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The Manhattan Project (1986)
Directed by Marshall Brickman
Overview
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.
Rated PG-13 | Length 118 minutes
Actors
John Lithgow | Christopher Collet | Cynthia Nixon | Jill Eikenberry | John Mahoney | Richard Jenkins | Robert Sean Leonard | Steve Blum | Sarah Burke | Robert Schenkkan | Richard Council | Fred Melamed | Ned Eisenberg