The Philadelphia Experiment (film)

The Philadelphia Experiment is a 1984 film about two sailors that are sent 40 years into the future during a naval experiment.
 * Directed by Stewart Raffill. Written by William Gray, based on the 1979 novel The Philadelphia Experiment: Project Invisibility by Charles Berlitz and William L. Moore.

An adventure beyond time. (taglines)

David Herdeg

 * This now, this time, it's not ours. We weren't here when it happened. The experiment took place on a ship in a Philadelphia harbor. It was - 1943, October. Does this sound... crazy? You know, or is this sort of thing possible now?
 * I can't believe this! Germany and Japan are our friends, and Russia's the enemy now?
 * You know, I got it all figured out... Navy owes me 40 years back pay.

Other

 * Sheriff Bates: We've all got problems, honey. But we don't solve 'em with guns.

Dialogue

 * Jim Parker: Isn't that - water up ahead?
 * David Herdeg: No. This is a desert. And that's a mirage.
 * Jim Parker: [later, walking through the flooded plain] How much longer you think this mirage is gonna last?


 * David Herdeg: [sees Ronald Reagan giving a speech on television] Hey, I know this guy. Is this another movie?
 * Allison Hayes: [smiles] No, David, it's not another movie.


 * Major Clark: So, what did you think of 1984?
 * David Herdeg: Television was great.
 * Major Clark: You didn't see enough of it.


 * Allison Hayes: Why'd you join the Navy?
 * David Herdeg: You know the old saying: girl in every port.

Taglines

 * An adventure beyond time.
 * The experiment that should never have happened 41 years ago... Is still going on.

Cast

 * Michael Paré — David Herdeg
 * Nancy Allen — Allison Hayes
 * Eric Christmas — Dr. James Longstreet
 * Bobby Di Cicco — Jim Parker
 * Louise Latham — Pamela
 * Stephen Tobolowsky — Barney
 * Ralph Manza — Older Jim
 * Kene Holliday — Major Clark
 * Joe Dorsey — Sheriff Bates
 * Michael Currie — Magnussen