![]() ![]() When they see the 1980 jets blast the skies above them with U.S. On board is Charles Durning as a viable political candidate for the vice presidency and his aide played by Katharine Ross. The first one will fly over a small yacht calmly taking in the sunshine. The reality of the shift in time is going to become all too apparent when Douglas sends up some reconnaissance planes. I do believe I heard a broadcast of heavyweight champ Joe Louis fighting Billy Conn as well. There is no radio contact, coded messages long out of use are being listened to and Jack Benny can be heard on the radio. His knowledge will serve Douglas greatly as the battle closes in.įrom the moment the ship is at sea, the weather conditions begin to take on an eerie look and the ship and it’s crew will find themselves in some sort of black hole wind tunnel that renders them helpless until coming out the other side and seemingly back to normal. Aside from Douglas and Sheen, it’s Farentino sharing a larger role as he’s a flight commander who also happens to be writing a book on the history of Pearl Harbor and the events leading up to the attack in ’41. Sheen is a military observer and Douglas isn’t exactly a fan of having a civilian aboard his ship which will make for a bit of tension once the plot gets moving along and major decisions are to be made. I suspect that a good majority of the other crewman on board and getting a line or two are probably real life sailors being used as extras. Sheen will make his way on board and meet the likes of Ron O’Neal and James Farentino who will play roles under Douglas’ command. Holding up the ship is the arrival of a civilian played by Martin Sheen who will arrive at the docks and be seen off by a mysterious benefactor hidden in a large black sedan who has a very Howard Hughes(ish) feel to me. The implication is that the ship is the most up to date fighting machine on the oceans. Nimitz is preparing to head to sea with Douglas in command. The film begins in present day, 1980 and the U.S.S. Or somewhere.Like many others I suppose, I’ve always enjoyed a good time travel story and this feature starring Kirk Douglas offers us a great “what if” to Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. And It lacks the wit to have fun with its time travel paradoxes, as last year's wonderful "Time After Time" did. THE FINAL COUNTDOWN MOVIE MOVIEThis is the kind of movie that some kids would probably enjoy - it's filled with technology, special effects and action. We got an interesting notion of life on ship, and we see lots of takeoffs and even an emergency landing. Still, the footage aboard the carrier is good. (I can think of one good reason for calling the planes back: When the Nimitz is snatched back to 1980, they'd be left flying around the Pacific with no place to land.) The movie dodges all sorts of fundamental questions like that, and it moves so slowly, alas, that we have lots of time to ponder them. Why change his mind and call it off? Is he reluctant to play God? I dunno and he doesn't say. and then calls it off at the last minute, just as the Nimitz is sailing back into the second whirlpool. For example, Nimitz commander Kirk Douglas launches an air attack against the arriving Japanese Air Force. ![]() That still leaves me with other problems. Doesn't that mean that the same man, before and after, is on the same dock at the, same time? By my count, that makes two bodies for one person, which violates everything they taught us in high school physics. and arrived in the limousine to see the ship off.īut hold on a minute. Inside is an old man who, as a young man, sailed on the cruise, was thrown back in time, was stranded on a desert island, lived 40 years. But it leaves two people behind.Īnd that sets up this insoluble time-travel paradox: If a guy from 1980 travels 40 years back in time, and then lives for another 40 years, could he have a meeting with himself? It almost happens in this movie: A mysterious limousine arrives just as the Nimitz is sailing on its ill-fated 1980 cruise. Anyway, just before the zero hour, the Nimitz is hurled back into 1980 by another whirlpool. We know it can't - because, in the future the Nimitz was thrown back from, it didn't, or hadn't. Will it destroy the Japanese air fleet? Ha. This is apparently a gateway into the past, although it looks more like a rejected test run for Disney's " The Black Hole." Thrown back to 1940, the ship is in a position to alter the course of history. It has the Nimitz sailing through clear waters when suddenly a gigantic whirlpool appears in the sky. ![]()
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