Fat Man and Little Boy
The story of the extraordinary people who changed our world.
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.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Paul Newman
General Leslie R. Groves
Dwight Schultz
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Bonnie Bedelia
Kitty Oppenheimer
John Cusack
Michael Merriman
Laura Dern
Kathleen Robinson
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Ron Frazier
Peer de Silva
John C. McGinley
Richard Schoenfield
Natasha Richardson
Jean Tatlock
Ron Vawter
Jamie Latrobe
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Michael Brockman
William 'Deke' Parsons
Ennio Morricone
Composer
Vilmos Zsigmond
Cinematographer
