included · Mechanical

The Spirit of '76

Lucas Reiner · 82 minutes

Future Americans decide to time travel to 1776 to ask the founding fathers for the solutions to their problems. A glitch in the time machine changes their destination to 1976. Still believing themselves to be in 1776, the time travellers attempt to study this "ideal" civilization. 70's jokes, props and stars abound.

Science Fiction, Comedy

Before you choose

What kind of time-travel story is this?

Time travel is an important premise, with limited sustained exploration.

Meets the archive’s time-travel criteria. The mechanism is classified as Mechanical.

Why the archive makes this assessment (spoilers)

Travellers mistakenly reach 1976 instead of 1776, spend the film in cultural misunderstandings, and return with artifacts and a Constitution printed on a shirt.

A time machine accidentally lands future historians in 1976 instead of 1776.

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An editorial assessment based on the archive’s documented plot research.

Scale, legacy & time

The scores

Titan21.1

Weighted archive score

Time-travel significance6/10

high confidence

Quality consensus6.0/10

Aggregate source ratings

How Titan works

Titan combines the archive’s quality, audience and legacy base with the significance of time travel. It is an index, not a score out of 100, and is distinct from the FMV archive’s scoring model.

Titan = base × [0.20 + 0.80 × (time-travel score ÷ 10)²]

This film: 43.22 base × 48.8% weighting.

Partial inputs flag incomplete source metadata. Provisional weighting flags a time-travel assessment that remains uncertain; it receives no additional confidence penalty.

The evidence

Research & sources

Research notes may reveal plot details.

These sources support the plot facts and catalog research. The numerical scores are the archive’s judgments, not ratings supplied by these sources.

Cast: David Cassidy, Olivia D'Abo, Steven Shane McDonald, Jeffrey McDonald, Geoff Hoyle

Edition by edition

Releases & formats

4 cataloged editions. Narrow by format, then check region, audio and subtitles. Missing specifications mean unknown, not absent.

These listings do not establish a best edition. Use the specifications to shortlist compatible releases, then follow the source to verify details and availability.

Digital