The Final Countdown (Widescreen Edition)
by Don Taylor
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Actor: James Farentino, Katharine Ross, Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Ron O'NealDirector: Don Taylor
Brand: Ryko Distribution
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Digital Sound, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, Surround Sound, THX, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-03-30
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Blue Underground
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Movie Review: The Final Countdown
Summary: 4 Stars
After catching bits and pieces on TV for years I finally rented this and I am glad I did. Great cast and decent story make this worth seeing. It is indeed a "What if?" story about the aircraft carrier Nimitz being transported in time back to 1941 right before Pearl Harbor was attacked. We know all this before watching it but it is interesting to see how it unfolds. Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katherine Ross, and the rest the cast do a fine job. I recommend this one for the whole family. This is one you can safely purchase and without any concern for someone being offended. Good quality DVD with decent replaybility.
Summary of The Final Countdown (Widescreen Edition)
The time is now. The place is aboard the U.S.S. Nimitz America's mightiest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier on maneuvers in the Pacific Ocean. Suddenly a freak electrical storm engulfs the ship and triggers the impossible: The Nimitz is hurtled back in time to December 6 1941 mere hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. As the enemy fleet speeds towards Hawaii the warship's Captain (Kirk Douglas) a Defense Department expert (Martin Sheen) a maverick Air Wing Commander (James Farentino) and a desperate Senator in the Roosevelt administration (Charles Durning) must choose between the unthinkable. Do they allow the Japanese to complete their murderous invasion or launch a massive counter-strike that will forever change the course of history?Katharine Ross and Ron O'Neal co-star in this spellbinding sci-fi action hit filmed on location aboard the U.S.S. Nimitz with the full participation of the U.S. Navy and the ship's crew. Blue Underground is proud to present THE FINAL COUNTDOWN with an all-new THX-Certified High-Definition Transfer from the original camera negative with remixed 6.1 DTS-ES and 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround EX Soundtracks for the ultimate in explosive home theater excitement.System Requirements: Running Time 102 MinFormat: DVD MOVIEWith a tantalizing "what-if?" scenario and a respectable cast of Hollywood veterans, The Final Countdown plays like a grand-scale episode of The Twilight Zone. It's really no more than that, and time-travel movies have grown far more sophisticated since this popular 1980 release, but there's still some life remaining in the movie's basic premise: What if a modern-era Navy aircraft carrier--in this case the real-life nuclear-powered U.S.S. Nimitz--was caught in an anomalous storm and thrust 40 years backwards in time to the eve of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor? Will the ship's commander (Kirk Douglas) interfere with history? Will the visiting systems analyst (Martin Sheen) convince him not to? Will a rescued senator from 1941 (Charles Durning) play an unexpected role in the future of American politics? Veteran TV director Don Taylor doesn't do much with the ideas posed by this potentially intriguing plot; he seems more interested in satisfying aviation buffs with loving footage of F-14 "Jolly Roger" fighter jets, made possible by the Navy's generous cooperation. That makes The Final Countdown a better Navy film than a full-fledged time-travel fantasy, but there's a nice little twist at the end, and the plot holes are easy to ignore. James Cameron would've done it better, but this popcorn thriller makes an enjoyable double-bill with The Philadelphia Experiment. --Jeff Shannon
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