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.
00:08:54 I hear you're on assignment from Tideman Industries
00:11:58 Thank you.
00:15:37 It should be down, and it's way up.
00:20:28 Time plus three minutes.
00:23:41 - I think someone's putting us on. - Why?
00:26:41 Boss, I told you. I tried and tried, and I can't get Carmichael to go to sleep.
00:30:17 - Thanks, Laurel. - Here in downtown Honolulu
00:33:10 Louis responds with a right to the head. Cuts with a left to the body.
00:35:44 I was just on the Bridge. They're scared. Real scared.
00:38:43 for over 40 years.
00:41:03 Hey.
00:44:30 - Sam! Sam. - All right. It's all right. I'm all right.
00:53:12 - All right, take it easy. - Hang on to me, sir.
00:57:03 Or will be. Or what the hell ever.
01:00:48 publicly argued for an increase in our strength in the Pacific.
01:02:57 Commander, I demand to know why we're being held prisoners.
01:08:10 Tomorrow at dawn, these carriers will send 353 planes
01:12:10 Now just a minute here, sir.
01:15:00 but I insist you fly Miss Scott and myself
01:18:56 but rumors of nuclear attacks
01:24:21 Search party?
01:30:27 Keep trying.
03:05:01 northwest of Pearl.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed967
Dialogue density9.4 lines / min
First line00:01:33
Final line03:05:01

Production Record

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