Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
This film reenacts the Manhattan Project, the secret wartime project in New Mexico where the first atomic bombs were designed and built.
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General Leslie R. Groves -
J. Robert Oppenheimer -
Kitty Oppenheimer -
Michael Merriman -
Kathleen Robinson -
Peer de Silva -
Richard Schoenfield -
Jean Tatlock -
Jamie Latrobe -
William 'Deke' Parsons
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Dr. Kenneth Whiteside -
Robert Tuckson -
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Director:
Roland JofféWriters:
Bruce Robinson (story), Bruce Robinson (screenplay), Roland Joffé (screenplay)All Cast & Crew
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The code names for the weapons - "Fat Man" and "Little Boy" - stem from characters in the written stories of writer Dashiell Hammett. Originally the names "Fat Man" and "Thin Man" were lifted directly from the stories, but the Thin Man weapon design (a Plutonium gun-type weapon) had to be abandoned. The relatively small Uranium gun-type weapon that followed was then named "Little Boy" as a contrast to "Fat Man".
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Gen. Leslie R. Groves:
Gotta come down out of the clouds gentlemen, and get into the business... of winning the war.
Goofs
The telegram to Oppenheimer states that Dr. Jean Tatlock committed suicide 5 January 1945. She actually committed suicide a year earlier, in January 1944.
Soundtracks
The Sorcerer's ApprenticeWritten by Paul Dukas
Performed by the Wiener Symphoniker (as The Vienna Symphony)
Edouard Van Remoortel, Conductor
Courtesy of The Moss Music Group
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
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Genres
Biography | Drama | History | WarDetails
Release Date:
20 October 1989Language
English
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USAFilming Locations
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Budget:
$30,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$1,476,994 (USA) (20 October 1989)
Gross:
$3,563,162 (USA)
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