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Published May 16, 2021

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN 4K Review – What If You Could Rewrite History?

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN 4K Review - A Trip Through Time and a Chance to Rewrite History starring Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, James Farentino

One common question in regard to time travel is if you could go back in time and kill baby Hitler, would you? Essentially, given the opportunity to play god with life and history to what allegiance would your actions be governed? Let things play out as they historically did, or alter the future forever? – potentially.

The Final Countdown (1980) poses a similar question to Capt. Yelland (Kirk Douglas) and the menof the USS Nimitz who,due to a freak storm, are thrust back in time to December 6, 1941, a day before one of the most infamous dates in U.S. history when the bombing of Pearl Harbor took place. No one else knows the Japanese fleet is headed in their direction. And although the Nimitz is a lone carrier it has more than enough firepower to severely cripple if not outright decimate the enemy. The potential to save countless lives is literally in the hands of these few people, They fiercely debate what actions to take.

This is not a film concerned with building up to a massive battle; this is a tense and passionate conundrum. The appearance of Senator Chapman’s (Charles Durning) further complicates the situation. He’s a potential future White House candidate who had originally disappeared on the morning of December 7th. Yet now he resides with the Nimitz after an intervention on their part. Much like the Butterfly Effect every action by the carrier has the potential to completely alter the future.

Douglas plays a man of strong conviction whose only loyalty lies with the Navy. His battle is to keep his men safe; not to, as he says, worry about a possible future that has yet to occur. Martin Sheen is on board as a Department of Defense overseer. He immediately seizes upon the opportunity to drive back the Japanese and prevent a catastrophe. James Farentino is a Commander and part-time historian. He knows every intimate detail about what will occur and he uses that knowledge to piecemeal his own version of events to come. What’s great is these men never fight it out or come to blows; these are terse, logical, fantastic discussions dealing with a very real threat in a finite amount of time.

The Final Countdown Special Features:

BRAND NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE ORIGINAL 35MM CAMERA NEGATIVE

DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM

NEW DOLBY ATMOS AUDIO TRACK

ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK PLACED ON A SEPARATE CD DISC

Audio Commentary with Director of Photography Victor J. Kemper

Lloyd Kaufman Goes Hollywood – Interview with Associate Producer Lloyd Kaufman

Starring The Jolly Rogers – Interviews with The Jolly Rogers F-14 Fighter Squadron

Theatrical Trailers

TV Spots

Poster & Still Galleries

Fully illustrated collectible booklet featuring The Zero Pilot Journal

Reversible sleeve

Moving lenticular slipcover (First Pressing only)

Optional English SDH, Spanish, and French subtitles for the main feature

REGION-FREE