The Manhattan Project
Visit website6.2/10 • 95
1986-06-13 • 1h 58m
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.
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.
- Directors
- Marshall Brickman
- Writters
- Marshall Brickman, Thomas Baum
- Editors
- Marshall Brickman, Thomas Baum, Nina Feinberg
The Manhattan Project
Visit website1986-06-13 • 1h 58m
6.2/10 • 95
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.
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.
- Directors
- Marshall Brickman
- Writters
- Marshall Brickman, Thomas Baum
- Editors
- Marshall Brickman, Thomas Baum, Nina Feinberg
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsJohn Lithgow
John Mathewson
Christopher Collet
Paul Stephens
Cynthia Nixon
Jenny Anderman
Jill Eikenberry
Elizabeth Stephens
John Mahoney
Lt. Col. Conroy
Richard Jenkins
Radiation Controls Officer
Robert Sean Leonard
Max
Steve Blum
Laser Efficiency Kid (as Richard Cardona)
Sarah Burke
Jenny's Parent
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $18,000,000.00
- Revenue
- $3,900,000.00
- Keywords
- helicopterbombplutoniumlaserheistfugitivescientistnuclearproject