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The Manhattan Project
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1986 film directed by Marshall Brickman
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Vinony files it under 1980s science fiction thriller films, 1980s teen films and 1986 American films.
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6.2A 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.
Released: 1986-06-13118 minDir: Marshall BrickmanScience Fiction, ThrillerBudget: $18.0MBox office: $3.9M
Cast
- John Lithgow as John Mathewson
- Christopher Collet as Paul Stephens
- Cynthia Nixon as Jenny Anderman
- Jill Eikenberry as Elizabeth Stephens
- John Mahoney as Lt. Col. Conroy
- Richard Jenkins as Radiation Controls Officer
Themes
- helicopter
- bomb
- plutonium
- laser
- heist
- fugitive
- nuclear bomb
- scientist
- homemade explosive
- science fair
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Cold War
- Director
- Marshall Brickman
- Screenwriter
- Marshall Brickman
- Cast member
- Sully Boyar
- Composer
- Philippe Sarde
- Producer
- Marshall Brickman
- Production company
- 20th Century Studios
- Cinematographer
- Billy Williams
- Narrative location
- New York
- Filming location
- New Jersey
- Duration
- 117
- FilmAffinity ID
- 993813
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1986-01-01
- title
- The Manhattan Project
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 5.5/10
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Available in 10 languages
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James Cameron
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Manhattan Project
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Categories
1980s science fiction thriller films1980s teen films1986 American films1986 English-language films1986 films1986 science fiction films20th Century Fox filmsAmerican science fiction thriller filmsAmerican teen filmsCold War filmsEnglish-language science fiction thriller filmsFilms about nuclear war and weaponsFilms about the Manhattan ProjectFilms directed by Marshall BrickmanFilms scored by Philippe SardeFilms shot in New JerseyFilms shot in New York CityFilms with screenplays by Marshall BrickmanRotten Tomatoes ID same as WikidataSaturn Award–winning filmsTeen thriller filmsTemplate film date with 1 release date