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The Final Countdown (1980)
Director: Don Taylor
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
What happens when the mighty US aircraft carrier 'Nimitz' is carried through a timewarp to find itself off Pearl Harbor minutes before the Japs attack in 1941? An idea worthy of Harlan Ellison, but disappointingly fumbled. Taylor handles most of the aircraft carrier material like a recruiting film, and though the script manages a few deft twists and turns, and even a neat final frisson, it ultimately works more on the tease level of a TV episode than as a movie. Sheen's performance, as always, is engagingly low-key.Author: DP
Cast & crew
Director: Don Taylor
Producer: Peter Douglas
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross, James Farentino, Ron O'Neal, Charles Durning full cast
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Duration: 105 mins
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