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.
War, Action, Science Fiction
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Time travel drives much of the story.
Meets the archive’s time-travel criteria. The mechanism is classified as Cosmic.
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The carrier's arrival before Pearl Harbor makes the decision whether to intervene in history the central conflict.
A vortex storm takes the aircraft carrier from 1980 to 1941.
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Cast: Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross, James Farentino, Ron O'Neal
12 cataloged editions. Narrow by format, then check region, audio and subtitles. Missing specifications mean unknown, not absent.
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4K UHD
The Final Countdown 4K (1980)
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Release date
May 25, 2021
Studio
Blue Underground
Resolution
Native 4K (2160p)
Region / playback
4K Blu-ray: Region free | 2K Blu-ray: Region free
Discs
4K Ultra HD | Blu-ray Disc | Three-disc set (1 BD-100, 1 BD-50, 1 CD) | D-Box