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.
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.
- Year: 1986
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller
- Studio: Gladden Entertainment, 20th Century Fox
- Keyword: helicopter, bomb, plutonium, laser, heist, fugitive, scientist, nuclear, project
- Director: Marshall Brickman
- Cast: John Lithgow, Christopher Collet, Cynthia Nixon, Jill Eikenberry, John Mahoney, Richard Jenkins