The Final Countdown DVD

In 1980, the US Navy's most powerful warship, the USS Nimitz, is caught in a storm during routine manoeuvres in the Pacific. Enveloped by a strange green light, the ship passes through a vortex and when they emerge, the crew their communication has been cut off.

Captain Matthew Yellend (Kirk Douglas - Spartacus, Lust for Life) sends out a patrol and the F-14 pilots are shocked to encounter vintage Japanese warplanes. To their surprise, they discover that they have somehow been transported back in time to 6th December 1941: the day before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour.

As captain of technologically superior craft, should Captain Yelland fulfill his duty to protect the United States and foil the impending attack of let history run its course?

With fantastic aerial sequences made with the co-operation of US Navy pilots, this classic tale of space, time and war features a cast full of Hollywood veterans including Martin Sheen (The West Wing) and Katherine Ross (The Graduate, The Stepford Wives). Will things ever be the same again?...it's The Final Countdown!

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