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

The teenager David Raskin is a genius that dreams on joining the MIT. He has a crush on Jessie Pierce but he is too shy to date her. When David finds the design of a time machine that belonged to his father, he decides to build the device together with his friends Quinn Goldberg and Adam Le and his sister Christina Raskin. Soon Jessie joins the group and becomes David's girlfriend. When their experiment gets out of control and changing the future, David decides to fix the problems making them worse.

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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

Did You Know?

Trivia

In their first test run of time travel they send a red toy car. In Back to the Future Doc uses a red toy car to demonstrate how Marty will get back to the future. Could be a tribute.

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Goofs

While building the time machine, the friends chatter about becoming "Doctor Who" - but that is the title of the TV series, its hero is known as "the Doctor".

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Quotes

Jessie Pierce: After everything, you're just a liar. You played me.

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Connections

References Transformers: Energon (2004)

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Soundtracks

Shadow Of A Man
Written by Adam Agin & William Cook
Performed by Neulore
Courtesy of Chop Shop Music Group, Inc./The Island Def Jam Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Great found footage

Found footage movies are often pretty predictable and sketchy, but project almanac isn't. Unlike other movies of this genre, the pace is kinda slow, which is appropriate for the story. When you build a time travel machine, it is normal that it takes multiple attempts before it works. Even though sometimes you may wonder why the characters are still filming their journey, it's not disturbing enough to prevent you from focusing on the plot, which is a good thing. There's also a good love story and some funny moments, in addition to a breath taking last act. I'd compare it to the Canadian movie Chronicles.

Overall you'll have a great time watching this movie, even more if you are familiar with this genre.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 January 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cinema One

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$8,310,252, 1 February 2015

Gross USA:

$22,348,241

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$33,213,241

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