Stars: Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia, John Cusack, Laura Dern, Natasha Richardson, John C. McGinley

Director: Roland Joffe

Summary: A story based on America dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. General Groves is ordered to ensure that America wins the war. He assembles the world's best scientists in a small town of Mexico with Doctor Robert Oppenheimer and sets to work on the creation of the atomic bomb.

Director Roland Joffe's SHADOW MAKERS is a historical drama about the lives of the participants in the Manhattan Project--the making and perfecting of the atomic bomb that took place in New Mexico during World War II. Paul Newman stars as General Leslie Groves, a hardened and cynical soldier who oversees the project while working with its leading scientist, the brilliant J. Robert Oppenheimer (Dwight Schultz). As the scientists come closer to controlling the awesome force of nuclear power, lives are torn apart and families destroyed by the fear and tension created by the ethical and moral dilemma surrounding the project. This exhilarating and harrowing drama depicts a strange dichotomy between the brilliant but naive scientists who created the bomb and the power-hungry government, who had only an archaic understanding of the way their actions would change the nature of war.

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Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Year:	1989
Release Date:	July 5, 2004
Runtime:	121 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	P H E 8448
Keywords:	Man, Shadow, Boy, Little, General, Fat, Makers, Drama
Genre:	Drama