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The Final Countdown

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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The Final Countdown

January 31, 1980
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Cast (46)

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
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)
Kenneth J. Jaskolski
Assistant Air Boss
Jake Dennis
Helicopter Pilot
Jim Toone
Helicopter Co-Pilot
Robert L. Huffman
Radio Officer
James R. Augustus
Jr. Officer Of The Deck
Sam P. Baldwin
Lee Helmsman
Ronnie J. Ellis
Captain's Aide
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

Crew (52)

Directing

Don Taylor
Director
Pat Kehoe
First Assistant Director
Ed Milkovich
Second Assistant Director
Robert K. Lambert
Second Unit Director
Douglas E. Wise
Second Assistant Director
Lynn A. Aber
Script Supervisor
J. David Jones
Second Unit Director

Writing

David Ambrose
Screenplay
Thomas Hunter
Screenplay
Gerry Davis
Screenplay
Peter Powell
Screenplay

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

Sound

Mark Mangini
Sound Effects Editor
John Scott
Original Music Composer
Richard L. Anderson
Sound Effects Editor
Milton Lustig
Music Editor
Warren Hamilton Jr.
Sound Effects Editor
Bruce Bisenz
Sound Mixer
Robert Nichols II
Sound Recordist

Art

Fernando Carrere
Production Design
Kent H. Johnson
Property Master
William Maldonado
Construction Coordinator
Dale Koeppe
Assistant Art Director
Dennis Peebles
Set Decoration

Camera

Victor J. Kemper
Director of Photography
David L. Butler
Second Unit Director of Photography
Stan Lazan
Second Unit Director of Photography
Robert C. Thomas
Camera Operator
Jim Coe
Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

Irving Buchman
Makeup Artist
Ray Summers
Costume Design
Bob Mills
Makeup Department Head
Bob Mills
Makeup Supervisor
Romaine Greene
Hairstylist

Crew

Bill Couch
Stunt Coordinator
Garry Elmendorf
Special Effects
Jack Casey
Unit Publicist
Colby Smith
Stunts
Pat Elmendorf
Special Effects
Joe Day
Special Effects

Editing

Lighting

Visual Effects

Maurice Binder
Visual Effects