Fat Man and Little Boy Movie Review 1989

A lavish, semi-fictional account of the creation of the first atomic bomb, and the tensions between J. Robert Oppenheimer and his military employer, Gen. Leslie Groves. Overlong but interesting. Cusack, whose character never existed, is especially worthwhile as an idealistic scientist.

Distribution

Home Vision Cinema, c/o Image Entertainment, 20525 Nordhoff St., Ste. 200, Chatsworth, CA 91311, URL: http://www.homevision.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 127 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

World War II, Science & Scientists, Meltdown, True Stories

Screenplay

Bruce Robinson, Tony Garnett, Roland Joffe

Cast

Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia, John Cusack, Laura Dern, John C. McGinley, Natasha Richardson, Ron Frazier

Director

Roland Joffe

Music

Ennio Morricone

Producer

Paramount Pictures