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The Philadelphia Experiment
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6.1/10   4,149 votes
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Release Date:
3 August 1984 (USA) more
Tagline:
Will You Survive? more
Plot:
Based on an "actual event" that took place in 1943. About a US Navy Destroyer Escort that disappeared from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and sent two men 40 years into the future to 1984. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Underrated, Excellent more (35 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Michael Paré ... David Herdeg
Nancy Allen ... Allison Hayes
Eric Christmas ... Dr. James Longstreet
Bobby Di Cicco ... Jim Parker
Louise Latham ... Pamela
Kene Holliday ... Major Clark
Joe Dorsey ... Sheriff Bates
Michael Currie ... Magnussen

Stephen Tobolowsky ... Barney
Gary Brockette ... Adjutant / Andrews
Debra Troyer ... Young Pamela
Miles McNamara ... Young Longstreet
Ralph Manza ... Older Jim
James Edgcomb ... Officer Boyer

Glenn Morshower ... Mechanic
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Runtime:
102 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
According to "The Making of The Philadelphia Experiment", the Wendover, Utah air base used in the film's climactic fire sequence was where the Enola Gay was outfitted for its historic flight in 1945. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: David and Jimmy don't know how to drive Allison's car, which has an automatic transmission, and they claim never to have heard of an "automatic" before. The first mass-produced automatic transmission was introduced by General Motors in 1939, two years before the United States entered World War II. more
Quotes:
David Herdeg: You know, I got it all figured out... Navy owes me 40 years back pay. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Triangle" (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Memories of You more

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15 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
Underrated, Excellent, 11 March 1999
Author: Madman-10 from United Kingdom

This film is brilliant - I don't care what others think - It is your basic adventure time travel film. I think the plot is genius - When something disappears nobody thinks what's going on while it's invisible - This is what happens in the film as a ship is cloaked during world war 2 to prevent radar detection but the ship completely vanishes - while invisible 2 crew members jump overboard into one of the best time warps i've ever seen, into 1984 - I think the acting, effects and overall tension of the movie was way ahead of it's time and will remain my personal favourite film.

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Continutiy problem with Jim Parker's clothes when he returns to the ship northern_imager
History Channel program 'The True Story of the Philadelphia Experiment' northern_imager
Philadelphia/Montauk frednow
A good re-make, that is one I'd watch alison1963
what if they killed him? yesboss40
The Soundtrack From The Philadephia Experiment stevesfax
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