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The Manhattan Project
A gifted high school student steals plutonium from the secret nuclear weapons facility in his home town in order to construct his own nuclear bomb, win a national science fair, and expose the government's secrets.
1986 · Directed by Marshall Brickman · 118 min · Science Fiction · Thriller · 8 frames
Tagline
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.
Crew
- Written by: Thomas Baum, Marshall Brickman
- Cinematography: Billy Williams
- Edited by: Nina Feinberg
- Music: Philippe Sarde
- Production design: Philip Rosenberg
- Produced by: Marshall Brickman, Jennifer Ogden, Bruce McNall
Cast
- John Lithgow as John Mathewson
- Christopher Collet as Paul Stephens
- Cynthia Nixon as Jenny Anderman
- Jill Eikenberry as Elizabeth Stephens
- John Mahoney as Lt. Col. Conroy
- Richard Jenkins as Radiation Controls Officer
- Sully Boyar as Night Guard
- Timothy Carhart as Relief Guard
- Gregg Edelman as Science Teacher
- JD Cullum as Eccles (as John David Cullum)
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Gladden Entertainment
- Budget: $18,000,000
- Box office: $3,900,000
- Themes: helicopter, bomb, plutonium, laser, heist, fugitive, nuclear bomb, scientist, homemade explosive, science fair
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