The Manhattan Project Movie Review 1986

An exceptionally bright teenager decides to build a nuclear bomb for his project at the New York City science fair. He's out to prove how dangerously easy it is to build big bombs. When he steals plutonium from a local government installation, the feds attempt to nab the precocious youngster. Light moral overtones abound. Director Brickman co-wrote similarly titled "Manhattan."

Distribution

MGM Home Entertainment, 2500 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90404-6061, Phone: (310)449-3000, Fax: (310)449-3100, URL: http://www.mgmhomevideo.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 112 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Mystery & Suspense, Teen Angst, Meltdown, Rebel With a Cause

Screenplay

Marshall Brickman, Thomas Baum

Cast

Dan E. Butler, Robert Sean Leonard, John David (J.D.) Cullum, Richard Jenkins, Timothy Carhart, Sully Boyar, Jimmie Ray Weeks, John Lithgow, Christopher Collet, Cynthia Nixon, Jill Eikenberry, John Mahoney, Richard Council, Robert Schenkkan, Paul Austin

Cinematography

Billy Williams

Director

Marshall Brickman

Producer

Marshall Brickman, Jennifer Ogden