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Primer
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Primer is a 2004 American science fiction drama film written, directed, produced, edited, and scored by Shane Carruth. The cast includes David Sullivan and Shane Carruth. The narrative is set in Texas and explores themes of time travel and distrust. The film utilizes a time loop structure and was shot on 16 mm film. It has a runtime of 77 minutes and is rated PG-13.
The production cost was $7,000, with a total budget of $7,000. The film generated $424,760 in box office revenue and $545,436 in total revenue. It was distributed by Netflix and is available via video on demand. StudioCanal and erbp are listed as production companies. The film received a Metascore of 68 and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 72%. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.7 from 120,852 votes and a TMDb vote average of 6.76.
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6.8A 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.
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
Themes
- distrust
- garage
- mathematics
- identity crisis
- time travel
- time machine
- paradox
- mechanical engineering
- determinism
- incredulous
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Ratings
IMDb
6.7/10
120,852 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
72%
Metacritic
68/100
- Year
- 2004
- Runtime
- 77 min
- Genres
- Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 3 wins & 7 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Shane Carruth
- Screenwriter
- Shane Carruth
- Cast member
- Shane Carruth
- Composer
- Shane Carruth
- Producer
- Shane Carruth
- Production company
- StudioCanal
- Narrative location
- Texas
- Duration
- 77
- FilmAffinity ID
- 338192
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.primermovie.com
- Image
- Time Travel Method-2.svg
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- publication date
- 2004-10-08
- film editor
- Shane Carruth
- title
- Primer
- uses
- time loop
- capital cost
- 7000
- box office
- 424760
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- film format
- 16 mm film
- review score
- 68/100
- Commons category
- Primer (film)
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