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Fat Man and Little Boy

This film reenacts the Manhattan Project, the secret wartime project in New Mexico where the first atomic bombs were designed and built.

Director

Roland Joffé

Year

Genre

biography, drama, history

Box Office

$3,563,162

Production

Paramount Pictures,Lightmotive

Awards

2 nominations

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General Leslie R. Groves

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Kitty Oppenheimer

Michael Merriman

Kathleen Robinson

Peer de Silva

Richard Schoenfield

John C. McGinley

Jean Tatlock

Natasha Richardson

Jamie Latrobe

William 'Deke' Parsons

Michael Brockman

Dr. Kenneth Whiteside

Robert Tuckson

Franz Goethe

Seth Neddermeyer

Johnny Mount

Robert Harper

Robert Wilson

Dora Welsh

Mary Pat Gleason

Douglas Panton

George Kistiakowsky

Leo Szilard

Oakridge Doctor

Whitney Ashbridge

James Tuck

Donald MacKechnie

Boris Pash

Otto Frisch

Krzysztof Pieczynski

Bronston

Brehon Somervell

Melrose Hayden Barry

Donald Hornig

Edward Teller

Scientist

Dr. Avenell

Steven Baigelman

Messenger

Frank Benettieri Jr.

Frank Oppenheimer

Roger Cubicciotti

Enrico Fermi

Franco Cutietta

Dr. Louis Hempelman

Robert Peter Gale

Peter Oppenheimer

Wesley Harrison

Peter Oppenheimer

Scientist

Raincoat Man

David C. Parnes

Harold McDonald

Robert Serber

Times Reporter

Bill Rubenstein

Observation Officer

Ken Strausbaugh

Henry Stimson

Walter Sullivan

Dennis Talmudge

Mack Stoddard

(voice)

Walker Edmiston

(voice)

(voice) (as Stanley Jones)

(voice)

Alan Oppenheimer

Samuel Allison

Scientist

William J. Bruno

Scientist

Scientist

Committee Member

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Richard Schoenfield Gen. Leslie R. Groves Michael Merriman General Leslie R. Groves

Forgive me.
Sometimes I get stuck in here. - Fat Man and Little Boy

Forgive me. Sometimes I get stuck in here.

This way, Dr. Oppenheimer. - Fat Man and Little Boy

This way, Dr. Oppenheimer.

Doctor! - Fat Man and Little Boy

Hurry up!
Move it, move it! - Fat Man and Little Boy

Hurry up! Move it, move it!

Now you gotta come down out of the clouds gentlemen - Fat Man and Little Boy

Now you gotta come down out of the clouds gentlemen

Goddamn it. - Fat Man and Little Boy

It's all right. - Fat Man and Little Boy

It's all right.

- Something like that.
- Very good. - Fat Man and Little Boy

- Something like that. - Very good.

Bridges, next time keep your head up. - Fat Man and Little Boy

Bridges, next time keep your head up.

Robert! - Fat Man and Little Boy

This can't be about dinner, Jean. - Fat Man and Little Boy

This can't be about dinner, Jean.

Is it because of what you're doing? - Fat Man and Little Boy

Is it because of what you're doing?

Fine. - Fat Man and Little Boy

Jean? - Fat Man and Little Boy

Oh, Robert, I dreamt you'd gone. - Fat Man and Little Boy

Oh, Robert, I dreamt you'd gone.

You mattered to me so much. - Fat Man and Little Boy

You mattered to me so much.

You know, if Oppie doesn't let up,
he's going to implode. - Fat Man and Little Boy

You know, if Oppie doesn't let up, he's going to i...

It's all about ass isn't it Sir - Fat Man and Little Boy

It's all about ass isn't it Sir

We can give this country the biggest stick in the playground - Fat Man and Little Boy

We can give this country the biggest stick in the playground

- Well, Bronson.
- Sir? - Fat Man and Little Boy

- Well, Bronson. - Sir?

- What's this?
- I don't know, sir. - Fat Man and Little Boy

- What's this? - I don't know, sir.

Message for General Groves. - Fat Man and Little Boy

Message for General Groves.

General Groves, sir.
This is from Germany. - Fat Man and Little Boy

General Groves, sir. This is from Germany.

Perhaps you should think of these
wedges as forming part of a shell. - Fat Man and Little Boy

Perhaps you should think of these wedges as forming part of ...

No one ever used high explosives... - Fat Man and Little Boy

No one ever used high explosives...

We squeezed it!
Damn it, we got compression! - Fat Man and Little Boy

We squeezed it! Damn it, we got compression!

I'm sorry. - Fat Man and Little Boy

- Why do you have that with you?
- I keep it as a record for my dad. - Fat Man and Little Boy

- Why do you have that with you? - I keep it as a record for...

At my home tonight - Fat Man and Little Boy

At my home tonight

So now we tickle
the tail of the dragon. - Fat Man and Little Boy

So now we tickle the tail of the dragon.

It burst. It burst. - Fat Man and Little Boy

It burst. It burst.

It is hot. - Fat Man and Little Boy

Touch me. - Fat Man and Little Boy

Look, let me keep this paper. - Fat Man and Little Boy

Look, let me keep this paper.

Everybody ready? - Fat Man and Little Boy

Everybody ready?

Thirty-one. - Fat Man and Little Boy

Nobody move! Don't anybody move! - Fat Man and Little Boy

Nobody move! Don't anybody move!

Everybody should make it. - Fat Man and Little Boy

Everybody should make it.

Doctor! Doctor!
I've been looking all over for you. - Fat Man and Little Boy

Doctor! Doctor! I've been looking all over for you.

Oh, lord... so close. - Fat Man and Little Boy

Oh, lord... so close.

Hey Oppenheimer Oppenheimer you ought to stop playing God - Fat Man and Little Boy

Hey Oppenheimer Oppenheimer you ought to stop playing God

- Some orange.
- Sure is. - Fat Man and Little Boy

- Some orange. - Sure is.

Sir, it looks like it's clearing up. - Fat Man and Little Boy

Sir, it looks like it's clearing up.

Do it. - Fat Man and Little Boy

Power on. - Fat Man and Little Boy

I love you, Michael. - Fat Man and Little Boy

I love you, Michael.

Easy. - Fat Man and Little Boy

Easy. - Fat Man and Little Boy

Well, I've always believed
that the lord was on our side. - Fat Man and Little Boy

Well, I've always believed that the lord was on our sid...

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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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Director: Roland Joffé

Writer: Bruce Robinson, Roland Joffé

Production: Paramount Pictures,Lightmotive

Genre: biography, drama, history

Year: 1989

MetaScore: 50/100

ImdbRating: 6.5

BoxOffice: $3,563,162

Released: 20 Oct 1989

Awards: 2 nominations

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