Fat Man and Little Boy

“The story of the extraordinary people who changed our world.”

In the middle of World War II, the Allies stake a secret project on a stretch of remote ground, with the mission of building the first atomic bomb. Gen. Leslie R. Groves (Paul Newman), a stern military man, picks J. Robert Oppenheimer (Dwight Schultz) to lead the scientists, and the two clash over almost everything. Roland Joffé keeps the film close to the planning and the arguments, letting the slow work of building the bombs carry the weight.