My Science Project

My Science Project
My Science Project

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Jonathan R. Betuel
Produced by E. Darrell Hallenbeck (associate producer)
Jonathan Taplin (producer)
Written by Jonathan R. Betuel
Starring John Stockwell
Danielle von Zerneck
Fisher Stevens
Raphael Sbarge
Dennis Hopper
Richard Masur
Barry Corbin
Music by Peter Bernstein
Cinematography David M. Walsh
Editing by Carroll Timothy O'Meara
Studio Touchstone Films
Distributed by Buena Vista Pictures
Release date(s) August 9, 1985
Running time 94 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $4,122,748 (USA)

My Science Project is a 1985 comedy science fiction film directed by Jonathan R. Betuel.

Plot

Gearhead Michael (John Stockwell) and bookworm Ellie (Danielle von Zerneck) break into a military junkyard to find a science project for Michael's class. Michael accidentally falls through a trap door into an old underground fallout shelter, and finds a strange glowing orb which, unknown to them, is the engine of a crashed UFO. Michael unknowingly activates the device while trying to clean it, so it could pass as his science project, referred to simply as the "gizmo". It demonstrates strange properties, such as absorbing electricity from any nearby devices. After Michael and his friends plug it into a power source, it begins to materialize objects from other times and dimensions. When his science teacher (Dennis Hopper) experiments by plugging the orb directly into the power grid, it starts a chain reaction that warp the dimensions and time around it. Past, present and future collide in a whirling vortex which engulfs the school and only Michael and his friends can stop it.

Explained in the beginning of the movie, the orb came from a crashed alien vessel found by the US Military in 1957. President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered the vessel destroyed. The orb was placed in a military junkyard for future analysis. Over time the device was forgotten and became lost.

Different title in Sweden

The distributors of the movie in Sweden thought it should be marketed as a mix of Ghostbusters and Back to the Future. It was subsequently renamed TimeBusters.

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