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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Spanish, Subtitled, Theatrical Version
A dangerous game starts the clock ticking on a nuclear bomb. Can anyone stop Armageddon? This gripping doomsday story follows a high school science whiz who builds an atomic bomb as a prank...only to trigger a horrifying race against time. Starring John Lithgow (A Civil Action), Christopher Collet (The Langoliers) and Cynthia Nixon (Sex And The City), The Manhattan Project is "intelligent, entertaining [with] a satisfyingly suspenseful finale" (The Hollywood Reporter)! Teenage science genius Paul (Collet) realizes the lab of Dr. Mathewson (Lithgow), his mother's new boyfriend, isn't really developing lasers. It's building nuclear bombs. To expose the lab's secret mission, Paul and his girlfriend Jenny (Nixon) steal some plutonium, build a bomb and enter it in a science fair. But the military learns of Paul's plans and pursues him with lethal force. Now, as time is running out, only Dr. Mathewson can save Paul...and stop the unthinkable from happening.
"One of the most intelligent and gripping thrillers in recent years." Time Magazine
"...a clever, funny and very skillful thriller.." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Editor's Note
A bright teenager has high hopes of winning first prize at a science fair.The project he concocts is a fully-operational A-bomb. The U.S. military sees him as a terrorist and he doesn't have long to persuade them he's not.
Plot Summary
A 16-year-old genius steals plutonium and builds his own nuclear bomb in order to prove how easy it is to do so! Government agents catch on, and try to apprehend the lad. Meanwhile, the bomb has been activated...
| Features | Original Theatrical Trailer | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Access | | Widescreen Version Enhanced For 16x9 TVs | | Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo Surround | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish |
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Release Information
| | Studio: MGM |
| Release Date: 9/20/2005 |
| Running Time: 118 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1986 | | Catalog ID: 1003512 | | UPC: 00027616876621 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1/4:3 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety
"...A warm, comedy-laced doomsday story which packs plenty of entertainment....Clever one-liners and many humorous situations..." 05/14/1986 |
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