The Final Countdown

1980 · 103 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 28,258 VOTES · DIR. Don Taylor

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 967 lines

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00:01:33 Mr. Tideman.
00:08:49 In the port, Cat 1. Get below. We still have aircraft to land.
00:11:52 Your luggage has been delivered, sir.
00:15:28 Take a look at the scope, sir.
00:19:56 Go up and forward on your starboard side, down and aft on your port side.
00:23:29 meet me at C.V.I.C. immediately after the launch.
00:26:20 Flight level 250. Camera rolling.
00:29:56 that I am fully aware of those qualities in him
00:32:34 We've overflown the craft, sir.
00:35:02 these aerial reconnaissance photographs of Pearl Harbor.
00:38:03 Vector 210 for the bogeys. Bogeys low and slow.
00:40:13 Nothing like any of us have ever seen.
00:43:34 - For God sakes, Skipper... - Negative.
00:51:40 We got two survivors and now we're waiting to pick up Kag.
00:56:24 long before he got married, before he had children.
00:58:40 First, a vitamin shot. Now, if you'll both roll up your sleeves.
01:02:01 Yeah, Roosevelt. He owns the military.
01:06:00 There's no chance if things remain the way they are.
01:10:43 - Senator, calm down. - The hell with you.
01:13:39 It's quite an accomplishment for a woman in your day...
01:16:28 Hell, no. They'll be a whole lot safer there.
01:21:14 Eagle Control, 736.
01:28:11 Sir, when we changed course, the storm changed course.
01:33:38 Thank you.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed967
Dialogue density9.4 lines / min
First line00:01:33
Final line01:33:38

Production Record

DirectorDon Taylor
LanguageEnglish
Budget$12,000,000
Revenue$16,647,800
IMDb votes28,258