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The Philadelphia Experiment is a american film of genre Drama directed by Stewart Raffill released in USA on 3 august 1984 with Michael Paré
The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 3 august 1984
Length 1h42
Directed by Stewart Raffill
OriginUSA
Themes Time travel films
Rating60%
The Philadelphia Experiment is a 1984 science fiction film. It is directed by Stewart Raffill and stars Michael Paré, Bobby Di Cicco, and Nancy Allen and based on the urban legend of the Philadelphia Experiment. The movie is set in 1943 where two sailors, David Herdeg (Paré) and Jim Parker (Di Cicco), are stationed on a ship used for an experiment to make it invisible to radar. However, the experiment goes horribly wrong and the ship completely disappears and Herdeg and Parker find themselves in the Nevada desert in the year 1984. They find out the program has been revived in 1984, unexpectedly interacting with the experiment in 1943 and putting the entire world in danger.
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In 1943 United States Navy sailors David Herdeg and Jim Parker are assigned to the destroyer escort USS Eldridge during a project to make it invisible to radar. The ship is in Philadelphia harbor, filled with equipment from a team led by Dr. James Longstreet. During the experiment the equipment begins malfunctioning. Observers simply see the ship disappear. David and Jim try to shut down the generator but receive severe electric shocks when they touch anything. The two men jump overboard to escape.Actors
Michael Paré
(David Herdeg)
Nancy Allen
(Allison Hayes)
Eric Christmas
(Dr. James Longstreet)
Bobby Di Cicco
(Jim Parker)
Louise Latham
(Pamela)
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