In 1980, the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz departs Naval Station Pearl Harbor for naval exercises in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The ship takes on a civilian observer, Warren Lasky (Martin … 展开

• Kirk Douglas as Captain Matthew Yelland, Commanding Officer, USS Nimitz. He was the father of the film's producer who also appears in the film.
• Martin Sheen as … 展开

The Final Countdown was released to theaters in the United States on August 1, 1980. A novelization by Martin Caidin, based on the screenplay, was released in the same month and … 展开

• Nominee, Best Science Fiction Film of Year—Saturn Award (Peter Vincent Douglas)
• Nominee, … 展开

Peter Douglas was the driving force behind The Final Countdown. With a limited budget and a promising script, he was able to attract interest from the U.S. Navy. Officials from the … 展开

Critical reception
The Final Countdown received mixed reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website 展开

• Axis of Time trilogy
• G.I. Samurai
• Operation Rainbow – a.k.a. the Philadelphia Experiment, which inspired the film of the latter name
• The Philadelphia Experiment – the reverse story (World War … 展开