The Manhattan Project
1986
Thriller, Science Fiction | 13 June 1986
John Lithgow, Christopher Collet, Cynthia Nixon
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.
