A bright teenager has high hopes of winning first prize at a science fair.The project he concocts is a fully-operational A-bomb. The U.S. military sees him as a terrorist and he doesn't have long to persuade them he's not.

A 16-year-old genius steals plutonium and builds his own nuclear bomb in order to prove how easy it is to do so! Government agents catch on, and try to apprehend the lad. Meanwhile, the bomb has been activated...

DVD Features:

Keep Case
Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - Filmmaker & Cast Commentary
Featurette - 1. HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOMB: The Making Of THE MANHATTAN PROJECT
2. HOME MADE APOCALYPSE Including Interviews With Scientists At Jet Propulsion Laboratories
Interactive Features:
80s Trivia Subtitle Track

John Lithgow: American Actor
Christopher Collet: American Actor
Cynthia Nixon: American TV/Film/Stage Actress, SEX AND THE CITY
Timothy Carhart: Supporting Actor
Jill Eikenberry: American Actress/"L.A. Law"

Marshall Brickman: Screenwriter/Director

Jennifer Ogden: Producer
Marshall Brickman: Screenwriter/Director

Marshall Brickman: Screenwriter/Director

Philippe Sarde: Composer

"...A warm, comedy-laced doomsday story which packs plenty of entertainment....Clever one-liners and many humorous situations..."