
The Manhattan Project
A clever, earnest teen caper that slowly tightens into a tense countdown, mixing science-fair wonder with Cold War dread and a warm human core.
- Directed by
- Marshall Brickman
- Genres
- Science fiction, Thriller
- Starring
- John Lithgow, Christopher Collet, Cynthia Nixon
- Tagline
- 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.
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- Directed by
- Marshall Brickman
- Genres
- Science fiction, Thriller
- Starring
- John Lithgow, Christopher Collet, Cynthia Nixon












