The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)

Directed by

Stewart Raffill

Genre

drama film, action film, biographical film, science fiction film, mystery film, time-travel film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 453 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1943, two Navy sailors are thrown into the year 1984 after a secret experiment goes wrong. They must figure out how to survive in the future and stop the experiment from destroying the world.

suspensefultensepacing-fastfrustratingconfusingadventurouslow-budget1980s-style

What happens

The Philadelphia Experiment is a 1984 American science fiction film. It is directed by Stewart Raffill, stars Michael Paré, Bobby Di Cicco, Kene Holliday and Nancy Allen and is based on the urban legend of the Philadelphia Experiment. In 1943, United States Navy sailors David Herdeg (Paré) and Jim Parker (Di Cicco) are thrown forward in time to the year 1984 when a scientific experiment being performed aboard the USS Eldridge suffers a catastrophe. The film follows the two men as they attempt to survive the future and race against time to put an end to the experiment that now threatens the fate of the entire world. The film was released on August 3, 1984 by New World Pictures, and received mixed reviews from critics and only earned $8,103,330 against a budget of $9 million in the United States, but nonetheless proved to be successful for New World Pictures and led to the producer's decision to produce John Carpenter's Black Moon Rising. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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