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The Final Countdown is a 1980 American action, sci-fi film, directed by Don Taylor, and stars Kirk Douglas, and Martin Sheen. The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is mysteriously transported back in time to just prior to the Pearl Harbor attack. What will the Nimitz do?

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Was the event natural or man-made in The Final Countdown (1980)?

The Final Countdown is a 1980 American science fiction war film about a modern nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that travels through time to the day before the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor....
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Did "The Final Countdown" inspire "The Philadelphia Experiment"?

The 1980 film "The Final Countdown", starring Kirk Douglas, is about a "modern day" Aircraft carrier transported 40 years back in time to WW2. A few years later, "The Philadelphia Experiment", ...
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