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The Final Countdown (film) Quotes

The Final Countdown (film) is a TV program that was first aired in 1970 . The Final Countdown stopped airing in 1970.

It features Peter Douglas as producer, John Scott (composer) in charge of musical score, and Victor J. Kemper as head of cinematography.

The Final Countdown (film) is recorded in english language and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Final Countdown (film) is 103 minutes long. The Final Countdown (film) is distributed by United Artists.

The cast includes: Martin Sheen as Lasky, Ron O'Neal as Arthur, and Mark Thomas as Marine Cpl. Kullman.

The Final Countdown (film) Quotes

Martin Sheen as Lasky

  • (Commander Richard Owens) "Welcome back, Mr. Lasky."
  • (Martin Sheen) "Laurel, Commander Owens."
  • (Commander Richard Owens) "Please join us. We have a lot to talk about."
  • (Captain Yelland) "Lasky, you've been a pain-in-the-ass -- but I'm glad to have known you."
  • (Martin Sheen) "Thank you, Captain. I appreciate that."
  • (Captain Yelland) "Good luck to you"
  • (Unnamed) "WOOF."
  • (Captain Yelland) "And you, too."
  • (Martin Sheen) "Still think it's a dream?"
  • (Captain Yelland) "It's a nightmare."
  • (Martin Sheen) "Think of the history of the next forty years --"
  • (Commander Richard Owens) "I have a suspicion history will be a little more difficult to beat, than you imagine Mr. Lasky."
  • (Martin Sheen) "I'm talking about the classic paradox of time. Imagine, for example, I go back in time and meet my own Grandfather. Long before he got married, before he had children. And we have an argument, and I kill him. Now if that happens, how am I ever going to be born? And if I can never be born, how can I go back in history and meet my very own Grandfather?"
  • (Commander Richard Owens) "I'm not half the theorist you are, Mr. Lasky. But I still have a gut instinct that things only happen once. And if they have happened, then there's nothing we can do to change them. Nor should we try."
  • (Martin Sheen) "Well, how are you going to avoid it? It's already happening, and we're already involved."
  • (Commander Dan Thurman) "For Christ's sake. What is this, some half-assed Princeton debating society? We are in a war situation. This is a United States warship. Or, at least, it used to be. Or will be. Or what the hell ever. Oh, Goddammit, you can drive yourself crazy just trying to think about this stuff."
  • (Commander Dan Thurman) "Jesus, I must be dreaming."
  • (Captain Yelland) "If the United States falls under attack our job is to defend her in the past, present and future."
  • (Martin Sheen) "And after that?"
  • (Captain Yelland) "After that, we take our orders from the Commander in Chief of the United States Armed Forces."
  • (Martin Sheen) "Franklin Delano Roosevelt?"
  • (Unnamed) "General quarters, general quarters. All hands man your battlestations. Go up and forward on your starboard side, down and aft on your port side. General quarters, general quarters."
  • (Martin Sheen) "What the hell's going on?"
  • (Mark Thomas) "General quarters sir, come with me."

Ron O'Neal as Arthur

  • (Senator Chapman) "Arthur. will you leave the girl enough clothes on not to catch cold? She's too valuable to me right now."
  • (Ron O'Neal) "Have you slept with her yet?"
  • (Senator Chapman) "What kind of question is that to ask a married man?"
  • (Ron O'Neal) "Ha-ha. You son-of-a-gun."
  • (Senator Chapman) "Think I'd better go check what she's doing."
  • (Ron O'Neal) "Oh, sure."
  • (Senator Chapman) "Arthur, have another drink and stop thinking about how much everyone else is getting. See you later."

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