The Final Countdown Page #2

Synopsis: In 1980, the assistant of the Department of Defense Warren Lasky is assigned by his mysterious chief Richard Tideman to visit the aircraft carrier USS Nimtz commanded by Capt. Matthew Yelland as an observer of the routines. Lasky finds that Wing Commander Richard T. Owens has a great knowledge of history. Out of the blue, the vessel faces a weird storm and they find that they have traveled back in time to the eve of the attack of Pearl Harbor on 06 December 1941. When the two Japanese Zeros attack the motorboat of Senator Samuel Chapman, the crew of the Nimitz rescues the senator and his assistant Laurel Scott. But sooner Lasky learns that the senator had disappeared on that day and Capt. Matthew Yelland is planning to attack the Japanese. Will these actions create a time paradox?
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Don Taylor
Production: Live Home Video
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
40%
PG
Year:
1980
103 min
1,687 Views


I've never seen anything like it.

Turn those destroyers around

and head them back to Pearl Harbor.

- No need for them to go through this.

- Yes, sir.

Keep it in the wind till we get

that Corsair aboard.

It's one of our new pilots.

All units in Romeo Alpha,

this is Kilo Bravo.

This is 412. I have an unsafe

hook indicator. Over.

412, roger. Unsafe hook.

Recycle your hook.

Negative.

I've tried that.

412,your transmission's poor.

Say your fuel's state.

Captain Boss, that Corsair's in real trouble.

Can't get his tail hook down.

- I think we better take him in the barricade.

- Rig it!

Air Ops, tri-flight.

On the flight deck!

We have an A-7 Corsair in trouble.

Can't get his hook down.

This is not a drill.

Repeat, this is not a drill.

Now rig the barricade!

Bow deck! Bow deck!

This is no drill!

All right! Let's go!

Go on! Let's hustle now!

All personnel

off the deck now!

Barricade coming up.

Clear the area!

Clear the flight deck!

- Do you see him out there yet?

- Yeah, there he is!

Head's up! Green deck,

land aircraft.

My God. Look at that.

Have Central come up on the J.A.

- Steady as she goes.

- Steady as she goes, aye.

Central Bridge,

pick up the J.A.

- Aye, sir.

- Where's that plane?

I don't see it,

Captain.

Sound general quarters.

- Aye, Captain. Boatswain.

- Boatswain mate. Aye, sir.

- Sound general quarters.

- Aye, sir.

General quarters,

general quarters.

All hands,

man your battle stations.

Go up and forward on your starboard side,

down and aft on your port side.

General quarters,

general quarters.

Time plus two minutes.

- What the hell's goin' on?

- General quarters, sir. Come with me.

Time plus three minutes.

Time plus four.

Report when all stations

are manned and ready.

Got him right there!

Comin' in! A-7 Corsair!

Heads up on deck!

He's in bound to the barricade.

Green jackets

to the barricade.

We can't hear you.

All right.

Crash on deck! Crash on deck!

All personnel respond now!

Let's get out there

and watch for fire!

Red shirts, front and center!

Move it, move it!

Move it!

- Go back to course 350.

- Aye, aye, sir.

Okay! Take 'er down!

All personnel on the Flight Deck,

let's turn to.

Blue shirts, locks and chains

on the aircraft.

Is this the last known position

of our destroyers before the storm?

- Yes, sir, Captain.

- Skipper.

Dan, go down and check out

the Threat Board.

- Keep me posted.

- Right.

- Get CAG up here.

- Yes, sir.

I want to talk

to CI NPAC Fleet.

Captain, we're down across the board.

Antennas check out, but we're off the air.

- Any word from our destroyers?

- We aren't getting anything

except some code transmissions

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David Ambrose

David Ambrose (born 21 February 1943) is a British novelist and screenwriter whose credits include at least 20 Hollywood films, three stage plays, and many hours of television, including the controversial Alternative 3. He was born in Chorley, England, and attended Blackburn Grammar School and Merton College, Oxford. He is married to artist Laurence Ambrose and lives in Switzerland. His screenplay for The Survivor (directed by David Hemmings) won the Best Script award at the International Film Festival of Catalonia. more…

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