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

In a scene in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, you can see Project Almanac being advertised in the background. Both movies are produced by Michael Bay.

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Goofs

"The motion sensors are routed through my smart phone with an 802.11g, 64 gigahertz wireless." IEEE 802.11g-2003 is an old Wi-Fi standard that uses the 2.4GHz radio band.

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Quotes

Adam Le: I'm not gonna go and play God with you guys.

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Connections

References Timecop (1994)

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Soundtracks

This World Is Yours
Written by Jon Cobbe Hume & Adam Martin (as Adam Gregory Martin)
Performed by Adam Martin
Courtesy of Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd.
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Funny Adventure Ruined by the Awful Camera Work

The teenager David Raskin (Jonny Weston) is a genius that dreams on joining the MIT. He has a crush on Jessie Pierce (Sofia Black-D'Elia) 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 (Sam Lerner) and Adam Le (Allen Evangelista) and his sister Christina Raskin (Virginia Gardner). 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.

"Project Almanac" is a sort of "The Butterfly Effect 4", with a similar storyline with many paradoxes. Each time that the teenagers interfere with the past for personal profit, the future changes and the responsible David tries to fix it. Unfortunately the funny adventure is ruined by the awful camera work. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Projeto Almanaque" ("Project Almanac")