The Philadelphia Experiment

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Science fiction

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Time Out says

A time-travel yarn of the 'past arrives in the present' persuasion. Two WWII sailors involved in some early radar experiment tumble through the decades into 1984. The 'what the hell's happened?' passages are, as usual, more diverting than the 'what the hell can we do about it?' scenes, the latter involving merely flashing lights, showers of sparks and talk of imploding vortexes. Much more fun is the spectacle of Young 1943 trying to work out why the US President looks vaguely familiar, and how come the folks in the diner are hardly glancing at a television, on which a noisy monster is assaulting a bare-breasted starlet.

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Release details

UK release:

1984

Duration:

101 mins

Cast and crew

Director:

Stewart Raffill

Cast:

Kene Holliday, Louise Latham, Bobby DiCicco, Eric Christmas, Nancy Allen, Michael Paré, Joe Dorsey

Music:

Ken Wannberg

Art Director:

Chris Campbell

Editor:

William Hoy, Neil Travis

Cinematography:

Dick Bush

Screenwriter:

Michael Janover, William Gray

Producer:

Douglas Curtis, Joel B Michaels

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Rated as: 5/5 (2 ratings)

  • It was good in 84 and still is! Just my opinion. I recorded it back then, put it on DVD, now I can't remember the last one to borrow it. It has made its rounds. Anyway it is well worth viewing, maybe not 50-100 times, but once is good.

    The Hundoggie-da-Boy Thu Jan 13 2011
    Rated as: 5/5
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  • Another 'True Story'. This one, I can well believe when you read the story behind it! Sligtly dramatized as you would expect but wow, if that was possible in the forties it makes you wonder what there doing now!!! It's rater oddly cast, but worth a watch. The ending is really disappointing - far too predictable!!

    kel Fri Mar 6 2009
    Rated as: 4/5
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