The Philadelphia Experiment with Michael Paré: DVD Cover

    The Philadelphia Experiment Director: Stewart Raffill Cast: Michael Paré, Nancy Allen, Eric Christmas, Bobby Di Cicco

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    • DVD Release Date: 12/22/2009
    • Original Release: 1984
    • Rating: Rated PG
    • Sales Rank: 13,738

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    This science fiction thriller was inspired by a mythical real-life event, the WWII era disappearance of an entire naval vessel during a radar-cloaking test. In 1943, David Herdeg Michael Pare and Jim Parker Bobby DiCicco are sailors stationed aboard a Virginia battleship. Their vessel is undergoing an experiment conducted by brilliant scientist Dr. Longstreeet (Eric Christmas), who is attempting to render Allied craft invisible to radar. The ship becomes briefly invisible, but the test is a disaster and most of the crew are horribly killed. However, two crewmen are missing. In 1984, Herdeg and Parker emerge in the Nevada desert, having somehow traveled through time. Longstreet, still trying to perfect the device after 40 years, is running another experiment that pulls the missing sailors into the present. Realizing what's occurred, Herdeg and Parker flee, fearing for their lives. Fugitives, they befriend a skeptical modern woman, Alison Hayes (Nancy Allen). An effect of time pulls Parker back into 1943, leading to a bizarre reunion between Herdeg, still trapped in the future, and Parker, now a senior citizen. The film was followed by a sequel nine years later. Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

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    A Sci-Fi Love Storyby ChipChapman

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    May 20, 2009: Michael Pare follows up Eddie and the Cruisers and Streets of Fire with this action packed science fiction adventure. In 1943, the US government allegedly conducted experiments in invisibility in the Philadelphia ship yards to further our weapons capability in World War II. Using this premise, the movie opens as the experiments begin. During the event, two Navy seamen are accidentally transported 40 years into the future to 1984. One seaman, David Herding, played by Pare, remains. His best friend is teleported back to the scene of the accident where screaming seamen are shown imbedded in the ship's hull. Back to the future, Herding engages the help of reluctant Allison Hayes, played by Nancy Allen, to find his way back to 1943. During their misadventures, Herding meets his old friend in 1984, who is now elderly. If you are looking for science fiction in the vein of 2001 or Solaris, you might pass on this. However, it works as a sci-fi love story when the guy gets the girl even 40 years later.

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    What Happened to the Original "True account" ??by Anonymous

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    June 13, 2005: I was disappointed, but watched with enough interest in the movie to sit through it. In reference to: "A reviewer a scientist and historian's review of the, "Philidelphia Experiment " I am looking for the original of this one also. I believe that it was considered to be too graphic for the,families involved,and the American public at large, and decided that this experiment should be kept confidential. I just wonder if anyone has a copy of the original. I saw the movie (I forget the year), and don't know if, at that time, you could buy copies.

    This review was written about the DVD Wide Screen / Dolby 5.1 / Stereo edition.