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."
The Manhattan Project
6.1| 1h58m| PG-13| en| Thriller, Science Fiction
Storyline

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.

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20th Century Fox

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  • The Manhattan Project 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
Steve Blum as Laser Efficiency Kid (as Richard Cardona)
Robert Schenkkan as Government Aide