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.
117 min
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.
- Release date
- June 13, 1986
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $18,000,000
- Box office
- $3,900,000
Trailer
Cast
- John Lithgow as John Mathewson
- Christopher Collet as Paul Stephens
- Richard Council as Government Aide
- Robert Schenkkan as Government Aide
- Paul Austin as General
- Adrian Sparks as Scientist
- Curt Dempster as Scientist
- Bran Ferren as Lab Assistant
- Jill Eikenberry as Elizabeth Stephens
- Cynthia Nixon as Jenny Anderman
Crew
- Marshall Brickman · Director
- Marshall Brickman · Writer
- Thomas Baum · Writer
- Marshall Brickman · Producer
- Jennifer Ogden · Producer
- Philippe Sarde · Composer
- Billy Williams · Cinematographer
- Nina Feinberg · Editor
- Juliet Taylor · Casting director
- Philip Rosenberg · Production designer