Project Almanac (2015)

A group of teens discover secret plans of a time machine, and construct one. However, things start to get out of control.

Director:

Dean Israelite

Writers:

Jason Pagan (as Jason Harry Pagan), Andrew Deutschman

Stars:

Amy Landecker, Sofia Black-D'Elia, Virginia Gardner

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jonny Weston	...	David Raskin
Sofia Black-D'Elia	...	Jessie Pierce
Sam Lerner	...	Quinn Goldberg
Allen Evangelista	...	Adam Le
Virginia Gardner	...	Christina Raskin
Amy Landecker	...	Kathy Raskin
Gary Weeks	...	Ben Raskin
Macsen Lintz	...	David, Age 7
Gary Grubbs	...	Dr. Lou
Michelle DeFraites	...	Sarah Nathan
Curry Stone	...	Male Student
Jamila Thompson	...	Marina
Katie Garfield	...	Liv
Hillary Harley	...	Blonde
Courtney Bowers	...	Jess' Friend

Storyline

As a group of friends discover plans for a time machine, they build it and use it to fix their problems and for personal gain. But as their future falls apart with disasters, and they come to realize the irreversible ripple effects caused by their time travels, they must decide to fix this once and for all.

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Plot Keywords:

time travel | teenager | alternate timeline | time machine | race against time | 

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Taglines:

To fix the past, would you risk your future?

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some language and sexual content

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 January 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Almanac

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$8,500,000, 1 February 2015, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$22,331,028, 22 March 2015

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$32,248,241

Company Credits

Production Co:

Insurge Pictures, Platinum Dunes, MTV Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

Datasat Dolby Digital Dolby Surround 7.1 SDDS Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of the characters can be seen watching Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) on a laptop. The film concerns two teenagers who utilize a time machine to complete a history project.

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Goofs

Part of the plot revolves around not having enough hydrogen. Hydrogen and Oxygen can be easily made from water and electricity. It's one of the most basic high school science experiments. So hydrogen should never be scarce to these wiz kids.

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Quotes

Adam Le: You're coming clean.
David Raskin: I can't because I'll lose her.

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Connections

Referenced in Midnight Screenings: The Loft/Project Almanac (2015)

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Soundtracks

Nokia Default Ringtone
Courtesy of Nokia

User Reviews

What a horrible job of Directing and The DP should be Fired

I was looking forward to this, but it failed in a big way. The direction was horrible and I don't know who this guy had to sleep with to get the job, but this film is not good. It gave me a headache. He must have missed the first two semesters of film school about telling a story and basic camera moves. Directing 101: Establishing shots, masters, tell the viewer what they are looking at to comprehend. The camera work was a true nightmare! This technique is alright as an effect for one maybe two scenes, but makes a mess of a film when done this way from start to finish. Due to the camera work, the film failed to tell the story. I'm pretty sure the story was good, but with such bad camera work I couldn't tell. I have a hard time with camera work that gets in the way of telling the story, which happened here in a major way.

When this film comes out on DVD I might put it through stabilization software and see what actually happened.

THANKFULLY THE CAST WAS GOOD! And this films saving grace. They were a good group of actors, and the stand out were the girls. The brunette was wonderful as was the blonde (sister), both solid actors, whom I'd love to work with them both on a show.

If you want to watch an entire film of really crappy camera work rivaling Americas Funniest Home Videos, this film is for you.