In the remote desert of New Mexico, "The Manhattan Project" is materializing -- the World War II effort to build the atomic bomb. Oscar-winner Paul Newman (HUD, NOBODY'S FOOL) stars as General Leslie Groves, the military man in charge of a massive project that will produce two weopons: "Fat Man" and "Little Boy." Dwight Schultz (THE TEMP, 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 Richardson 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 spector that changed the world forever.