The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)

Michael Paré: David Herdeg

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• Jim Parker : Isn't that - water up ahead?

  David Herdeg : No. This is a desert. And that's a mirage.

  Jim Parker : [later, walking through the flooded plain]  How much longer you think this mirage is gonna last?

• David Herdeg : [sees President Ronald Reagan giving a speech on television]  Hey, I know this guy. Is this another movie?

  Allison Hayes : [smiles]  No, David, it's not another movie.

• [Trying to steal Allison's car] 

  David Herdeg : Where the hell's the clutch?

  Allison Hayes : It's automatic!

  David Herdeg : Get in, you're driving.

• Major Clark : So, what did you think of 1984?

  David Herdeg : Television was great.

  Major Clark : You didn't see enough of it.

• David Herdeg : You know, I got it all figured out... Navy owes me 40 years back pay.

• Allison Hayes : Why'd you join the Navy?

  David Herdeg : You know the old saying: girl in every port.

• David Herdeg : [to transvestite]  What the hell are you dressed like that for?

• David Herdeg : This now, this time, it's not ours. We weren't here when it happened. The experiment took place on a ship in a Philadelphia harbor. It was - 1943, October. Does this sound... crazy? You know, or is this sort of thing possible now?

• David Herdeg : Whew. What is *that*?

  Allison Hayes : Oh, I think it's a Porsche.

  David Herdeg : Now that's *really* me.

• David Herdeg : What the hell have you done, Longstreet?

• Sailor #1 : Hey, there goes the whiz kid.

  Sailor #2 : Doesn't look too happy, does he?

  David Herdeg : Maybe he knows somethin' we don't.

  Sailor #1 : Thanks, David, that's just what I wanted to hear.