---
title: 'The Manhattan Project (1986)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Marshall Brickman'
released: '1986-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 117
genres:
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-manhattan-project-1986'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091472/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Manhattan Project (1986)

1986 · 117 min · Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

The Manhattan Project is a 1986 American science fiction thriller film. Named after the World War II-era program that constructed the first atomic bombs, the plot revolves around a gifted high school student who decides to construct an atomic bomb for a national science fair. It was directed by Marshall Brickman, based upon his screenplay co-written with Thomas Baum, and starred Christopher Collet, John Lithgow, John Mahoney, Jill Eikenberry and Cynthia Nixon. This film – a box-office bomb whose ticket sales recovered just 21 percent of its budget – was the first from the short-lived Gladden Entertainment.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Marshall Brickman](https://cinepixo.com/people/marshall-brickman)
- **Screenplay:** [Marshall Brickman](https://cinepixo.com/people/marshall-brickman)
- **Producer:** [Marshall Brickman](https://cinepixo.com/people/marshall-brickman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Philippe Sarde](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-sarde)
- **Director of Photography:** [Billy Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-williams)

## Cast

- [Warren Keith](https://cinepixo.com/people/warren-keith)
- [Dan Butler](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-butler)
- [Robert Sean Leonard](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-sean-leonard)
- [Sully Boyar](https://cinepixo.com/people/sully-boyar)
- [Debbie Gibson](https://cinepixo.com/people/debbie-gibson)
- [Richard Jenkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-jenkins)
- [Fred Melamed](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-melamed)
- [John Mahoney](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-mahoney)
- [J.D. Cullum](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-d-cullum)
- [Timothy Carhart](https://cinepixo.com/people/timothy-carhart)
- [Cynthia Nixon](https://cinepixo.com/people/cynthia-nixon)
- [John Lithgow](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-lithgow)
- [Jimmie Ray Weeks](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmie-ray-weeks)
- [Jill Eikenberry](https://cinepixo.com/people/jill-eikenberry)

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