Trivia: After the six wires are cut to defuse the weapon, you can see the amount of time left on the clock is 07:16:45, which is the date of the first successful test of the Atomic Bomb.
The Manhattan Project (1986)
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Directed by: Marshall Brickman
Starring: John Lithgow, Christopher Collet, Paul Austin, Richard Council, Robert Schenkkan
Factual error: To achieve critical mass and create a nuclear explosion, the plutonium in Paul's device would have to be compressed very precisely. The sphere he placed it into is too large, when he heats it the plutonium would not be distributed evenly, even if it rotates while heated and the amount of plutonium in the jug he steals is not not nearly enough to fill it completely. A smaller sphere was required.
Ben, Night Guard Medatomics Lab: They got stuff in there that will zap your gonads right off.
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