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The number of planes and personnel that were said to have gone missing were 102 aircraft and 6000 me [...]	D
The US Navy made a number of filming recommendations which were incorporated into the production sho [...]	D
Independently made but distributed theatrically in 1980 by United Artists, this film was given a VHS [...]	D
The grand finale, where Lasky is invited into the limo and drives away from the ship, was filmed at [...]	D
Charles Durning's character, Senator Samuel Chapman, is fictitious, as is the "Senate Defense Commit [...]	D
Both Soon-Tek Oh (Simura) and Alvin Ing (Lt. Kajima) co-starred on Broadway together in the original [...]	D
Scenes featuring Pearl Harbor and its attack utilized mostly stock footage and material from the 20t [...]	D
There is an 8-ball on the right side of CAG's flight helmet. CAG was previously the acronym for Carr [...]	D
Kirk Douglas initially wanted his son Michael Douglas to play the Martin Sheen role - but this prove [...]	D
The captured Japanese pilot is showing the sleeve rank insignia for a Lieutenant, which would make h [...]	D
The captured Japanese pilot is played by Korean-born actor Soon-Tek Oh. While some critics assert th [...]	D
Don Taylor previously directed Fuga dal pianeta delle scimmie (1971), another science fiction film i [...]	D
The island where Senator Chapman and Laurel Scott are flown to by helicopter, to be dropped off, ins [...]	D
When an F-14 does a steep dive and pulls out just before crashing into the ocean while "playing" wit [...]	D
As with most pre-CG-effects movies about the Pacific War, the planes standing in for the A6M2 Zeroes [...]	D
The time travel storm is the same special effect as seen in The Lathe of Heaven (1980) during the cl [...]	D
The date that the aircraft carrier went missing was 7th December 1980. The date that it materializes [...]	D
Filmed in the Atlantic, not the Pacific Ocean (where it takes place). The USS Nimitz was an Atlantic [...]	D
Lead actor Kirk Douglas' son, Peter Douglas, was the film's producer and the main force behind the m [...]	D
Final theatrical released cinema movie of director Don Taylor.	D
The film takes place in 1980 and from December 6 to December 7, 1941.	D
The movie's title inspired Swedish rock band Europe to write the song "The Final Countdown" in 1986.	D
Despite being set in the Pacific, all the location filming on-board and around the USS Nimitz was do [...]	D
Many of the interior shots were filmed aboard the actual USS Nimitz (not Hollywood sets)	D
First theatrical trailer from the Blue Underground DVD includes more dialogue between Yelland and La [...]	D
Charles Durning (who plays Senator Chapman) played Marine Corporal Ernie Yost in the NCIS episode "C [...]	D
The untranslated Japanese dialogue, just after the Japanese pilot grabs a weapon but before Lieutena [...]	D
The script called for the Japanese pilot to try to force the F-14 into the water. The pilot who basi [...]	D
Body Count - 13. Three people on the yacht, the two Japanese pilots, three Marines, Chapman, and the [...]	D
The name of the leisure yacht was "Gatsby" of the Port of Honolulu.	D
Captain Yelland's top two awards, as shown in some of the final scenes, include the Navy Cross and S [...]	D
The special effect of the storm that transports the USS Nimitz through time was accomplished with a [...]	D
As of 2020 all of the aircraft types featured in the movie have been retired by the United States Na [...]	D
Both the cameraman and his operator were pitched down the USS Nimitz's runway when they first attemp [...]	D
Having been out of shape for his prior military role in Apocalypse Now, Martin Sheen did 500 push up [...]	D
The movie was used as a recruiting drive for the US Navy with the maritime force sponsoring the pict [...]	D
Virtually unknown outside Naval Ranks, there is something known as "breakaway music." Breakaway musi [...]	D
The SH-3 Sea King helicopters used in this film are of the same type used to ferry the President abo [...]	D
The picture was made with the full co-operation of the US Navy.	D
The Zeros and black-and-white Pearl Harbor attack footage were reused from Tora, Tora, Tora.	D
The sailors on the carrier are playing a board war game by Avalon Hill called "Squad Leader".	D
At the time of filming, The Nimitz's air wing was CVW-8 and the tail code was AJ. All Atlantic air w [...]	D
Reportedly, unrest and dissent amongst the film crew on location resulted in a number of dismissals [...]	D
During shooting of the opening shot where the CAG's Tomcat is taking off from Pearl Harbor, the film [...]	D
A total of forty-eight real life US Navy personnel from the USS Nimitz were credited in the closing [...]	D
In the scene where the sailors were listening to the boxing fight on the radio, one of them was play [...]	D
The US Navy aircraft in formation on their way to do battle with the Japanese fleet are flying in a [...]	D
In the movie, F-14 Tomcats of VF-84 'Jolly Rogers' are shown engaging in a dogfight with Japanese Ze [...]	D
This was produced by Bryna, Kirk Douglas' own production company.	D
In the mid 1980s the communist government banned the movie in Hungary, claiming it glorified the Uni [...]	D
The call sign (like "Maverick" in Top Gun) for the pilot who is flying the recon mission over Pearl [...]	D
Reportedly, the filming wrapped early on the U.S.S. Nimitz as it was recalled to its home base so th [...]	D
Released in France under the title "Nimitz: Return to Hell".	D
Filmed during the Nimitz' Sep 1979-May 1980 cruise. Squadrons aboard the Nimitz at the time included [...]	D
The black/gold paint and the skull and crossbones of the F-14 Tomcats of VF-84 'Jolly Rogers' Would [...]	D
The production company was conned out of several hundred thousand dollars by a bogus company just be [...]	D
The working title for the film was "The Last Countdown".	D

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