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.
1986 1 hour 58 minutesPaul 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.
1986 1 hour 58 minutes
A gifted high school student steals plutonium from the secret nuclear weapons facility in his home town in order to construct his own nuclear bomb, win a national science fair, and expose the government's secrets.
13th June 1986
40 years ago
1 hour 58 minutes
Finishes at 7:56pm
$18,000,000 ($53,564,400 today)
Revenue $3,900,000
1 win & 2 nominations
6.1/10
50%
61%
62%
59%
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