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The Manhattan Project
Marshall Brickman

The Manhattan Project

  • 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.

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RELEASE

1986-06-13

BUGET

$18.0M

LENGTH

118 min

Description

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.