Fat Man And Little Boy

Starring: Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia

Product Description

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" and "Little Boy". Dwight Schultz (The Temp, Star Trek: First Contact) is J. Robert Oppenheimer, the brilliant scientist attempting to bring the startling mission to fruition. And Bonnie Bedelia, John Cusack, Laura Dern and Natasha Richardson co-star in this "stunning profoundly moving" film (Michael Medved, Sneak Previews) that re-creates one of history's most compelling chapters one that resulted in the mushroom-shaped specter that changed the world forever.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 097363225249
• Release Date: May 1993
• Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Publisher: Paramount
• Director: Roland Joffe
• Starring: Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia
• Runtime: 2 hours, 7 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Color; Dolby; DTS Surround Sound; Subtitled; Widescreen; NTSC; Surround Sound; Digital Sound; Closed-captioned
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”

J. Robert Oppenheimer said in an interview that he thought of the Bhagavad-Gita "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds" line, spoken to the prince Arjuna by Krishna. An intriguing rendition of the trials and tribulations of creating the first atomic bomb. This is not the first or maybe the best, and it surely will not be the last interpretation. However, there is some fine acting and a well-designed story. This has held my attention more than once. Every part of every line contributed to making you forget that you are watching a movie and that this is real. This is the story of how the need for the bomb came about and the building of a camp, and the collection of men needed to accomplish the job. We see technical difficulties and personality conflicts.