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A gifted high school student steals plutonium from the secret nuclear weapons facility in his home town in order to construct his own nuclear bomb, win a national science fair, and expose the government's secrets.
Theatrical
Jun 13, 1986
Box Office
$3.9M
Budget
$18.0M
Return
0.2x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 4, 2002
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
Gladden Entertainment
Quotes
See all →Time Is Running Out in the Project
Taglines
The switch is set... The clock has started... Time's running out!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
High School Science Project Goes Awry
Taglines
Paul Stevens high school science project has gotten a little out of hand. He just built an atomic bomb. Now he's got 11 hours to make sure it doesn't work.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →J
John Lithgow
John Mathewson
C
Christopher Collet
Paul Stephens
C
Cynthia Nixon
Jenny Anderman
J
Jill Eikenberry
Elizabeth Stephens
J
John Mahoney
Lt. Col. Conroy
R
Richard Jenkins
Radiation Controls Officer
S
Sully Boyar
Night Guard
T
Timothy Carhart
Relief Guard
G
Gregg Edelman
Science Teacher
J
JD Cullum
Eccles (as John David Cullum)
R
Robert Sean Leonard
Max
F
Fred Melamed
Howard
N
Ned Eisenberg
C-4 Guy (uncredited)
R
Richard Council
Government Aide
R
Robert Schenkkan
Government Aide
S
Steve Blum
Laser Efficiency Kid (as Richard Cardona)
S
Sarah Burke
Jenny's Parent
W
Warren Manzi
Day Attendant
P
Paul Austin
General
A
Adrian Sparks
Scientist
