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The Final Countdown

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Calorie Rating: 145
Released: 1980-01-31
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 103 Minutes
Budget: 12000000
Revenue 16647800
Studios: Bryna Productions, United Artists,


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.

Director / Directors

Don Taylor
Director
Lynn A. Aber
Script Supervisor
Pat Kehoe
First Assistant Director

J. David Jones
Second Unit Director
Ed Milkovich
Second Assistant Director
Robert K. Lambert
Second Unit Director

Douglas E. Wise
Second Assistant Director


Cast

Kirk Douglas
Character: Capt. Matthew Yelland
Martin Sheen
Character: Warren Lasky
Katharine Ross
Character: Laurel Scott

James Farentino
Character: Wing Commander Richard T. Owens
Ron O'Neal
Character: Commander Dan Thurman
Charles Durning
Character: Senator Samuel Chapman

Victor Mohica
Character: Black Cloud
James Coleman
Character: Lt. Perry
Soon-Tek Oh
Character: Simura

Alvin Ing
Character: Lt. Kajima
Lloyd Kaufman
Character: LCdr. Kaufman
Dan Fitzgerald
Character: Navy Doctor

Peter Douglas
Character: Quartermaster
Joe Lowry
Character: Cdr. Damon
Ted Richert
Character: Tideman's Assistant

Mark Thomas
Character: Marine Cpl. Kullman
Harold Bergman
Character: Bellman
George Warren
Character: Tideman's Bodyguard

Richard Liberty
Character: LCdr. Moss
Gary Morgan
Character: Helicopter Crewman
Phil Philbin
Character: Admiral

Robert Goodman
Character: Enlisted Man
Neil Ronco
Character: Harvey
Bill Couch
Character: Durrell (as William Couch)

Jack McDermott
Character: Wynn
Masayuki Yamazuki
Character: Togawa
George H. Strohsahl Jr.
Character: Air Boss

Ronald R. Stoops
Character: Navigator
Kenneth J. Jaskolski
Character: Assistant Air Boss
Sergei M. Kowalchik
Character: Crewman

Jake Dennis
Character: Helicopter Pilot
Jim Toone
Character: Helicopter Co-Pilot
Edward J. Deats
Character: Chief

Robert L. Huffman
Character: Radio Officer
James R. Augustus
Character: Jr. Officer Of The Deck
Sam P. Baldwin
Character: Lee Helmsman

Ronnie J. Ellis
Character: Captain's Aide
Timothy W. Gersbacher
Character: Enlisted Man
Wayne L. Flesher
Character: Enlisted Man

William S. Frost
Character: Enlisted Man
David H. Signor
Character: Enlisted Man
Tommy Abel
Character: USS Nimitz Crew

Andrew Akerson
Character: USS Nimitz Crew
Edward Andrews
Character: USS Nimitz Crew
Nick L. Anelli
Character: USS Nimitz Crew

Frank R. Arko
Character: USS Nimitz Crew


Production and Crew

Victor J. Kemper
Director of Photography
John Scott
Original Music Composer

Richard R. St. Johns
Executive Producer
David Ambrose
Screenplay
Gerry Davis
Screenplay

Thomas Hunter
Screenplay
Peter Powell
Screenplay

Maurice Binder
Visual Effects
Ray Summers
Costume Design
Lloyd Kaufman
Associate Producer

Fernando Carrere
Production Design
Romaine Greene
Hairstylist
Bill Couch
Stunt Coordinator

Irving Buchman
Makeup Artist
Richard L. Anderson
Sound Effects Editor
Milton Lustig
Music Editor

Mark A. Mangini
Sound Effects Editor
Bob Mills
Makeup Department Head

Robert C. Thomas
Camera Operator
William Maldonado
Construction Coordinator
Garry Elmendorf
Special Effects

Jack Casey
Unit Publicist
Dale Koeppe
Assistant Art Director
Pat Elmendorf
Special Effects

Jim Coe
Still Photographer
Warren Hamilton Jr.
Sound Effects Editor
Joe Day
Special Effects

Dennis Peebles
Set Decoration
Stan Lazan
Second Unit Director of Photography
Robert Nichols II
Sound Recordist

Kent H. Johnson
Property Master
David L. Butler
Second Unit Director of Photography
Bruce Bisenz
Sound Mixer


Bob Mills
Makeup Supervisor
Lloyd Kaufman
Unit Production Manager
John W. Hyde
Executive In Charge Of Production