The Manhattan Project (movie)
- User score: 6.3
- Production country: United States of America
- Producer: Marshall Brickman
- Production companies: Gladden Entertainment, 20th Century Fox
- Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller
- Budget: $18,000,000
- Revenue: $3,900,000
- Release date: 6/13/1986
- Run time: 118 min.
Movie description
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.
