The Manhattan Project

06/13/1986

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1hr 58min

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Science Fiction

,Thriller

Paul Stevens' high school science project has gotten a little out of hand. He just built an atomic bomb. Now he's got 11 hours to make sure it doesn't work.

STORY

Named after the World War II-era program, the plot revolves around a gifted high school student who decides to construct a nuclear bomb for a national science fair. The film's underlying theme involves the Cold War of the 1980s when government secrecy and mutually assured destruction were key political and military issues.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • John Lithgow
  • Christopher Collet
  • Cynthia Nixon
  • Jill Eikenberry
  • John Mahoney

    INFORMATION

      Production Companies

    • Gladden Entertainment
    • 20th Century Fox

      Production Countries

    • United States of America

    LANGUAGES

    • English

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