The Philadelphia Experiment

(1984)

★ 6.1 IMDb · 470 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Thriller

Year: 1984

Runtime: 102 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Stewart Raffill

Cast: Майкл Паре, Нэнси Аллен, Eric Christmas, Бобби Ди Чикко, Louise Latham, Kene Holliday, Джо Дорси, Michael Currie, Стивен Тоболовски, Gary Brockette

Plot

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.

In 1943, the United States tests an anti-radar system to make the U.S. Navy ships invisible to the enemy. Dr. James Longstreet uses his experiment in the destroyer escort USS Eldridge that disappears from Philadelphia. The sailors David Herdeg and his best friend Jim Parker are projected to 1984, where they meet Allison Hayes. They unsuccessfully try to contact their base and out of the blue Jimmy disappears in a hospital. Allison helps David to visit Jimmy's wife Pamela, but Jimmy refuses to see him. Now David's only hope is meeting Dr. James Longstreet to learn what to do. Will he succeed?