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Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)

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Paul Newman Paul Newman
General Leslie R. Groves
Dwight Schultz Dwight Schultz
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Bonnie Bedelia Bonnie Bedelia
Kitty Oppenheimer
John Cusack John Cusack
Michael Merriman
Laura Dern Laura Dern
Kathleen Robinson
John C. McGinley John C. McGinley
Richard Schoenfield
Natasha Richardson Natasha Richardson
Jean Tatlock
Ron Vawter Ron Vawter
Jamie Latrobe


Written by
Bruce Robinson Bruce Robinson
(story)
Roland Joffe Roland Joffe
(screenplay)


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Fat Man & Little Boy

10 years, 3 months ago at Jan 7 21:02
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The building blocks and necessary materials are all right there for easy and accessible use to make a far better movie than this over the subject matter. How can a movie about the Manhattan Project turn out this boring? Quite simply, by shifting the focus from actually creating the project into a variety of stories about people involved in the project, none of which are of much interest or depth. ... read more
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Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man determined to have the project go according to plan. He selects J. Robert Oppenheimer as the key scientist on the top-secret operation, but the two men clash fiercely on a number of issues. Despite their frequent conflicts, Groves and Oppenheimer ultimately push ahead with two bomb designs — the bigger “Fat Man” and the more streamlined “Little Boy.”
Release date: 20 October 1989
UPC: 097363225249
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