Paul Newman
Gen. Leslie R. Groves
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Oct 20, 1989 · Fat Man and Little Boy: Directed by Roland Joffé. With Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia, John Cusack. This film reenacts the Manhattan Project, the secret WWII project, and the first atomic bombs designed, built, and tested in Los Alamos.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Roland Joffé
- 1989-10-20
Fat Man and Little Boy (released in the United Kingdom as Shadow Makers) is a 1989 American epic historical war drama film directed by Roland Joffé, who co-wrote the script with Bruce Robinson. The story follows the Manhattan Project , the secret Allied endeavor to develop the first nuclear weapons during World War II .
Michael Merriman. Laura Dern. Kathleen Robinson. Watchlist. Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves (Paul Newman) is a stern military man determined to have the...
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- Roland Joffé
- PG-13
- Paul Newman
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Fat Man & Little Boy. In real life, Robert Oppenheimer was the scientific head of the Manhattan Project, the secret wartime project in New Mexico where the first atomic bombs were designed and built. General Leslie Groves was in overall command of it. This film reenacts the project with an emphasis on their relationship.
Parents need to know that 1989's Fat Man and Little Boy looks at the real-life top-secret story of American and international scientists gathered by the U.S. military in 1942 to create the nuclear weapons that would kill more than 200,000 Japanese and end World War II. The movie outlines some of the technical… Videos and Photos.
Fat Man and Little Boy. Available on Pluto TV. In the remote desert of New Mexico, "The Manhattan Project" is materializing – the World War II effort to build the atomic bomb. Oscar-winner Paul Newman (Hud, Nobody's Fool) stars as General Leslie Groves, the military man in charge of a massive project that will produce two weapons: "Fat Man ...
