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Primer

Name: Primer
Director: Shane Carruth
Genre: Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller
Released: 2004
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Shane Carruth, David Sullivan, Casey Gooden, Anand Upadhyaya, Carrie Crawford

A group of fledgling inventors discover a complex method to manipulate reality. At first, they successfully game the stock market with it, but the consequences of the invention start to catch up with them.

2004 · Directed by Shane Carruth · 77 min · Science Fiction · Drama · Thriller · 19 frames

Tagline

What happens if it actually works?

Crew

Written by: Shane Carruth
Cinematography: Troy Dick
Edited by: Shane Carruth
Production design: Shane Carruth
Produced by: Shane Carruth

Cast

Shane Carruth as Aaron
David Sullivan as Abe
Casey Gooden as Robert
Anand Upadhyaya as Philip
Carrie Crawford as Kara
Jay Butler as Metalshop Worker
John Carruth as Man On Couch #1
Juan Tapia as Man On Couch #2
Ashley Warren as Hostess
Samantha Thomson as Rachel Granger

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English, French
Studios: erbp
Budget: $7,000
Box office: $545,436
Themes: distrust, garage, mathematics, identity crisis, time travel, time machine, paradox, mechanical engineering, determinism, incredulous

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