description The Final Countdown Overview
The Final Countdown (1980) depicts a contemporary aircraft carrier’s unexpected journey to December 7, 1941, preceding the attack on Pearl Harbor. Directed by Don Taylor, the film features Kirk Douglas and other actors in a science fiction war narrative. It was Taylor's last directorial work before his retirement from filmmaking.
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info The Final Countdown Specifications
| Country | United States |
| Year | 1980 |
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What date does the USS Nimitz travel back to in The Final Countdown?
The modern carrier is thrown back to December 6, 1941, one day before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The crew therefore has a chance to see the attack coming and must decide whether to interfere. [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003652683/)
Which aircraft carrier is in The Final Countdown?
The ship is the USS Nimitz, a contemporary nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the film's 1980 setting. The real Nimitz also supplied the film's main ship exteriors. [Film reference](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Countdown_%28film%29)
Who stars in The Final Countdown?
Kirk Douglas plays Captain Matthew Yelland, with Martin Sheen as Warren Lasky and Katharine Ross as Laurel Scott. Don Taylor directed the 1980 science-fiction war film. [Film reference](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Countdown_%28film%29)
Can the crew stop Pearl Harbor in The Final Countdown?
That is the film's central moral and military dilemma: the Nimitz crew has weapons and knowledge that could change December 7, 1941. The story also makes clear that the time storm may return, so changing history is not a simple victory condition. [Film reference](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Countdown_%28film%29)
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