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The Final Countdown (1980) is streaming on Amazon Prime. Also available to free on Kanopy.
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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.
A modern aircraft carrier suddenly finds itself drifting through a temporal storm and into the middle of the pre-Pearl Harbor era. This collision of eras forces a desperate choice between following history or attempting to rewrite it with 1980s firepower.
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Don Taylor
Cast
Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross, James Farentino, Ron O'Neal, Charles Durning, Victor Mohica, James Coleman, Soon-Tek Oh, Alvin Ing
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The Final Countdown
You can watch The Final Countdown (1980) for free on Kanopy, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.
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Director
Don Taylor
Cast
Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross, James Farentino, Ron O'Neal, Charles Durning, Victor Mohica, James Coleman, Soon-Tek Oh, Alvin Ing
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