Manhattan Project

Original title: The Manhattan Project

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

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Dark Comedy Sci-Fi Thriller

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 Itha... Read allA 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.

Director
- Marshall Brickman
Writers
- Marshall Brickman
- Thomas Baum
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

7.1K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Marshall Brickman
Writers
- Marshall Brickman
- Thomas Baum
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations total

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Trivia
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.

Goofs
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.)

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

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

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Featured review

7/10

Entertaining but with some faults

Not quite understanding the bad reviews here. Going in it's easy to see immediately that this movie was going to be flippant and a bit of a fairy tale. How can anyone take it seriously? Instead, just sit back and enjoy the ride.

This movie is basically a series of unlikely events strung together. Can they happen, sure but probably in another dimension. But still, I found this film a guilty pleasure. It's best to just put your mind on hold for a bit and just have fun.

On a side note, I really miss the 80's version of John Lithgow. He is such a great actor and back then he was at his prime.