Movie

The Manhattan Project (1986)

• PG-13
• June 13, 1986
• 1h 58m

• Science Fiction
• Thriller

“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.”

Overview

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.

Director

Marshall Brickman

Writers

Thomas Baum, Marshall Brickman

Starring

John Lithgow, Christopher Collet, Cynthia Nixon