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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.

Starring: John Lithgow, Christopher Collet, Cynthia Nixon, Jill Eikenberry, John Mahoney

Writer: Thomas Baum, Marshall Brickman

Release Date:
June 13, 1986
Ratings:
6.2 / 10
Director:
Marshall Brickman
Companies:
Gladden Entertainment

Overview

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.