The Manhattan Project

The Manhattan Project (1986)

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.

  • Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller
  • Release Date: 1986-06-13
  • User Rating: 6.2/10 from 104 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 58min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Gladden Entertainment
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Marshall Brickman
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Summary

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.

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  • 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

  • Robert Sean Leonard

    as Max

  • Steve Blum

    as Laser Efficiency Kid (as Richard Cardona)

  • Sarah Burke

    as Jenny's Parent

  • Robert Schenkkan

    as Government Aide

  • Richard Council

    as Government Aide

  • Fred Melamed

    as Howard

  • Ned Eisenberg

    as C-4 Guy (uncredited)
Directing Marshall Brickman Director
Writing Marshall Brickman Writer
Writing Thomas Baum Writer
Production Marshall Brickman Producer
Production Jennifer Ogden Producer
Sound Philippe Sarde Original Music Composer
Camera Billy Williams Director of Photography
Editing Nina Feinberg Editor
Production Juliet Taylor Casting
Art Philip Rosenberg Production Design
Art Robert Guerra Art Direction
Visual Effects Bran Ferren Visual Effects Director
Production Bruce McNall Producer
Production Roger Paradiso Associate Producer
Art Nina Ramsey Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Shay Cunliffe Costume Design
Camera Hank Muller Assistant Camera
Crew Roy Farfel Stunts

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