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

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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6.1 | 1h58m | PG-13 | en | Thriller , Science Fiction

Synopsis

Cast

John Lithgow , Christopher Collet , Cynthia Nixon

Director

Robert Guerra

Producted By

20th Century Fox , Gladden Entertainment

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Cast

John Lithgow

as John Mathewson

[2022] The Old Man [2021] Myths and Hymns [2021] Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes [2021] Emily @ the Edge of Chaos [2020] Perry Mason [2019] The Tomorrow Man [2019] Pet Sematary [2019] Bombshell [2019] On Broadway

Christopher Collet

as Paul Stephens

[2012] Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor [1986] Hero in the Family [1986] The Manhattan Project [1985] Right to Kill? [1984] Firstborn [1983] Sleepaway Camp

Cynthia Nixon

as Jenny Anderman

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