Manhattan Project, The  /  DVD-Video
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)  /  Standard 1.33:1 Color  /  Production Year: 1986  /  Region 1

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Select Product View: General Info 1 Empire Review 1 Customer Comments Suggestions 1 Used Product Box Cover Screen Shots Email a Friend Overall Rating: 3.13 out of 5, including 2 reviews Add your comments on this Title. Synopsis "One of theimost intelligent andigripping thrillers of recent years." -Time A dangerous game start 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 and entertain 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 occurring! Cast & Crew Actors:  • John Lithgow  • Cynthia Nixon  • Christopher Collet Writers:  • Marshall Brickman  • Thomas Baum Producers:  • Jennifer Ogden  • Marshall Brickman Directors:  • Marshall Brickman Product Information Features: Original Theatrical Trailer Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) Standard 1.33:1 Color Audio: (more info) ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC] Subtitles: English, Spanish, French Studio: MGM / UA Production Year: 1986 Release Date: 6/4/2002 Length: 118 mins Rating: PG-13 Packaging: Keep Case Number of Discs: 1 Disc: DS-SL Item Code: 1003512 UPC Code: 027616876621 Browsei Category: Movies Genre: Thrillers, Adventure Bargains: Under $11 Studios: MGM / UA Customers who bought this Title also bought Monsters, Inc.  DVD-Video Mothman Prophecies, The  DVD-Video Kate & Leopold  DVD-Video Reviews Overall Rating: 3.13 out of 5, including 2 reviews Add your comments on this Title. Empire Review Good film, okay disc - 3 out of 5  (6/10/2002) THE MANHATTAN PROJECT was a thriller born from the same cold war horror that gave us WARGAMES, BLUE THUNDER and SHORT CIRCUIT, but this film stands above the rest of those films as a true testament of the horror that could befall us all if a smart kid got a hold of the wrong type of weapon and tried to make a point with it. The smart kid here is Paul Stevens (Christopher Collet) who is not just a smart kid, but also a savvy kid who knows when to show off and when to shut up. In school, he u   more >> Customer Review Manhattan Project - C+ - 3.25 out of 5  (6/9/2002) That C+ is only because I love this film. The sound isn't radically improved, and the picture is poorly mastered for disc. If at all. Particularly during the opening credits, there is a fuzziness in the titles. Now this is rather atmospheric against the trees and mist as Trucks first arrive at the Nuclear Laboratory, however, it's also tacky as hell. There is a trailer. There isn't an insert, ala 'Battle Beyond the Stars.' However I do support this film, and although much critizism has bee   more >>