Fat Man And Little Boy
(1989)
The story of the extraordinary people who changed our world.
Stars: Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia, John Cusack, Laura Dern
Director: Roland Joffé
Writer: Bruce Robinson, Roland Joffé
Language: English
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Duration: 127
Rated: PG-13
DVD Release: June 2011
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.
| Paul Newman | Gen. Leslie R. Groves |
| Dwight Schultz | J. Robert Oppenheimer |
| Bonnie Bedelia | Kitty Oppenheimer |
| John Cusack | Michael Merriman |
| Laura Dern | Kathleen Robinson |
| Ron Frazier | Peter de Silva |
| John C. McGinley | Capt. Richard Schoenfield, MD |
| Natasha Richardson | Jean Tatlock |
| Ron Vawter | Jamie Latrobe |
| Michael Brockman | William 'Deke' Parsons |
| Del Close | Dr. Kenneth Whiteside |
| John Considine | Robert Tuckson |
| Allan Corduner | Franz Goethe (as Alan Corduner) |
| Joe D'Angerio | Seth Neddermeyer |
| Jon DeVries | Johnny Mount (as Jon De Vries) |
| James Eckhouse | Robert Harper |
| Todd Field | Robert Wilson |
| Mary Pat Gleason | Dora Welsh |
| Clark Gregg | Douglas Panton |
| Péter Halász | George Kistiakowsky |
| Gerald Hiken | Leo Szilard |
| Arthur Holden | Oak Ridge Doctor |
| Ed Lauter | Whitney Ashbridge |
| Donald MacKechnie | James Tuck |
| Madison Mason | Boris Pash |
| Krzysztof Pieczynski | Otto Frisch |
| Don Pugsley | Sgt. Bronston, Groves' Orderly |
| Logan Ramsey | Brehon Somervell |
| Fred Dalton Thompson | Maj. Gen. Melrose Hayden Barry |
| Jim True-Frost | Donald Hornig |
| Barry Yourgrau | Edward Teller |
| Marek Alboszta | Scientist |
| Steven Baigelman | Dr. Avenell |
| Frank Benettieri Jr. | Messenger |
| Roger Cubicciotti | Frank Oppenheimer |
| Franco Cutietta | Enrico Fermi |
| Robert Peter Gale | Dr. Louis Hempelman |
| Wesley Harrison | Peter Oppenheimer |
| Brent Harrison | Peter Oppenheimer |
| Tom McFarlane | Scientist |
| David C. Parnes | Raincoat Man |
| Allen Poirson | Harold McDonald |
| David Politzer | Robert Serber |
| Bill Rubenstein | N.Y. Times Reporter |
| Ken Strausbaugh | Observation Officer |
| Walter Sullivan | Secretary of War Henry Stimson |
| Brian Wandell | Dennis Talmudge |
| John Williams | Mack Stoddard |
| Walker Edmiston | (voice) |
| Matthew Faison | (voice) |
| Stan Jones | (voice) (as Staley Jones) |
| Alan Oppenheimer | (voice) |
| Vilmos Zsigmond | Cinematographer |
| Françoise Bonnot | Editor |
| David Brainard | Samuel Allison |
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Media: DVD
Sound: Dolby
IMDb: 0097336
