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Overview

User Rating:
6.1/10   4,177 votes
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Director:
Stewart Raffill
Writers:
Wallace C. Bennett (story)
Charles Berlitz (book)
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Release Date:
3 August 1984 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Romance | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
Will You Survive? more
Plot:
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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Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
User Reviews:
A dream for conspiracy theorists! more (35 total)

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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Additional Details

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Runtime:
102 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12
Filming Locations:
Charleston, South Carolina, USA more
Company:
Cinema Group Ventures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
According to "The Making of The Philadelphia Experiment", the Wendover, Utah air base used in the film's climactic fire sequence was where the Enola Gay was outfitted for its historic flight in 1945. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Burning debris on the hood of the truck as David drives through the barn. more
Quotes:
Jim Parker: Isn't that - water up ahead?
David Herdeg: No. This is a desert. And that's a mirage.
Jim Parker: [later, walking through the flooded plain] How much longer you think this mirage is gonna last?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Svengoolie: The Philadelphia Experiment (#1.8)" (1995) more
Soundtrack:
Memories of You more

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8 out of 11 people found the following review useful.
A dream for conspiracy theorists!, 13 November 2002
9/10
Author: alexmh from Blackpool, England

Based loosely on an alleged WWII radar invisibility experiment, this film nicely covers the 'alleged' experiment and then takes you one step further, with time and place transference, and a love story thrown in for good measure. Michael Pare definately does the business.

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A good re-make, that is one I'd watch alison1963
Continutiy problem with Jim Parker's clothes when he returns to the ship northern_imager
History Channel program 'The True Story of the Philadelphia Experiment' northern_imager
Philadelphia/Montauk frednow
what if they killed him? yesboss40
The Soundtrack From The Philadephia Experiment stevesfax
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