Movie Cosmos - The Final Countdown

Description:

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.

Top Cast >

Kirk Douglas

As Capt. Matthew Yelland

Martin Sheen

As Warren Lasky

Katharine Ross

As Laurel Scott

James Farentino

As Wing Commander Richard T. Owens

Ron O'Neal

As Commander Dan Thurman

Charles Durning

As Senator Samuel Chapman

Victor Mohica

As Black Cloud

James Coleman

As Lt. Perry

Soon-Tek Oh

As Simura

Alvin Ing

As Lt. Kajima

Lloyd Kaufman

As LCdr. Kaufman

Dan Fitzgerald

As Navy Doctor

Peter Douglas

As Quartermaster

Joe Lowry

As Cdr. Damon

Ted Richert

As Tideman's Assistant

Mark Thomas

As Marine Cpl. Kullman

Harold Bergman

As Bellman

George Warren

As Tideman's Bodyguard

Richard Liberty

As LCdr. Moss

Gary Morgan

As Helicopter Crewman

Phil Philbin

As Admiral

Robert Goodman

As Enlisted Man

Neil Ronco

As Harvey

Bill Couch

As Durrell (as William Couch)

Jack McDermott

As Wynn

Masayuki Yamazuki

As Togawa

George H. Strohsahl Jr.

As Air Boss

Ronald R. Stoops

As Navigator

Kenneth J. Jaskolski

As Assistant Air Boss

Sergei M. Kowalchik

As Crewman

Jake Dennis

As Helicopter Pilot

Jim Toone

As Helicopter Co-Pilot

Edward J. Deats

As Chief

Robert L. Huffman

As Radio Officer

James R. Augustus

As Jr. Officer Of The Deck

Sam P. Baldwin

As Lee Helmsman

Ronnie J. Ellis

As Captain's Aide

Timothy W. Gersbacher

As Enlisted Man

Wayne L. Flesher

As Enlisted Man

William S. Frost

As Enlisted Man

David H. Signor

As Enlisted Man

Tommy Abel

As USS Nimitz Crew

Andrew Akerson

As USS Nimitz Crew

Nick L. Anelli

As USS Nimitz Crew

Frank R. Arko

As USS Nimitz Crew

Edward Andrews

As USS Nimitz Crew Doctor

Top Crew >

Don Taylor

Director

Robert K. Lambert

Editor, Second Unit Director

David Ambrose

Screenplay, Story

Richard R. St. Johns

Executive Producer

Victor J. Kemper

Director of Photography

Thomas Hunter

Screenplay, Story

Gerry Davis

Screenplay

Peter Powell

Screenplay, Story

John Scott

Original Music Composer

Peter Douglas

Producer

Ray Summers

Costume Design

Maurice Binder

Visual Effects

Lloyd Kaufman

Associate Producer, Unit Production Manager

Warren Hamilton Jr.

Sound Effects Editor

Mark Mangini

Sound Effects Editor

Dennis Peebles

Set Decoration

Richard L. Anderson

Sound Effects Editor

Pat Elmendorf

Special Effects

Romaine Greene

Hairstylist

Robert C. Thomas

Camera Operator

Bob Mills

Makeup Department Head, Makeup Supervisor

Fernando Carrere

Production Design

Irving Buchman

Makeup Artist

Joe Day

Special Effects

William Maldonado

Construction Coordinator

Bill Couch

Stunt Coordinator

Milton Lustig

Music Editor

Earl Gilbert

Gaffer

Jack Casey

Unit Publicist

Dale Koeppe

Assistant Art Director

Garry Elmendorf

Special Effects

Jim Coe

Still Photographer

Lynn A. Aber

Script Supervisor

Bruce Bisenz

Sound Mixer

David L. Butler

Second Unit Director of Photography

Kent H. Johnson

Property Master

Robert Nichols II

Sound Recordist

Stan Lazan

Second Unit Director of Photography

J. David Jones

Second Unit Director, Stunts

Ed Milkovich

Second Assistant Director

Pat Kehoe

First Assistant Director

John W. Hyde

Executive In Charge Of Production

Orwin C. Harvey

Stunts

Colby Smith

Stunts

Douglas E. Wise

Second Assistant Director

Reviews:

JPV852 (8/10)

Pretty fun Twilight Zone-esque movie that was entertaining throughout. Always like the ideas of alternate history and while this doesn't quite change history in the end (and shouldn't given it was Pearl Harbor, not to mention when this movie was released, survivors were only in their early/mid 60s), still was a good time. On the downside, the actual travel through the portal was cheesy and cheap even for 1979/80. 3.75/5

As a side, interesting that only 7 years later, the sons of Kirk Douglas and Martin Sheen will star in Wall Street...

2021-05-13