The Manhattan Project
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.
6/13/1986
Imdb: tt0091472
Tmdb: 30194
Popularity: 18.742
Vote: 6.255/10 (92)

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.
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
Steve Blum
Laser Efficiency Kid (as Richard Cardona)
Sarah Burke
Jenny's Parent
Robert Schenkkan
Government Aide
Richard Council
Government Aide
Fred Melamed
Howard
News from a Personal War
44 Inch Chest
RBG
Harry and the Hendersons
The Swimming Pool
The Wizard of Oz
Source Code
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Blade Runner
La La Land
Parasite
A Quiet Place
Interstellar
Oppenheimer
Joker
Baby Driver
Prisoners
Guardians of the Galaxy
It
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Town
Destination Moon
San Andreas
4D Man
Rollercoaster
Airport
Fantastic Four
Demolition Man
The Invisible
Enemy of the State
Lake Placid
Phantoms
Back to Gaya
The Tuxedo
The Invisible Man
Logan's Run
Late Shift
The Lawnmower Man
The Quiet Earth
Le Cercle Rouge
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