---
title: 'Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Roland Joffé'
released: '1989-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 127
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/fat-man-and-little-boy-1989'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097336/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)

1989 · 127 min · Drama, War · United States


## Synopsis

Fat Man and Little Boy is a 1989 American epic historical 
war drama film directed by Roland Joffé, who co-wrote the script with Bruce Robinson. The story follows the Manhattan Project, the secret Allied endeavor to develop the first nuclear weapons during World War II. The film is named after "Little Boy" and "Fat Man", the two bombs dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively. The film stars Paul Newman as Leslie Groves and Dwight Schultz as J. Robert Oppenheimer, with supporting roles filled by Bonnie Bedelia, John Cusack, Laura Dern, John C. McGinley and Natasha Richardson.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Roland Joffé](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-joffe)
- **Screenplay:** [Roland Joffé](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-joffe), [Bruce Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-robinson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ennio Morricone](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-morricone)
- **Producer:** [Tony Garnett](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-garnett)
- **Director of Photography:** [Vilmos Zsigmond](https://cinepixo.com/people/vilmos-zsigmond)
- **Editor:** [Françoise Bonnot](https://cinepixo.com/people/francoise-bonnot)

## Cast

- [James Eckhouse](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-eckhouse)
- [Mary Pat Gleason](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-pat-gleason)
- [Laura Dern](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-dern)
- [Alan Oppenheimer](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-oppenheimer)
- [John C. McGinley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-c-mcginley)
- [Péter Halász](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-halasz)
- [Bonnie Bedelia](https://cinepixo.com/people/bonnie-bedelia)
- [Clark Gregg](https://cinepixo.com/people/clark-gregg)
- [Todd Field](https://cinepixo.com/people/todd-field)
- [Del Close](https://cinepixo.com/people/del-close)
- [Ed Lauter](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-lauter)
- [Allan Corduner](https://cinepixo.com/people/allan-corduner)
- [Dwight Schultz](https://cinepixo.com/people/dwight-schultz)
- [John Cusack](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-cusack)
- [Don Pugsley](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-pugsley)

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