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Manhattan Project

Titre original : The Manhattan Project
  • 1986
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  • 1h 57min
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Manhattan Project (1986)
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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA high school prodigy builds an atomic bomb with stolen plutonium to win the 45th National Science Fair and expose a nuclear weapons lab posing as a nuclear medical research facility in Itha... Tout lireA high school prodigy builds an atomic bomb with stolen plutonium to win the 45th National Science Fair and expose a nuclear weapons lab posing as a nuclear medical research facility in Ithaca, NY.A high school prodigy builds an atomic bomb with stolen plutonium to win the 45th National Science Fair and expose a nuclear weapons lab posing as a nuclear medical research facility in Ithaca, NY.

  • Réalisation
    • Marshall Brickman
  • Scénario
    • Marshall Brickman
    • Thomas Baum
  • Casting principal
    • John Lithgow
    • Christopher Collet
    • Richard Council
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  • NOTE IMDb
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    • Réalisation
      • Marshall Brickman
    • Scénario
      • Marshall Brickman
      • Thomas Baum
    • Casting principal
      • John Lithgow
      • Christopher Collet
      • Richard Council
    • 68avis d'utilisateurs
    • 31avis des critiques
    • 61Métascore
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
    • Récompenses
      • 1 victoire et 2 nominations au total

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    John Lithgow
    John Lithgow
    • John Mathewson
    Christopher Collet
    Christopher Collet
    • Paul Stephens
    Richard Council
    Richard Council
    • Government Aide
    Robert Schenkkan
    Robert Schenkkan
    • Government Aide
    Paul Austin
    • General
    Adrian Sparks
    Adrian Sparks
    • Scientist
    Curt Dempster
    • Scientist
    Bran Ferren
    Bran Ferren
    • Lab Assistant
    Jill Eikenberry
    Jill Eikenberry
    • Elizabeth Stephens
    Cynthia Nixon
    Cynthia Nixon
    • Jenny Anderman
    Gregg Edelman
    Gregg Edelman
    • Science Teacher
    Abraham Unger
    • Roland
    • (as Abe Unger)
    Robert Sean Leonard
    Robert Sean Leonard
    • Max
    • (as Robert Leonard)
    David Quinn
    • Tennis
    Geoffrey Nauffts
    Geoffrey Nauffts
    • Craig
    Katherine Hiler
    • Emma
    Trey Cummins
    • Terry
    Steve Borton
    • Local FBI
    • Réalisation
      • Marshall Brickman
    • Scénario
      • Marshall Brickman
      • Thomas Baum
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    6SnoopyStyle

    WarGames without the charm

    Scientist John Mathewson (John Lithgow) has improve the purity of plutonium. The military sends him to Ithaca to perfect the process. He likes his real estate agent Elizabeth Stephens (Jill Eikenberry) and tries to befriend her son Paul (Christopher Collet) by showing him around the lab. Paul is a smart inventive teenager who decides to steal some plutonium and make a nuclear bomb for his science fair project. Jenny Anderman (Cynthia Nixon) is the girl and the friend.

    This has a bit of WarGames but the lead kid doesn't have the charm of Matthew Broderick. Of course who has the charm of Ferris Bueller. The lead is a teen brat stereotype without the funny sensibility. It spends too much time with montages and slow action. It also makes the mistake of concentrating a bit too much time on the adults. John Lithgow is such a great star that this mistake is understandable. As in many of these 80s caper movies, there is a lot of unreal unbelievability but one must accept such things. The movie struggles mostly with the pompous teen. He is a spoiled teen without any of the comedy. However it is fun to imagine a teen building a nuclear bomb, and defusing the bomb in the end is kinda exciting.
    lor_

    Well-made, if less than thrilling, doomsday picture

    My review was written in May 1986 after a screening at the Cannes Film Festival Market.

    Marshall Brickman's "The Manhattan Project" is a warm, comedy-laced doomsday story which packs plenty of entertainment for summer audiences, but falls short of its potential as a thriller.

    Topical premise has 16-year-old student Paul Stevens (Christopher Collet) tumbling to the fact that the new scientist in town, Dr. Mathewson (John Lithgow) is working with plutonium in what fronts as a pharmaceutical research installation. While Mathewson is romancing Stevens' mom (Jill Eikenberry) -the husband having split years ago -the genius kid is plotting with his helpful girlfriend Jenny (Cynthia Nixon) to steal a canister of plutonium and build an atomic bomb. Their goal: to expose the danger of the secret nuclear plant placed in their community in the strongest possible terms.

    Using clever one-liners and many humorous situations (particularly when Lithgow is clumsily coming on to Eikenberry early in the film), Brickman manages successfully to sugarcoat the story's serious message concerning the ongoing folly of arms buildup and reliance upon nuclear deterrence for security. What keeps the film from being a thriller is his matter-of-fact direction, extremely sluggish in many scenes early on. Only a very interesting "Rififi ''-style silent (background sound only) reel in which the hero steals the plutonium from the well-secured lab is strong enough to keep interest from wandering. Fortunately, later situations regain the story's momentum and lead to a rousing climax.

    Collet is very appealing as the brilliant hero, almost convincing in situations that require him to be more resourceful than is truly possible. Lithgow adds quirky personality and charm to what might have become a standard "bad guy sees the light" assignment. As their respective sounding boards, Nixon and Eikenberry both contribute to the film's emphasis upon human values over mere hardware in a genre which has increasingly been upstaged by its special effects work.

    Those special effects here are entirely realistic rather than showy, another feather in the cap of wiz Bran Ferren, who also appears in an opening reel cameo as a lab assistant. Philip Rosenberg's production design and Billy Williams' camerawork are exemplary.

    Feature was financed by Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment, but print caught already had the Cannon logo at introduction, reflecting Cannon's recent buyout of what was once TESE.
    8g_imdb-43

    The reason he used the RC car to steal the Plutonium

    Other reviewers have suggested they added the hole-in-the-wall laser and RC car only to add lasers & complications to the plot. But the reason is obvious to me: I'm sure there was a radiation detector at the front door, and he'd sound the biggest alarm in the place if he tried to carry it out the front.

    That said, the kid is remarkably lucky to have his plan(s) work perfectly on the first try, without much access to make the plans.

    This is a fun movie, just humorous enough and very smart, and if you always wished you were a nuclear physicist as a kid, you will enjoy it!
    wappfalls5

    oddly fascinating

    I don't know why, but this movie has a strange fascination that makes me want to watch it. Not a great movie, but passable. But as far as Before They Were Stars, someone needs to realize that the highpoint of John Lithgow's career is NOT a stupid TV show about aliens. He was a big star WELL before this movie came out. He had two Oscar nominations and won an Emmy. Meanwhile, the other two known stars in this movie, John Mahoney and Cynthia Nixon were also quite well known before their TV roles, each with over 10 movies under their belts by 1986.
    8whatch-17931

    Completely ridiculous, but entertaining and even touching

    It's pretty good, well paced, with competent to even great acting.

    But the script is so ridiculous. Despite high production values, the plot is like that of a kid's cartoon.

    This film, uh, bombed badly, and I think I know why. A film with lead characters that are scientists/engineers/wunderkind is likely to appeal to that type of audience. And that's the exact audience that's not going to buy the implausibilities all over this film.

    The worst to me is when he breaks into the lab. He visited the lab once and yet on a whim he is able to completely defeat the lab's security in a VERY elaborate operation.

    However, it's still pretty charming. It doesn't take itself too seriously, it takes itself so EARNESTLY. It's kind of like Point Break in that respect- it takes a completely ridiculous high concept and treats it so respectfully, it comes out charming. It also manages to feel quite a lot like Wargames, as if it were set in the same universe, but without feeling at all like a ripoff. Basically, it feels like a well made sequel that manages to recapture most of the magic of the original., something very rare with actual sequels.

    I was around back in the day, and I do recall this being advertised kind of as a comedy. I'm pretty sure the "does anyone have a Phillips screwdriver" gag being in a trailer. Apparently it was one of those pictures that the studio either didn't understand how to market, or decided to market it as something it wasn't.

    There are some solid gags that fit in organically, like the screwdriver, uh, bit, but the, but it's certainly not remotely a comedy.

    As a reviewer noted, Paul is a genius, yet is frequently stupid about things and not in consistent ways. This is annoying but I suspect that was done because if he were truly aware of these things, he would be quite evil. He's already pretty much a sociopath.

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    • Anecdotes
      The kids with science projects in the background of the science fair scenes were actual NYC middle school students with real science projects that were submitted to the NYC borough-wide science fair. These scenes were filmed over a three-day period at the Penta Hotel in NYC on 33rd St.
    • Gaffes
      Plutonium must be alloyed with another metal (usually gallium) in order to prevent forming allotropes which cause it to crack while cooling. Cracks in the pit would have significant impact in the weapon, and could result in a fizzle (non-nuclear explosion.)
    • Citations

      Dr. John Matthewson: You try to tough it out with them, they'll lock you in a room somewhere and throw away the room.

    • Connexions
      Featured in At the Movies: Ferris Bueller's Day Off/Back to School/The Manhattan Project (1986)

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    Détails

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    • Date de sortie
      • 15 avril 1987 (France)
    • Pays d’origine
      • États-Unis
    • Langue
      • Anglais
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • Juguete mortal
    • Lieux de tournage
      • Suffern, New York, États-Unis
    • Société de production
      • Gladden Entertainment
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    • Budget
      • 18 000 000 $US (estimé)
    • Montant brut aux États-Unis et au Canada
      • 3 900 000 $US
    • Week-end de sortie aux États-Unis et au Canada
      • 1 503 545 $US
      • 15 juin 1986
    • Montant brut mondial
      • 3 900 000 $US
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    • Durée
      1 heure 57 minutes
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    • Mixage
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Rapport de forme
      • 1.85 : 1

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