The Philadelphia Experiment (2012 film)
The Philadelphia Experiment is a 2012 science fiction TV movie. It is directed by Paul Ziller and stars Michael Paré, Malcolm McDowell, Nicholas Lea, and Emilie Ullerup and based on the urban legend of the Philadelphia Experiment. Plot. In 1943, the US Navy ship USS "Eldridge" disappears, due to the Philadelphia Experiment. In the present day (2012), researchers try to re-create the experiment, which has the unintended consequence of making the "Eldridge" reappear, apparently having traveled through time. The sole survivor of the original experiment is aboard, and meets up with his now-adult  granddaughter. The "Eldridge" continues to drift through time and space, trapping others aboard it. The research company tries to cover-up the incident by killing everyone involved. A struggle ensues as others try to protect the survivors, and return them their original time and place. Other portrayals. Actor Michael Paré, featured 28 years earlier in the 1984 film of the same name, had the role of henchman Hagan in this remake.