The Manhattan Project

"Paul Stevens' high school science project has gotten a little out of hand. He just built an atomic bomb. Now he's got 11 hours to make sure it doesn't work."

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6.2/10

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Other Awards

🏆 1 win

Won

The President's Memorial

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Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$18.0M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$3.9M

Global Box Office

Loss

$-14,100,000

ROI: -78%

Budget Recovery22% of budget

$0|Budget: $18.0M|Revenue: $3.9M

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11.7K

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196

7-Day Trend

-7%

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Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

New Jersey

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Story Setting

Set In

New York

Themes & Subjects

#coldwar

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

Billy Williams

Music / Score

Philippe Sarde

Production Companies

20th Century Studios

Distributors

20th Century StudiosNetflix

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch The Manhattan Project

Available in 47 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaPG-13	—	Hoopla	—	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
United Kingdom	Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads	—	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
Canada	—	Hoopla	—	Apple TV Store
Australia	Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads	—	Apple TV Store	Apple TV Store
India	—	—	Amazon Video	—

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesPG-13

Germany12

DenmarkA

Norway12

Sweden7

Production

Director

Marshall Brickman

Writers

Thomas Baum, Marshall Brickman

Production Companies

Gladden Entertainment

Cast

John Lithgow

John Mathewson

Christopher Collet

Paul Stephens

Cynthia Nixon

Jenny Anderman

Jill Eikenberry

Elizabeth Stephens

John Mahoney

Lt. Col. Conroy

Richard Jenkins

Radiation Controls Officer

Sully Boyar

Night Guard

Timothy Carhart

Relief Guard

Gregg Edelman

Science Teacher

JD Cullum

Eccles (as John David Cullum)

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Abraham Unger

Roland (as Abe Unger)

Robert Sean Leonard

Max

Tags & Keywords

helicopterbombplutoniumlaserheistfugitivenuclear bombscientisthomemade explosivescience fairschool projecthigh school kidssecret government projectithaca

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