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The Manhattan Project
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.
- Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller
- Studio: Gladden Entertainment, 20th Century Fox
- Keyword: helicopter, bomb, plutonium, laser, heist, fugitive, scientist, nuclear, project
- Cast: John Lithgow, Christopher Collet, Cynthia Nixon, Jill Eikenberry, John Mahoney, Richard Jenkins