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About
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.
Box Office
$8.1M
Budget
$9.0M
Return
0.9x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 1, 1995
Director
Stewart Raffill
Writers
William Gray, Michael Janover, Don Jakoby, Wallace C. Bennett
Producers
Joel B. Michaels, John Carpenter, Douglas Curtis
Music
Kenneth Wannberg
Studio
New Pictures Group, New World Pictures, Cinema Group Ventures
Quotes
See all →Unending Consequences of a Forbidden Experiment
Taglines
The experiment that should never have happened 41 years ago... Is still going on.
An Adventure Beyond Time
Taglines
An adventure beyond time.
Navy Service and Romance Expectations
Allison Hayes
Why'd you join the Navy?
David Herdeg
You know the old saying: girl in every port.
Perceptions of Television in Different Eras
Major Clark
So, what did you think of 1984?
David Herdeg
Television was great.
Major Clark
You didn't see enough of it.
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The Philadelphia Experiment Collection
Cast
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Michael Paré
David Herdeg
N
Nancy Allen
Allison Hayes
E
Eric Christmas
Dr. James Longstreet
B
Bobby Di Cicco
Jim Parker
L
Louise Latham
Pamela
K
Kene Holliday
Major Clark
J
Joe Dorsey
Sheriff Bates
M
Michael Currie
Magnussen
S
Stephen Tobolowsky
Barney
G
Gary Brockette
Adjutant / Andrews
R
Ralph Manza
Older Jim
J
James Edgcomb
Officer Boyer
G
Glenn Morshower
Mechanic
R
Rodney Saulsberry
Doctor
V
Vivian Brown
Ma Willis
S
Stephanie Faulkner
TV Newscaster #1
E
Ed Bakey
Pa Willis
M
Michael Villani
TV Newscaster #2
V
Vaughn Armstrong
Cowboy
B
Bill Smillie
Evangelist
