The Manhattan Project (1986) ( Deadly Game )

The Manhattan Project (1986) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Deadly Game
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby TrueHD )
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
118 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1986 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Marshall Brickman

Written By:
Marshall Brickman
Thomas Baum

Actors:
John Lithgow ..... John Mathewson
Richard Council ..... Government
Robert Schenkkan ..... Government Aide
Paul Austin ..... General
Adrian Sparks ..... Scientist
Curt Dempster ..... Scientist
Bran Ferren ..... Lab Assistant
Christopher Collet ..... Paul Stephens
Jill Eikenberry ..... Elizabeth Stephens
Cynthia Nixon ..... Jenny Anderman
Gregg Edelman ..... Science Teacher
Abraham Unger ..... Roland
Robert Sean Leonard ..... Max
David Quinn ..... Tennis
Geoffrey Nauffts ..... Craig

Synopsis:

The Manhattan Project tells of how 17 year-old Paul Stephens (Christopher Collet) and his girlfriend Jenny Anderman (Cynthia Nixon) an aspiring journalist, wants to alert their community a secret nuclear facility in their hometown of Ithaca, NY. While Dr John Mathewson (John Lithgow), supposedly a doctor in this 'pharmaceutical research plant,' the very same facility in reality a nuclear plant, becomes involved romatically with the Paul's mother Elizabeth (Jill Eikenberry) and friends with Paul. While Dr Mathewson is visiting Paul and Jenny steal the plutonium and construct their own atomic bomb for a science fair in New York city. The movie is funny, and at times, frightening, showing how what can really happen if a teenage genius, finding all things possible on the internet, in published books, and unclassified government papers, can really build himself a nuclear bomb, all for a first place or first prize in a science fair.

The Manhattan Project is an American film, released in 1986. 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.

Two teenagers discover that a new arrival in town is working with plutonium in what fronts as pharmaceutical research. They decide to steal some of the plutonium to make a bomb which would highlight the horror of nuclear weapons....

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 12 April, 2024.