When Does "Super 8" (2011) Take Place?
"Super 8" is a science fiction film written by J.J. Abrams and released June 9th, 2011.
It takes place in the year:
We know this because very early in the main action of the film, a television news report can be heard (and briefly seen) in Joe Lamb’s house discussing the impending possibility of the real-world partial meltdown that occurred at the nuclear reactor on Three Mile Island on March 28th, 1979 AD.
1979 AD
We know this because very early in the main action of the film, a television news report can be heard (and briefly seen) in Joe Lamb’s house discussing the impending possibility of the real-world partial meltdown that occurred at the nuclear reactor on Three Mile Island on March 28th, 1979 AD.
Additionally, there’s a prologue that ends with a white-on-black time setting title card that reads, “FOUR MONTHS LATER”. So, this prologue must take place in December of 1978 AD.
3.1979 - 4 months = 12.1978.
