit up, slackjawed, and say "OMG"!
  • June 30, 2009
    No guitars, no soaring keyboard intros and no teased out hair. You call this glam rock?
  • June 17, 2009
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  • April 6, 2009
    Interesting Philadelphia Experiment stuff. Time travel. Interesting.

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