News-Pilot from San Pedro, California • 25

Yes folks it's Hollywood's newest star the USS Nimitz the hero of "The Final Countdown" At Theatres and Drive-Ins Everywhere! Nimitz leads 'Final Countdown SOME PE0PIE JUST DON'T BELONG Peter remembers was turned down by all of Then why did St Johns agree to do it the executive producer was asked like to think that smarter than they he laughed humorlessly Really he indicated that he thought the idea would make a good picture which would make money think it depicts the service the way it St Johns said a patriotic Peter Douglas was asked about the timing of the release of the film when American patriotism seems to be at a new high very aware of the Douglas said just Getting the permission of the Navy was not too difficult once the service was assured that the military would not be portrayed in a bad light very happy with the a Navy spokesman said And they should be In addition to all the free enlistment propaganda the Navy was paid for the use of its time manpower and equipment get anything for St Johns smiled planes for instance cost $4500 per Katharine Ross the only woman in the film plays a presidential aide circa 1941 who is caught at sea She was asked why she accepted the role obviously a subservient one just not very many interesting roles for she said always tremendous competition for Black actor Ron who first came to notoriety as said he was just glad to be working And Kirk had to defend the judgment in accepting roles obviously secondary to a ship excitement and fear of every actor is how come off on the screen I like working with a director who been an actor frustrating to be an actor You take the risk of being laughed But the Nimitz is a big star to mess with It is more than 30 stories high and is powered by two nuclear reactors which can keep the vessel at sea for 13 years before needing to refuel Now the Navy is happy and the producers are happy That only leaves United Artists which will be able to tel) after the film is released Aug By Don Lechman WASHINGTON DC United Artists held a press conference last weekend for the star of its new movie: The USS Nimitz Final right The largest warship in the world received all the attention as press from around the country descended on Washington to meet the new star only 5 years old The aircraft carrier can transport 95 aircraft and 5300 men is longer than three football fields and has a displacement of 91400 tons which means it weighs a lot The ship had to be of star quality because it had to overshadow the likes of Kirk Douglas Martin Sheen Charles Durning Katharine Ross and James Faren-tino certainly not a cast of unknowns The reason for the emergence to stardom has to be Peter Vincent Douglas the almost 25-year-old son of Kirk who procured the permission from the US Navy for the services The result is a contemporary science fiction movie about a nuclear aircraft carrier which goes through time via an eerie storm to find itself in the Pacific Ocean on Dec 6 1941 The question? Whether to stop the Japanese Air Force from bombing Pearl Harbor Do you mess with Mother Nature and try to change history? What will happen to you if you do? What will happen if you Capt Matthew Yelland (Douglas) must make the decision But it was executive Richard St Johns who decided the film was worth backing and obtained funding for the Bryna Company production which is being released by United Artists Peter Douglas said that he took the idea for the film to his father three years earlier Kirk said it was great except for one detail make this movie unless you have an aircraft Kirk told his son So Peter went out and got an aircraft carrier The next thing he had to do was to find 10 to 15 million dollars took the script to every major studio in Holly- Caddystmcfc Rl tkhwcolo ORJOti ncrunes mm I tOO OMON PICTURES COMPANY AU WCHTS RESENVEO TtuWARNIHMOS TODAY AT THESE SELECT THEATRES AND DRIVE-INS MATINEES DAILY AT MOST THEATRES PASADENA Mann 351-9641 PICO RIVERA Fiesta Dnve-ln 692-7581 PUENTE HILLS Puente East 912-8566 STUDIO CITY Studio 769-4441 THOUSAND OAKS Conejo Twin 805495-6760 TORRANCE Old Towne 371-1221 TORRANCE United Artists 325-4232 WESTMINSTER MALL UA Cinemo 714893-0546 WOODLAND HILLS Woodland Hills Cinema 703-757) IRRY NO PASSES ACCEPTED FOR THIS ENGAGEMENT ANAHEIM Brookhurst 714772-6446 Daily BreeieNews-Pilot Fri July 25 1980 E3 i I '4 1 5 4.