In the remote desert of New Mexico, "The Manhattan Project" is materialsing - the World War II effort to build the atomic bomb. Paul Newman, 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 (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 Richarson 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.