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Primer

6.720041h 17mPG-13MovieScience FictionDramaThriller

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.

DirectorShane Carruth
WriterShane Carruth
ProducerShane Carruth

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Cast · Directed by Shane Carruth

SCShane Carruth
Shane Carruth
Aaron
DSDavid Sullivan
David Sullivan
Abe
CGCasey Gooden
Casey Gooden
Robert
AUAnand Upadhyaya
Anand Upadhyaya
Philip
CC
Carrie Crawford
Kara
JB
Jay Butler
Metalshop Worker
JC
John Carruth
Man On Couch #1
JT
Juan Tapia
Man On Couch #2
AW
Ashley Warren
Hostess
ST
Samantha Thomson
Rachel Granger
CC
Chip Carruth
Thomas Granger
DP
Delaney Price
Laney

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