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Primer (2004)

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Release Date: October 8, 2004 (LA/NY)
On DVD: April 19, 2005
Genre: Suspense, Sci-Fi
Running Time: 80 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for brief language.
Director: Shane Carruth
Writer: Shane Carruth
Cast: David Sullivan, Shane Carruth, Carrie Crawford, Casey Gooden, Anand Upadhyaya

PRIMER is set in the industrial park/suburban tract-home fringes of an unnamed contemporary city where two young engineers, Abe (Carruth) and Aaron (David Sullivan), are members of a small group of men who work by day for a large corporation while conducting extracurricular experiments on their own time in a garage. While tweaking their current project, a device that reduces the apparent mass of any object placed inside it by blocking gravitational pull, they Read more

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Grade: A- Shot on a $7000 budget and the winner for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, "Primer" is a love it or hate it film about the consequences of time travel and the confusion that arises when you mess with reality. Yes, some will hate this fine little gem, but those who love to be completely and utterly confused will have found a new prize in "Primer." Read the full movie review

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