The Manhattan Project (film)

The Manhattan Project
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Marshall Brickman
Written by	Thomas Baum Marshall Brickman
Produced by	Marshall Brickman Jennifer Ogden
Starring	John Lithgow Christopher Collet Cynthia Nixon
Cinematography	Billy Williams
Edited by	Nina Feinberg
Music by	Philippe Sarde
Production company	Gladden Entertainment
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	June 13, 1986 (1986-06-13)
Running time	117 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$18 million[1]
Box office	$3.9 million (US)[2]

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.

The film's director and screenplay co-writer Marshall Brickman had established his career as a co-writer on several Woody Allen films. The Manhattan Project was his third film as director, following the comedies Simon (1980) and Lovesick (1983).