The Philadelphia Experiment
The Philadelphia Experiment is a 1984 American science fiction film. It is directed by Stewart Raffill, stars Michael Paré, Bobby Di Cicco, Kene Holliday and Nancy Allen and is based on the urban legend of the Philadelphia Experiment. In 1943, United States Navy sailors David Herdeg (Paré) and Jim Parker (Di Cicco) are thrown forward in time to the year 1984 when a scientific experiment being performed aboard the USS Eldridge suffers a catastrophe. The film follows the two men as they attempt to survive the future and race against time to put an end to the experiment that now threatens the fate of the entire world.
Plot
In 1943, United States Navy sailors David Herdeg and Jim Parker serve aboard destroyer escort USS ''Eldridge'', docked in Philadelphia. Doctor James Longstreet and his team conduct an experiment to render the ship invisible to radar, but a malfunction causes the ship to disappear. David and Jim's attempts to stop the experiment fail and they jump overboard to escape.
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author | Charles Berlitz Don Jakoby William Gray |
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contentLocation | Nevada |
director | Stewart Raffill |
editor | Neil Travis |
events | time travel World War II |
genre | action fantasy science fiction |
keywords | arcade game axe burn draw electric fence flash of light flee high speed icbm injured maroon military police military police corps parking lot roadside diner senior citizen small town suffer survive their way united states navy vacuum tube |
musicBy | Kenneth Wannberg |
producer | Joel B. Michaels |
productionCompany | Cinema Group |
publisher | New World Pictures |
recordedAt | Salt Lake City South Carolina |
theme | conspiracy theories romantic fantasy science fiction action time urban |