DVD : The Final Countdown (Widescreen Edition)
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0827058104593
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, THX, Widescreen, Digital Sound, Surround Sound, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Blue Underground
Manufacturer: Blue Underground
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Blue Underground
Release Date: March 30, 2004
Running Time: 103 minutes
Sales Rank: 2144
Studio: Blue Underground
Theatrical Release Date: August 01, 1980
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Studio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 03/30/2004 Run time: 102 minutes Rating: Pg
Amazon.com:
With a tantalizing "what-if?" scenario and a respectable cast of Hollywood veterans, The Final Countdown plays like a grand-scale episode of The Twilight Zone. It's really no more than that, and time-travel movies have grown far more sophisticated since this popular 1980 release, but there's still some life remaining in the movie's basic premise: What if a modern-era Navy aircraft carrier--in this case the real-life nuclear-powered U.S.S. Nimitz--was caught in an anomalous storm and thrust 40 years backwards in time to the eve of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor? Will the ship's commander (Kirk Douglas) interfere with history? Will the visiting systems analyst (Martin Sheen) convince him not to? Will a rescued senator from 1941 (Charles Durning) play an unexpected role in the future of American politics? Veteran TV director Don Taylor doesn't do much with the ideas posed by this potentially intriguing plot; he seems more interested in satisfying aviation buffs with loving footage of F-14 "Jolly Roger" fighter jets, made possible by the Navy's generous cooperation. That makes The Final Countdown a better Navy film than a full-fledged time-travel fantasy, but there's a nice little twist at the end, and the plot holes are easy to ignore. James Cameron would've done it better, but this popcorn thriller makes an enjoyable double-bill with The Philadelphia Experiment. --Jeff Shannon
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Version: U.S.A / Region A, B, C
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
VC-1 BD-50 / Advanced Profile 3
Running time: 1:42:37
Movie size: 32,80 GB
Disc size: 36,72 GB
Average video bit rate: 27.94 Mbps
DTS-HD Master Audio English 4745 kbps 7.1 / 48 kHz / 4745 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Dolby TrueHD Audio English 4424 kbps 7.1 / 48 kHz / 4424 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Core: 5.1-EX / 48 kHz / 640 kbps)
Dolby Digital EX Audio English 640 kbps 5.1-EX / 48 kHz / 640 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio English 640 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps / Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English SDH / French / Spanish
Number of chapters: 22
#Commentary by director of photography
#Lloyd Kaufman Goes Hollywood (SD - 14 minutes)
#Starring the Jolly Rogers (SD - 31 minutes)
#D-BOX Enabled
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Everyone that liked Philadelphia Experiment will enjoy this also, Great movie and Amazon.com shipped it to me in two days free. I recommend this for your Blu-ray collection. Enjoy
Rating:  -
First off, I love Sci-Fi, Time Travel, What-If, Alternate-History etc., movies, but I was bored off of my sofa with this snooze-fest. I was looking forward to watching this movie because I've read so much about it, and somehow never heard of it. I actually heard the 80's song by "Europe" of the same title... the one that goes through my mind every time I say the name of this movie, but never heard of this film until a few months back.
So, if someone can clue me in, as to what exactly I should be so excited about with this picture, I'd appreciate it. The story is very interesting, it's just that the movie didn't really do anything to put me in that period of history once they passed through the "storm" and they were transported back. The acting also was very, ummm, apathetic.
For some strange reason I kept thinking that I was watching a "Made-For-Television-Movie" from around 1980. Apart from Kirk Douglas, the rest of the cast were television actors. Oh, sorry, then there was Ron O'Neal who was "Superfly" in that 70's blaxploitation film, "Superfly". One of the worst acted movies of all time. (Even though, I still love it.) Martin Sheen....another lousy actor. James Frentino and Katharine Ross are much better than the rest of the cast.
Oh well, I've seen so many movies, I guess I'm entitled to hating a few of them now and then.
Rating:  -
The Final Countdown makes for nearly 2 hours of great entertainment for people of all ages.
It can be seen by young children, as the violence is not nearly as bad as what is seen in films today. The foul langauge is minimal.
It is also THE BEST FILM for showing life and aircraft operations aboard a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
The cast (stars Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Charles Durning and James Farentino) are excellent, and play well off of each other.
The plot, which focuses on the Nimitz being time-warpped back to the day before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour is an excellent concept...especially for the late 1970's, when the movie was filmed.
The big issue among the main players is whether or not to interefere with the course of history...should they destroy the Japanese fleet - or let history take its course? If you have not seen the flim - I will not give anything away.
However, the real "star" of the film is the U.S.S. Nimitz...and her "airwing" consisting of the fighters-attack and other assorted combat warplanes. The markings on the aircraft were without question the coolest-looking of any "carrier air wing" at that time or since then. This is especially true of the F-14 Tomcat squadron "VF-84 Jolly Rogers" (with the skull & cross-bones markings).
You get to see ALL of the aircraft up-close and in great detail. You also get to see great footage of the crew preparing ... Read More
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I liked this movie when I first viewed it in the theater. This is a good copy. Some reviews of earlier versions document a bad version.
For a time travel fiction story this is one of my favorites. Decent story line and it keeps up your interest.
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starring: Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross, James Farentino, Ron O'Neal
directed by: Don Taylor
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0827058104593
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, THX, Widescreen, Digital Sound, Surround Sound, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Blue Underground
Manufacturer: Blue Underground
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Blue Underground
Release Date: March 30, 2004
Running Time: 103 minutes
Sales Rank: 2144
Studio: Blue Underground
Theatrical Release Date: August 01, 1980
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