The Manhattan Project
1986/06/13 (US) | 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.
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.
Marshall Brickman
Director
Lead Cast
John Lithgow
John Mathewson
Christopher Collet
Paul Stephens
Cynthia Nixon
Jenny Anderman
Jill Eikenberry
Elizabeth Stephens
John Mahoney
Lt. Col. Conroy
Richard Jenkins
Radiation Controls Officer
Robert Sean Leonard
Max
Budget
$ 18,000,000
Revenue
$ 3,900,000
Status
Released
Production Company
- Gladden Entertainment
- 20th Century Fox
Crews
Thomas Baum
Writer
Jennifer Ogden
Producer
Billy Williams
Director of Photography
Marshall Brickman
Producer
Philippe Sarde
Original Music Composer
Nina Feinberg
Editor
Robert Guerra
Art Direction