2004 1h 17m Shane Carruth

Primer

Name: Primer
Genre: Drama, Science-Fiction, Mystery & Thriller
Released: 2004
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Shane Carruth, David Sullivan, Casey Gooden, Anand Upadhyaya

★ 6.7 IMDb

Drama Science-Fiction Mystery & Thriller

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.

Writer Shane Carruth

Cast Shane Carruth, David Sullivan, Casey Gooden, Anand Upadhyaya

Music Shane Carruth

Essays and Criticism

On this film

Beneath sci-fi sound: primer, science fiction sound design, and American independent cinema by Nessa Johnston, Alphaville

On Shane Carruth

Shane Carruth by Matthew Plouffe, Reverse Shot

In conversation with other films

Do It Yourself Filmmakers by Roger Wilson, FIPRESCI The Decade in Review by Dennis Lim, Cinema Scope

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Awards & Festivals

Won Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award

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