Quick Facts
DirectorStewart Raffill
Runtime1h 42m · PG
GenresAdventure · Science-fiction · Thriller
Release1984-10-05
Film
The Philadelphia Experiment
1984· PG· 1h 42m· Adventure· Science-fiction· Thriller
“The experiment that should never have happened 41 years ago...is still going on.”
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.
1984-10-05
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Key Crew
DirectorStewart Raffill
ScreenplayMichael Janover
ProducerDouglas Curtis
Director of PhotographyDick Bush
Original Music ComposerKenneth Wannberg
EditorNeil Travis
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Details
Released1984-10-05
Runtime1h 42m · PG
StatusReleased
StudiosNew Pictures Group · New World Pictures · Cinema Group Ventures
Budget$9M
Box office$8M
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating6.1/10 · 446 votes
Original languageen
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