Countdown - Dimensione zero

Titolo originale: The Final Countdown
Regia: Don Taylor |
Anno: 1980
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Guerra Azione Fantascienza
Tag: airplane | world war ii | time travel | pearl harbor | pacific war | naval warfare | 1940s | 1980s | japanese | uss nimitz |
Cast: Kirk Douglas | Martin Sheen | Katharine Ross | James Farentino | Ron O'Neal | Charles Durning | Victor Mohica | James Coleman | Soon-Tek Oh | Alvin Ing | Lloyd Kaufman | Dan Fitzgerald | Peter Douglas | Joe Lowry | Ted Richert | Mark Thomas | Harold Bergman | George Warren | Richard Liberty | Gary Morgan | Phil Philbin | Robert Goodman | Neil Ronco | Bill Couch | Jack McDermott | Masayuki Yamazuki | George H. Strohsahl Jr. | Ronald R. Stoops | Kenneth J. Jaskolski | Sergei M. Kowalchik | Jake Dennis | Jim Toone | Edward J. Deats | Robert L. Huffman | James R. Augustus | Sam P. Baldwin | Ronnie J. Ellis | Timothy W. Gersbacher | Wayne L. Flesher | William S. Frost | David H. Signor | Tommy Abel | Andrew Akerson | Nick L. Anelli | Frank R. Arko | Edward Andrews |

Il 7 dicembre 1980, la portaerei americana Nimitz - che partecipa a un'operazione militare nel Pacifico - viene sorpresa da una tempesta magnetica. Quando, tornato il sereno, la Nimitz riprende la navigazione, comandante ed equipaggio scoprono che la tempesta li ha fatti regredire nel tempo, portandoli alla vigilia dell'attacco a Pearl Harbor... Film ispirato a uno dei temi classici della letteratura fantascientifica: i viaggi nel tempo. Ottime la sceneggiatura e la regia, buona la prova degli attori. Ma il punto di forza è il tasso di spettacolarità, specie nelle sequenze in cui navi e aerei sono protagonisti assoluti.

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In the shots of the yacht floating in the water, not only can taut anchor lines be seen securing the [...] D
In the 85th minute it is unclear why the senator and his assistant are provided headphones for their [...] D
In the 6th minute, none of the fighter jets on the aircraft carrier have identification numbers.. D
In the 6th minute, the aircraft carrier has no visible ID number on it. D
After 'transiting' the second time, all aircraft returning from aborted strike mission landed with e [...] D
When the A-6 tanker is launched to refuel the alert Tomcats, the color of the nose changes between t [...] D
When Commander Owen's F-14 is lining up to land on the carrier in the beginning of the movie, there' [...] D
At one point while the Nimitz is at sea, a 1MC announcement is heard to say "Sweepers, Sweepers, man [...] D
The senator takes a flare gun from its container and uses it to force the pilot to take off the heli [...] D
After the second transit, the fact that CDR Owens had no family or relatives is mentioned, thus ther [...] D
Throughtout the movie, ship's clocks vary by hours in scenes where closeups are interspersed with wi [...] D
The Colt .45 sidearm seized by the Japanese airman was clearly not the military spec sidearm. It had [...] D
Mr Lasky's helicopter taking off from Pearl Harbor has the number 9010 under the 733 on the side of [...] D
The barricade is rigged and raised before the Nimitz goes through the time storm for the first time. [...] D
When the Senator and Laurel are being held in sick bay the senator demands dry clothes (he is in a r [...] D
Everyone has to jump into the water because the Zeros strafe the yacht until it blows up, yet when L [...] D
The missile loadout on the F-14s change during the dogfight with the Zeros, with missiles disappeari [...] D
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat has a combat range of 500 nautical miles, the distance to the radar contact [...] D
The strike force Tomcats are shown being loaded with the AIM-54A Phoenix air to air missile. The pho [...] D
During the dogfight battle between the Zeros & the F14s,the Tomcat's wings are continuously swinging [...] D
In the shot just before the yacht is blown up you can see the boat is anchored/tethered at both ends [...] D
When the survivors are picked up out of the water, it is clear that helicopter 736 rescues Senator S [...] D
When the XO is talking with the Chief about 'breaking the code', the unit the Chief is sitting in fr [...] D
The Radio Operator at Pearl Harbor, while speaking to Senator Chapman, says "As we have no aircraft [...] D
After the Japanese planes attacked the yacht, USN protocol would be to fire on them so as to prevent [...] D
When the Japanese pilot takes Laurel hostage and points the M1911 at her, he's holding it in his lef [...] D
When the A-7 that followed the U.S.S. Nimitz through the storm landed, it appeared that the pilot di [...] D
On a carrier the XO and Cag would have the rank of Captain not Commander. D
F-14 Tomcats make quite a bit of noise when in flight. In fact, the people on board the yacht could [...] D
When the Communications Officer is explaining that all circuits are down, just to the left of him is [...] D
During the siege, every rifle is an M-16 and several crew are holding them within clear sight of the [...] D
Commander Owens, at Lasky's insistence, tells the Japanese pilot what is going to happen. He referen [...] D
When Mr. Lasky's helicopter lands, Corsair 412 (the one that later lands in the barricade) can be se [...] D
When the department heads are reporting the status of the ship after the storm, the Reactor Officer [...] D
At the end of the movie, as the Navy Admirals are coming aboard, Commander, Carrier Air Group 8 is a [...] D
In the 46th minute the two Japanese Zeros attacking the boat are no more than two feet apart in thei [...] D
The two F-14s dispatched to take an ID pass on the Zeros have side numbers 202 and 203. After being [...] D
The pictures of Pearl Harbor supposedly taken by the Nimitz's reconnaissance aircraft are identical [...] D
When the Zeros strafe the yacht, the captain who is standing on the bow of the boat, gets hit with m [...] D
Sunrise on December 7, 1941 in Hawaii was about 0630 and when the planes are being loaded with their [...] D
When the Nimitz air strike force is sent after the Japanese aircraft headed to attack Pearl Harbor, [...] D
CAG's helicopter, taking himself and the two survivors to the desert island, takes off from the airc [...] D
Cmdr. Owen jumps from the helicopter and rescues Charley the dog. Seconds later, as he and Charley a [...] D
In the 62nd minute when the aircraft carrier's doctor exits the room with the senator, the door is c [...] D
It should have been very obvious to Senator Chapman that something was out of place once he met the [...] D
In the 65th minute a navy man is killed his blood smears on the metal cabinet. Two minutes late the [...] D
As the E2 is preparing for takeoff the plane director gives the pilot the hand signal to extend flap [...] D
After the time storm, the ship's radios are tuned to receive commercial radio broadcasts. One of the [...] D
When the Aerographer's Mate (weather guesser) is talking with Black Cloud, the crow (rate badge) is [...] D
Radar shows one contact at 130 miles which turns out to be the yacht. However, on the first view of [...] D
(At about 1:30): When the "storm" appears for the second time and the captain argues with his office [...] D
In the 60th minute Cdr. Thurman's uniform is different from his rank equals, with less insignia. D
When Mr. Lasky first arrives on board the Nimitz, he is met at the hatch into the island by the XO, [...] D
When the E-2 Hawkeye is preparing to take off after the first Storm, a plane captain is shown giving [...] D
An A-6 tanker is shown as one of the first planes to land after the strike was canceled. In fact, th [...] D
When Commander Owen climbs out of his aircraft after landing on the carrier near the beginning of th [...] D
When we first see the yacht that the Zeros later destroy, there are two bow ropes attached to it, an [...] D
The man wearing the hat on the Gatsby boat has a pen protruding from his shirt pocket when the Japan [...] D
The DVD-edition's English subtitles incorrectly refer to CDR Owens as "Kag" (he is the "CAG", Comman [...] D
At about 1:22 in the movie there are scenes in the ready room for the pilots getting briefed on thei [...] D
One of the jets takes off to fight for Pearl Harbor, taking off from the right hand side, whilst a j [...] D
When the CAG's F-14 lands on the Nimitz at the beginning of the movie, there's a couple of shots whe [...] D
The Mitsubishi A6M Zero is equipped with 2× 20 mm (0.787 in) Type 99-1 Mk.3 cannon in the wings, [...] D
Senator Chapman knocks out the helicopter crewman, who was wearing a helmet. Since the helmet protec [...] D
During the assault on sick bay, the first Marine bumps into a medicine cabinet and falls out of shot [...] D
The Corsair returning to the ship without a tail hook is stopped by a fouled deck (nets). The pilot [...] D
F-14s destroying zeros would change history and create a paradox if you went back on time the slight [...] D
In the 75th minute when the senator radios someone in the military, the (presumably at Pearl Harbor) [...] D
In the 19th minute when Tomcat 200 is cleared to land on the aircraft carrier, in the next scene one [...] D
Just after the Captain orders the Destroyers to turn around, there is a shot of the USS Biddle CG34 [...] D
As the Japanese prisoner takes control of sick bay, Charlie the dog goes running out of the medical [...] D
Martin Sheen's hair changes appearance in a rapid sequence of different shots. Since it's obviously [...] D
When the Captain says, "I need to get a clearer picture on this. Let's go to CIC". The Nerve Center [...] D
The Sea King helicopter taking Laskey from Pearl Harbor to the Nimitz changes side-numbers as it pas [...] D
When the helicopter that brings Mr. Lasky aboard circles the ship, there are aircraft parked at the [...] D
(at around 1h 28 mins) Corsair #411 takes off. It can be seen on deck 4 seconds later, and then twic [...] D
In all scenes where someone enters the ocean then appears in the next scene, their clothes appear dr [...] D
When Captain Yelland is in his tropical white uniform at the very end of the movie on the bridge, as [...] D
During aircraft operations with fixed wing aircraft the ship would be at or near its top speed to ge [...] D
As the second "Timestorm" approaches, the ship's meteorologist (nicknamed "Black Cloud") is called o [...] D
As Lasky is being flown out to the carrier, the crew member standing in the door pulls down his micr [...] D
Once the ship returns to port at the end, there is one dead Japanese and casualties from the on-boar [...] D
Senator Chapman had never HEARD of a helicopter in 1941, even though they had been in development in [...] D
After the C.O. looks through the captured pilot's items, the scene shifts to the ship's bridge. It's [...] D
Both US jet fighters and both Zero WWII planes have the same ID numbers, 202 and 203. D
Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, in the 75th minute when the senator radios someone in the milit [...] D
When the helicopter lands on the island, a crewman hops out and immediately places wheel chocks arou [...] D
In the beginning of the film when Warren boards the helicopter, a number '3' is seen on the nose of [...] D
As the Japanese pilot takes rounds from the Marines M16s, a brown wire or thin cable bundle (for the [...] D
In the background of the shot just before the yacht explodes - you can see a marker pole/triangle in [...] D
When Captain Yelland tells Commander Owen to drop Senator Chapman and Laurel off on "this deserted i [...] D
When the OOD tells the escorts to turn back, he says, "this is Kilo Bravo." All ships have a call si [...] D
When some of the planes are landing just before the first time storm, the shadows under the planes r [...] D
During the first discussion after the transit, with department heads, the small compartment for the [...] D
The name of the US ship is Nimitz, the first of the Nimitz-class US aircraft carriers. In the 13th m [...] D
When the movie was made, the Nimitz was based in Norfolk, Virginia - it did not make it into the Pac [...] D
Before the storm, the carrier captain orders the destroyer escorts back to Pearl because "there's no [...] D
Commander Owens gets onboard the helicopter to take Senator Chapman to the deserted island. The next [...] D
The Nimitz was between the Japanese fleet and Pearl Harbor, and had launched an Alpha strike to atta [...] D
In the 74th minute the senator demands of the captain to speak with Pearl Harbor control. The captai [...] D
After the "transit," the executive officer calls the commanding officer "Skipper," a major Navy faux [...] D
It is unclear why Cdr. Owens, aboard the helicopter which just rescued the senator, knows his name, [...] D
During the end of the movie, Kirk Douglas is seen wearing 4 rows of ribbons (12 total) on his unifor [...] D
There would never have been two Zeros in the air the day before the attack. Any such "scouting" coul [...] D
When the Japanese pilot seizes the M-16 of the nearest Marine, he hits the man in the chest with it; [...] D
"The Jack Benny Program", to which the crew listens on Saturday, 6 December 1941, did not air on Sat [...] D
After the storm, a Hawkeye is launched, followed by a Crusader. The camera cuts to the stern of the [...] D
When the carrier is returning to Pearl, it's actually an older carrier, USS KITTY HAWK (CV63), as ev [...] D
The side number of the helicopter that brings the Japanese pilot aboard the Nimitz changes from 733 [...] D