The Philadelphia Experiment Page #6

Synopsis: 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 be well succeeded?
Director(s): Stewart Raffill
Production: Starmaker Entertainment
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
PG
Year:
1984
102 min
240 Views


to anything he says.

- I wish to God I were.

- Leave him alone, just leave him alone.

He's right, Allison.

I can feel it.

What am I to say to you, David, "I'm sorry."?

I've lived with this thing for 40 years,

there's not a day I didn't feel it.

What of all this? A new experiment? You did it again!

Yes... yes.

The copper coils in the suit should

protect from the electromagnetic forces.

- What is he doing?

- It's oxygen.

Is any of this stuff really gonna help me?

Well, if it doesn't help, it won't matter,

'cause nothing's going to be left here anyway.

- Can you give me a couple of minutes?

- That's about all you got.

I can't believe it's gonna end like this.

I can't believe it!

What's gonna happen?

I don't know, nobody knows.

Shoot! Maybe in 40 years I'll...

come back and surprise you again.

All non-essential personnel are to evacuate

the base before oh-seven-hundred hours.

David, we gotta go.

I gotta go!

- How are my sound men?

- We're ready, communications are in.

Just hope it's all working.

I'm gonna put "communication ceases"

when you entry the vortex.

- We won't be able to help ya.

- Am I supposed to drive this?

- No.

- I am.

Let's go, son.

- So, what did you think of 1984?

- Television's great.

- You didn't see enough of it.

- I didn't see enough of anything.

Quadrant 5 reading at ten point five degrees, do you read me?

- Yes, I do.

Vector 3, response is operational,

give us your P.R.D., over.

P.R.D. eleven point four eight.

- Are you ready for this?

- I've been there before.

Here we go! Control?

We're on the station and almost ready.

Remember what I told you about position,

be sure you're directly in the center.

When I blow this thing, it's gonna

pull you straight up into the air.

- Are you ready?

- Let's go!

All right, good luck, sailor.

- Davey, what happened?

- We're back on the ship.

- But the hospital?

- It's all over, you're gonna be all right now.

- But I gotta go, buddy.

- You're gonna go back?

- I don't know, I just can't stay here.

- Will I ever see you again?

One of these days... I promise you that.

Look, I gotta go now,

take it easy, buddy.

Emergency medical team report to Hanger Bay 1 on the double!

Report to Hanger Bay 1 for transfer.

Bravo's along side, there are... there's been fire,

it's still burning at some points...

There are men moving about on the deck,

they... they appear to be pretty badly burned.

My God, there's a man... buried...

he's in the steel, he's buried in the deck.

I can't describe it!

He's alive! He's al...

He did it! He... God damn it, he did it!

He did it! Lord, Almighty, he did it!

The damn thing worked great!

David?

My God, I don't believe it.

- Ya know what?

- What?

I got it all figured out...

the Navy owes me 40 years back pay.

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