The Final Countdown (1980)

Another and different Kirk Douglas movie from 1980. The Final Countdown is a sci-fi / action movie starring Kirk Douglas and Martin Sheen. The film is about the USS Nimitz, an American aircraft carrier, being teleported back in time to 1941. The USS Nimitz appears on the morning of the attack on Pearl Harbor, on December 6, 1941. The main theme of the movie is time travel and the possibility of changing history.

The Final Countdown received mixed reviews from critics. Some found the movie interesting and exciting, while others criticized it for the lack of storyline and lack of development of the characters. However, the movie is loved by viewers who are interested in the theme of time travel.

The Final Countdown has been the subject of debate in popular culture for many years, due to its handling of time travel and changing history.

The 1980 film The Final Countdown is about the struggle to prevent the attack on Pearl Harbor, when the USS Nimitz, an American aircraft carrier, is teleported back in time to 1941.

The USS Nimitz appears on the morning of the attack on Pearl Harbor, on December 6, 1941. The crew of the ship realizes that they are in a different time than they were in, and they cannot hide their surprise at this situation. The captain of the ship makes many decisions to understand the situation of the ship's crew and decides to go to Pearl Harbor using the ship's weapon systems.

However, the seriousness of the situation of the ship's crew makes the captain's decision questionable. Realizing that they risk changing history, the captain and crew race against time to decide what to do. The film draws attention as a production that makes the audience think by dealing with time travel and changing history.

There is also a lot of interesting information about the production process of the film, which is already interesting.

• The movie is based on a true event. If the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 had been dealt with in time, history could have progressed differently. The movie is based on this idea.
• The real ship USS Nimitz is used in the movie. The film crew offered the ship's actual crew to act in the film. However, this offer was not accepted.
• The war scenes in the movie were shot using real planes. These scenes were very expensive to shoot.
• In the film, actors living in the time from today until 1980 and people who lived in real time took place together. This situation has made the differences between time zones revealing strikingly.
• The film was considered a fairly large production at that time. Therefore, it was disappointing that it did not achieve the expected success at the box office.
• The soundtrack was composed by John Scott and was highly appreciated by moviegoers.

Director : Don Taylor
Writers : Thomas Hunter (story), Peter Powell (story), David Ambrose (story)
Director of Photography : Victor J. Kemper
Music : John Scott
Production : 1980 - USA - 103 m.
Genre : Action / Adventure / Science Fiction

CAST :

Kirk Douglas

Martin Sheen

Katharine Ross

James Farentino

Ron O'Neal

Charles Durning