IMDb RATING
6.1/10
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A United States Navy destroyer escort participates in a Navy "invisibility" experiment that inadvertently sends two sailors forty years into the future.A United States Navy destroyer escort participates in a Navy "invisibility" experiment that inadvertently sends two sailors forty years into the future.A United States Navy destroyer escort participates in a Navy "invisibility" experiment that inadvertently sends two sailors forty years into the future.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations total
Kene Holiday
- Major Clark
- (as Kene Holliday)
Miles McNamara
- Young Longstreet
- (as Miles Mc Namara)
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There are a lot of questions surrounding The Philadelphia Experiment. How is it that 1940s era sailors got 1980s haircuts before they even traveled forty years into the future? How could Manfred Mann perform "The Runner" without worrying that a version of himself from 1964 might suddenly appear and rip out his vocal cords for singing such a typically idiotic 1980s type song? Why is that time travelers always make it look so easy to find a love interest? How was it that after screwing up the Philadelphia Experiment, the military still has complete confidence in Dr. James Longstreet to allow him to pursue his misguided experiments for the next forty years?
My rating: 9.7 and one half stars. The Philadelphia Experiment gets an extra half star because the time travelers see punk rockers at a diner out in the Nevada desert. Also, every car chase featured a vehicle flipping over.
My rating: 9.7 and one half stars. The Philadelphia Experiment gets an extra half star because the time travelers see punk rockers at a diner out in the Nevada desert. Also, every car chase featured a vehicle flipping over.
- cutterccbaxter
- May 13, 2012
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Did you know
- TriviaBack in 1980, AVCO Embassy Pictures asked John Carpenter, who served as an executive producer on this film, to write and direct this film after the successes of La Nuit des masques (1978) and Fog (1980). However, Carpenter showed them New-York 1997 (1981) (which he wrote years earlier), and they did that instead.
- GoofsDavid and Jimmy's hairstyles are not characteristic of those found in the 1940s, particularly for sailors. This is also true for several of the other men seen during this time period in the film.
- Quotes
David Herdeg: [sees President Ronald Reagan giving a speech on television] Hey, I know this guy. Is this another movie?
Allison Hayes: [smiles] No, David, it's not another movie.
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Box office
- Budget
- $6,400,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $8,103,330
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,877,000
- Aug 5, 1984
- Gross worldwide
- $8,103,330
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