The Final Countdown
(1980) Trapped outside the boundaries of time and space... 102 aircraft... 6,000 men... all missing. | Released
Ratings
6.6
6.7
40%
Financials
Revenue: $16,647,800
Budget: $12,000,000
Profit: + $4,647,800
Movie Details
Tag Line: Trapped outside the boundaries of time and space... 102 aircraft... 6,000 men... all missing.
Status: Released
Average Rating: 7
Release Date: Jan 31, 1980
Rating: 1980-08-01
Run Time: 1h 43m
Original Language: English
Website: -
Production Countries: United States of America
Production Companies: Bryna Productions , United Artists
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Synopsis
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.
Crew
| Department | Role | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Editing | Editor |
Robert K. Lambert
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| Writing | Screenplay |
David Ambrose
Gerry Davis
Thomas Hunter
Peter Powell
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| Story |
Thomas Hunter
David Ambrose
Peter Powell
|
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| Production | Executive Producer |
Richard R. St. Johns
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| Producer |
Peter Douglas
|
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| Associate Producer |
Lloyd Kaufman
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| Unit Production Manager |
Lloyd Kaufman
|
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| Executive In Charge Of Production |
John W. Hyde
|
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| Sound | Original Music Composer |
John Scott
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| Music Editor |
Milton Lustig
|
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| Sound Effects Editor |
Mark Mangini
Warren Hamilton Jr.
Richard L. Anderson
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| Sound Mixer |
Bruce Bisenz
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| Sound Recordist |
Robert Nichols II
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| Camera | Director of Photography |
Victor J. Kemper
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| Still Photographer |
Jim Coe
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| Camera Operator |
Robert C. Thomas
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| Second Unit Director of Photography |
Stan Lazan
David L. Butler
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| Directing | Director |
Don Taylor
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| Script Supervisor |
Lynn A. Aber
|
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| Second Unit Director |
Robert K. Lambert
J. David Jones
|
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| Second Assistant Director |
Ed Milkovich
Douglas E. Wise
|
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| First Assistant Director |
Pat Kehoe
|
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| Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design |
Ray Summers
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| Makeup Department Head |
Bob Mills
|
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| Hairstylist |
Romaine Greene
|
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| Makeup Artist |
Irving Buchman
|
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| Makeup Supervisor |
Bob Mills
|
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| Visual Effects | Visual Effects |
Maurice Binder
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| Art | Set Decoration |
Dennis Peebles
|
| Assistant Art Director |
Dale Koeppe
|
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| Production Design |
Fernando Carrere
|
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| Construction Coordinator |
William Maldonado
|
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| Property Master |
Kent H. Johnson
|
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| Crew | Stunt Coordinator |
Bill Couch
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| Special Effects |
Garry Elmendorf
Joe Day
Pat Elmendorf
|
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| Unit Publicist |
Jack Casey
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| Stunts |
J. David Jones
Colby Smith
Orwin C. Harvey
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| Lighting | Gaffer |
Earl Gilbert
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| Department | Role | Name |