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The Manhattan Project

The Manhattan Project

1986 · 118 min · EN · PG-13 · 6.2 (122 votes)
Dir. Marshall Brickman · Starring John Lithgow, Christopher Collet, Cynthia Nixon, Jill Eikenberry, John Mahoney, Richard Jenkins · Music Philippe Sarde

“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.”

Science FictionThriller

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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A tense, high-stakes thriller that captures the anxieties of the Cold War era. It's a gripping, thought-provoking watch about ambition and the dangerous pursuit of knowledge, set against a backdrop of suburban normalcy and government intrigue.

tenseanxioussuspensefulthought-provokingsteady80s thrillertech-noirsuburban dramaambitionconsequencessecrecyCold War paranoia
helicopterbombplutoniumlaserheistfugitivenuclear bombscientisthomemade explosivescience fairschool projecthigh school kids
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