Release Date
October 8, 2004 (LA/NY)
DVD Release Date
April 19, 2005 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Shane Carruth
Writer
Shane Carruth
Cast
David Sullivan, Shane Carruth, Carrie Crawford, Casey Gooden, Anand Upadhyaya
Studio
Running Time
80 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated PG-13 for brief language
What is Primer about?
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... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
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." Full movie review »
