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The Final Countdown
Trapped outside the boundaries of time and space... 102 aircraft... 6,000 men... all missing.
Trapped outside the boundaries of time and space... 102 aircraft... 6...
Action, Science Fiction, War - 1980
The Final Countdown
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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.
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Details

Runtime:
103 min
Release date:
31 Jan 1980
Country:
US
Languages:
Russian, English, Japanese
Budget:
$12,000,000
Revenue:
$16,647,800
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
As a documentary on the USS Nimitz, The Final Countdown is wonderful. As entertainment, however, it has the feeling of a telepic that strayed onto the big screen.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
rotten:
It's filled with technology, special effects and action. But it just doesn't make any sense.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
rotten:
The special effects are funnier than, I suspect, they were intended to be.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
30 Aug 2004
rotten:
An idea worthy of Harlan Ellison, but disappointingly fumbled.
– ,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
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