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** In Poland, it was released under "Jeszcze raz Pearl Harbor" ("Pearl Harbor once again") title.
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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: Known in France as ''Nimitz, retour vers l'enfer'' ("Nimitz, Return to Hell").
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* BackedByThePentagon: The film crew got several days to shoot on the actual aircraft carrier ''Nimitz''. Actual ''Nimitz'' personnel played filmed roles, as well. For example, the F-14 that performed the Immelman from just above the water, in the dogfight with the [[ReportingName Zekes]], was flown by the Executive Officer of VF-84. Basically, this movie was a showcase piece for naval aviation, and was the Navy's recruiting film prior to ''Film/TopGun''.
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* BackedByThePentagon: The film crew got several days to shoot on the actual aircraft carrier ''Nimitz''. Actual ''Nimitz'' personnel played filmed roles, as well. For example, the F-14 that performed the Immelman from just above the water, in the dogfight with the [[ReportingName Zekes]], was flown by the Executive Officer of VF-84. Basically, this movie was a showcase piece for naval aviation, and was used by the Navy's Navy as a recruiting film prior to ''Film/TopGun''.tool until ''Film/TopGun'' was released.
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* BackedByThePentagon: The film crew got several days to shoot on the actual aircraft carrier ''Nimitz''. Actual ''Nimitz'' personnel played filmed roles, as well. For example, the F-14 that performed the Immelman from just above the water, in the dogfight with the [[ReportingName Zekes]], was flown by the Executive Officer of VF-84. Basically, this movie was a showcase piece for naval aviation, and was the Navy's recruiting film prior to Film/''TopGun''.''Film/TopGun''.
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* BackedByThePentagon: The film crew got several days to shoot on the actual aircraft carrier ''Nimitz''. Actual ''Nimitz'' personnel played filmed roles, as well. For example, the F-14 that performed the Immelman from just above the water, in the dogfight with the [[ReportingName Zekes]], was flown by the Executive Officer of VF-84. Basically, this movie was a showcase piece for naval aviation, and was the Navy's recruiting film prior to Film/''TopGun''.
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* HostilityOnTheSet: Katharine Ross didn't want to have anything to do with the navy pilots and they resented her for it. In fact, one of them used his cockpit to record a profanity-laden message to her that ended up in the dailies.
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* HostilityOnTheSet: Katharine Ross Creator/KatharineRoss didn't want to have anything to do with the navy pilots and they resented her for it. In fact, one of them used his cockpit to record a profanity-laden message to her that ended up in the dailies.
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** ''Nimitz'' pilots who flew in the movie said one of the most common questions they got asked following the F-14 diving down towards the water was how low F-14 pilot Richard "Fox" Farrell went doing the Immelman.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvSPg2rAiAs]] [[spoiler:It was about 100 feet and the film crew kept that particular footage out of the dailies so that Admirals seeing the finished product would be surprised.
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** ''Nimitz'' pilots who flew in the movie said one of the most common questions they got asked following the F-14 diving down towards the water was how low F-14 pilot Richard "Fox" Farrell went doing the Immelman.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvSPg2rAiAs]] [[spoiler:It was about 100 feet and the film crew kept that particular footage out of the dailies so that Admirals seeing the finished product would be surprised. ]]
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** ''Nimitz'' pilots who flew in the movie said one of the most common questions they got asked following the F-14 diving down towards the water was how low F-14 pilot Richard "Fox" Farrell went doing the Immelman.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvSPg2rAiAs]] [[spoiler:It was about 100 feet and the film crew kept that particular footage out of the dailies so that Admirals seeing the finished product would be surprised.
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* ReferencedBy: ''VideoGame/AzurLane'' gives this movie a {{Shout Out}} in their December 2022 event ''Parallel Superimposition'' both as the title of the event's ultimate battle and as an [[ShowWithinAShow in-universe movie]] that the Essex-class [[MoeAnthropomorphism shipgirl]] ''Bon Homme Richard'' (CV-31) is starring in.
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** Also, the entire crew of the ''Nimitz'' playing themselves.
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* RealityEnsues: Commander Emory Brown, Jr., commanding officer of VF-84 (Jolly Rogers) at the time, was convicted of illegally accepting a gratuity of more than $5,000 for undercharging the production company.
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* RealityEnsues: Commander Emory Brown, Jr. , commanding officer of VF-84 (Jolly Rogers) at the time, was convicted of illegally accepting a gratuity of more than $5,000 for undercharging the production company.
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-->'''Lasky:''' We've got an incredible opportunity here -- we know where all the mistakes are going to be made for the next forty years, and you've got the power to correct those.\\
'''Yelland:''' I've got planes out there.\\
'''Lasky:''' Those planes give us all a second chance, and we're a bunch of damn fools if we don't take it.\\
'''Yelland:''' Those men have enough knowledge among them to build the atom bomb! Reach the moon years before it should have happened.\\
'''Lasky:''' Is that a terrifying prospect, captain -- or a tempting one?
'''Yelland:''' I've got planes out there.\\
'''Lasky:''' Those planes give us all a second chance, and we're a bunch of damn fools if we don't take it.\\
'''Yelland:''' Those men have enough knowledge among them to build the atom bomb! Reach the moon years before it should have happened.\\
'''Lasky:''' Is that a terrifying prospect, captain -- or a tempting one?
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* CastTheExpert: Creator/KirkDouglas was a navy man himself.
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* ProducedByCastmember: Creator/KirkDouglas was an uncredited executive producer on the film and got it made through his company.
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* DyeingForYourArt: Having been out of shape for his prior military role in ''Film/ApocalypseNow'', Creator/MartinSheen did 500 push ups and sit ups a day to be better prepared for this role.
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* MissingTrailerScene: The first theatrical trailer from the Blue Underground DVD includes more dialogue between Yelland and Lasky about the consequences of turning back the planes.
* RealLifeRelative: Creator/KirkDouglas' son, Peter, was the film's producer and the main force behind the movie, his first credit as a producer at age 25, he had been working on the film since he was 23.
* ThrowItIn: The A-7 Corsair being caught by the barricade was an actual emergency landing on board the ''Nimitz'', and the film crew was allowed to capture it and put it in thefilm.film.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/KirkDouglas initially wanted his son Creator/MichaelDouglas to play Warren Lasky, but this proved impossible as Michael was deeply involved in post production and publicity on ''Film/TheChinaSyndrome''.
* WorkingTitle: ''The Last Countdown''.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/KirkDouglas initially wanted his son Creator/MichaelDouglas to play Warren Lasky, but this proved impossible as Michael was deeply involved in post production and publicity on ''Film/TheChinaSyndrome''.
* WorkingTitle: ''The Last Countdown''.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/TheMuppetMovie Doc Hopper's]] a Senator!
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* BackedByThePentagon: The film crew got several days to shoot on the actual aircraft carrier ''Nimitz''. Actual ''Nimitz'' personnel played filmed roles, as well. For example, the F-14 that performed the Immelman from just above the water, in the dogfight with the [[ReportingName Zekes]], was flown by the Executive Officer of VF-84.
* FakeNationality: The Japanese pilot taken prisoner is played by Korean actor Soon-Tek Oh.
* ThrowItIn: The A-7 Corsair being caught by the barricade was an actual emergency landing on board the ''Nimitz'', and the film crew was allowed to capture it and put it in the film.
* FakeNationality: The Japanese pilot taken prisoner is played by Korean actor Soon-Tek Oh.
* ThrowItIn: The A-7 Corsair being caught by the barricade was an actual emergency landing on board the ''Nimitz'', and the film crew was allowed to capture it and put it in the film.
