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2004 Certificate 12
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Primer is set in the industrial park/suburban tract-home fringes of an unnamed contemporary city where two young engineers, Abe and Aaron, are members of a small group of men who work by day for a large corporation and conduct experiments on their own time in a garage. While tweaking their current project, a device that reduces .. Read more

Starring Shane Carruth, David Sullivan, Casey Gooden, Anand Upadhyaya
Director Shane Carruth
Genres Drama

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Primer is set in the industrial park/suburban tract-home fringes of an unnamed contemporary city where two young engineers, Abe and Aaron, are members of a small group of men who work by day for a large corporation and conduct experiments on their own time in a garage. While tweaking their current project, a device that reduces the appearent mass of any object placed inside it by blocking gravitation pull, they accidentally discover that it some highly unexpected capabilities - ones that could enable them to do and have anything they want...

Starring Shane Carruth, David Sullivan, Casey Gooden, Anand Upadhyaya
Director Shane Carruth
Studio PALISADES TARTAN
Run time DVD: 1 hr 14 mins
Certificate Certificate 12
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Hearing-impaired English
Released DVD: 20 Feb 2006
Production year: 2004
Format DVD

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  • Thinking inside the box: in an American garage, two jargon-jawing techies are working away on something mysterious... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

  • Donnie Darko for grownups... A glorious rebuke to a dumbed down movie world

    • The Guardian
    • Posted 08 Oct 2007

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  • 64 out of 73 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Excellent!!

    Firstly... Watch this film before you read anything about it to take in the full effect.

    From start till finish this $7000 film is exquisitely and painstakingly put together by only a few people. Every shot is well thought of and the plot is one that will challenge you and keep you guessing until the end.

    Don't be put off by bad reviews as those people do not have the mental capacity to take in the complex plots of Primer and assume that it isn't the masterpiece that it is.

    This is one of those films that will be remembered as one of the cult greats.

    Enjoy!

      • Brian Simpson from Scotland
      • Posted 21 Jun 2005 18:49

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  • 4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    Oh My God.!

    Forget all the glowing arty farty reviews, this film is awful. Dull, depressing and very very boring. Yes, I did stay with it, and no it did not get better. The idea is a common one in Sci Fi and has been done by others so much better. One can see it was made on the cheap,and good luck to the makers if they make money on it. But please no sequal!

      • A customer from Holland Park
      • Posted 02 Jun 2006 20:23

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