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The Philadelphia Experiment

1984 · 102 min

A tense, eerie time-travel thriller with a romantic subplot, brisk pacing, and a mix of sci-fi mystery and action.

Directed by
Stewart Raffill
Genres
Science fiction, Adventure, Thriller
Tagline
The experiment that should never have happened 41 years ago...is still going on.
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Stewart Raffill
Genres
Science fiction, Adventure, Thriller
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • technology
  • mystery
  • love
  • survival
  • conspiracy
Places
  • small town
  • military
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror3
Humour3
Realism4
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Genres
science fiction, adventure, thriller
Directed by
Stewart Raffill
Written by
Michael Janover, William Gray
Starring
Michael Paré, Nancy Allen, Eric Christmas, Bobby Di Cicco, Louise Latham, Kene Holliday, Joe Dorsey, Michael Currie
Music
Kenneth Wannberg
Cinematography
Dick Bush
Runtime
102 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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