Interesting coincidence.... director marshall brickman directed manhattan project, AND co-wrote the film manhattan with woody allen. Kind of a funny pairing.. manhattan project stars john lithgow as mathewson, working at the local engineering plant, on some government project. Local student paul (chris collet) has figured out that the company up the street is up to something nefarious, and starts checking it out. And wants to put a stop to it. Co-stars twenty year old cynthia nixon and john mahoney. You kind of have to buy into some shady science and technology, but the basic story is pretty sound. What's the government really up to? And can a high school kid bust in and mess it up? This came a couple years AFTER war games, but it's a very similar plot. Not bad. It's okay, i guess. Brickman WON the oscar for writing annie hall with allen. And was nominated for allen's film Manhattan.
Review of The Manhattan Project
