Movie #: Title:   Year: 1980         IMDB mediatype
Genre: Director:     IMDB   Rating:  PG  Box Set? box set?

FileNameRunTimeFileSize(MB)
0975 The Final Countdown.mp41:430
Actors & their characters
Kirk DouglasFilter 
Martin SheenFilter 
Katherine RossFilter 
James FarentinoFilter 

Synopsis

It is 1980 and the USS Nimitz, a modern-day nuclear aircraft carrier, puts to sea off of Pearl Harbor for routine exercises. After encountering a strange storm and losing all contact with the US Pacific Fleet, nuclear war with the Soviet Union is assumed and the USS Nimitz arms herself for battle. However, after encountering Japanese Zero scout planes and finding Pearl Harbor filled with pre-World War II battleships, it is realized that the storm the Nimitz went through caused the ship to travel back in time: to December 6th, 1941. The crew must decide whether to launch a preemptive strike against the incoming Japanese carrier fleet with their more advanced air wing, or allow history to take its course  

More Info

The Final Countdown was briefly available as a poor-quality DVD from Pacific Family Entertainment, and it's safe to say that Blue Underground's new THX-approved high-definition transfer is the best the film has ever looked on home video. The 5.1 Dolby Digital EX and 6.1 DTS ES tracks are limited by their source material, however, and don't have quite the oomph or surround effects one would wish for in the aerial-dogfight scenes. --David Horiuchi