The Final Countdown (film)
1980 film by Don Taylor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Final Countdown is a 1980 American science fiction war film about a modern nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that travels through time to the day before the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. Produced by Peter Douglas and Lloyd Kaufman (founder of Troma Entertainment) and directed by Don Taylor, the film contains an ensemble cast starring Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, James Farentino, Katharine Ross and Charles Durning.
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Directed by | Don Taylor |
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Cinematography | Victor J. Kemper |
Edited by | Robert K. Lambert |
Music by | John Scott |
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Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | English Japanese |
Budget | $12.5 million[1] |
Box office | $16.6 million[2] |
This was the final film by Don Taylor. Kaufman also served as an associate producer and had a minor acting role.
The film was produced with the cooperation of the United States Navy's naval aviation branch and the United States Department of Defense. It was set and filmed on board USS Nimitz (CVN-68), filming operations of the modern nuclear warship, which had been launched in the early 1970s. The Final Countdown was a moderate success at the box office.