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Director:
Writers:
Thomas Hunter (story) &
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Release Date:
1 August 1980 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Trapped outside the boundaries of time and space... 102 aircraft... 6,000 men... all missing. more
Plot:
A modern aircraft carrier is thrown back in time to 1941 near Hawaii, just hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. full summary | add synopsis
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1 win & 2 nominations more
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Well Done! more (109 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Kirk Douglas ... Capt. Matthew Yelland

Martin Sheen ... Warren Lasky

Katharine Ross ... Laurel Scott
James Farentino ... Wing Commander Richard T. Owens / Richard Tideman
Ron O'Neal ... Cmdr. Dan Thurman

Charles Durning ... Sen. Samuel Chapman
Victor Mohica ... Black Cloud
James C. Lawrence ... Lt. Perry
Soon-Tek Oh ... Simura (as Soon-Teck Oh)
Joe Lowry ... Cmdr. Damon
Alvin Ing ... Lt. Kajima
Mark Thomas ... Marine Cpl. Kullman
Harold Bergman ... Bellman

Dan Fitzgerald ... Navy Doctor

Lloyd Kaufman ... Lt. Cmdr. Kaufman
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
U.S.S. Nimitz: Lost in the Pacific (Europe: English title) (DVD box title)
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Runtime:
103 min
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Color (TVC)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | Norway:12 (re-rating) (1982) (cut) | Norway:15 (DVD rating) | Norway:16 (original rating) | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PG

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Filmed in the Atlantic, not the Pacific Ocean (where it takes place). The USS Nimitz was an Atlantic fleet ship until the summer of 1987 when it was transferred to the Pacific. USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) stood in for the Nimitz for the arrival past the 'Arizona' into Pearl Harbor. more
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Factual errors: When the E-2 Hawkeye is preparing to take off after the first Storm, a plane captain is shown giving the hand signal for flaps, which the pilot acknowledges. Instead of the flaps being lowered, the next shot shows the E-2 spreading its wings. (The wings would already have to be spread in order to lower the flaps.) more
Quotes:
[first lines]
F-14 Pilot: [voice over radio] Pearl Tower, Tomcat two-zero-zero. requesting clearance for departure runway zero-nine. Over.
Pearl Harbor Tower: [voice over radio] Two-zero-zero, Pearl Harbor Tower. You are cleared runway oh-niner. Winds zero-four-five at eight. SH-three approaching from the right. Have a nice day.
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17 out of 21 people found the following review useful.
Well Done!, 25 January 2002
10/10
Author: Geoffrey Charles from Baltimore, MD

A man takes a strange trip with an aircraft carrier and lives an amazing nightmare with a bizarre twist. Time travel, moral sensibilities and harmful consequences are explored when the crew is confronted with a chance to change history. Trying to control the political impact of altering history, the captain makes a painful decision that ultimately leads to a happy ending. This one has sadness, irony and moments where ones wants to say, "how stupid can they get?" Overall, just a great Sci-Fi Thriller that will leave an impression.

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