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3 August 1984 (USA)
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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
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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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Back in 1980, AVCO Embassay Pictures asked John Carpenter, who serves as an executive producer on this film to both write and direct this film after the success of Halloween (1978) and The Fog (1980). However, Carpenter showed them Escape from New York (1981) (which he wrote years earlier) and they did that instead.
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Continuity: When David and Allison are going to the ranch, there is vehicle at the end of the route. When the angle of the camera changes, the vehicle is far away and then close up. (It occurs at 1:02:40 and 1:03:00 in the movie).
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David Herdeg:
[to transvestite] What the hell are you dressed like that for?
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References Lunar Lander (1979) (VG)
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I'll Never Smile Again
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I can't decide whether we were meant to take this film seriously or not. Nevertheless, it seems to be a reasonable representation of what many people think happened.
The Philadelphia Experiment is one of those things that keeps surfacing in so many different ways that one is inclined to think there might be some grains of truth in it. If you take away the conspiricists and the UFO people, the story doesn't go away. Something happened.
This movie is quite endearing simply because it was done so badly. It had just the right amount of ineptitude applied to it to propel it solidly into the so-bad-it's-good basket. Somehow, the wooden acting and cheesy effects doesn't stop you from really caring about the characters, and maybe even thinking that something like this might have really happened.
If it makes you think, then it's done its job beautifully.