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The Philadelphia Experiment

The experiment that should never have happened 41 years ago...is still going on.

6.1(476)19841h 42m4

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$9M
Box office
$8.1M
Language
English
Part of The Philadelphia Experiment Collection · 2 films
  • experiment
  • based on novel or book
  • aftermath
  • intelligence
  • time travel
  • biography
  • based on true story
  • urban legend
  • falling in love
  • uss eldridge

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremierePG3 Aug 1984
    • PhysicalPGR&G Video / StarMaker Entertainment #99109 [𝐕𝐇𝐒📼] 𝟭𝟬𝟮 mínutєѕ1 Jan 1995
    • PhysicalPGStarz / Anchor Bay [𝐃𝐕𝐃📀] 𝟭𝟬𝟭 mínutєѕ19 Sept 2000
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalPG12 Oct 1984
    • PhysicalPGDVD1 Feb 2005
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalPG1 Nov 1984
  • CanadaCA

    • PhysicalDVD release13 Apr 2004
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalU15 Jan 1985
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1210 Jan 1985
  • GreeceGR

    • PhysicalDVD release of "Silver Star"1 Feb 2005
  • IrelandIE

    • TheatricalPG12 Oct 1984
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical3 Feb 1987
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical27 Oct 1984
  • SpainES

    • Theatrical1 Nov 1984
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical155 Oct 1984

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The Philadelphia Experiment was released on 5 October 1984.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    3/13/2025

    6/10

    Sadly, this has dated really quite badly but it’s still quite a decent story. With the US Navy working in the middle of WWII to find a way to make allied shipping invisible to their Nazi enemy, they think they might have found a gadget to do just that. Off goes the USS “Eldridge” but before the exercise can be completed, two of it’s crew disappear and find themselves transported forty years into the future. Meantime,…

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