Search - Fat Man & Little Boy on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1989 DVD Release: 04/27/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 6 mins Studio: Paramount Members Wishing: 1 Genres: Drama, Historical Film, Period Film, Docudrama

"Fat Man" and "Little Boy" were the nicknames given the atomic bombs that were dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the waning days of World War II. This elaborately assembled film is the story of the events leading up to the dawn of the atomic age. Paul Newman plays General Leslie Groves, a hard-nosed career soldier who in 1942 finds himself the reluctant "nursemaid" to a group of idealistic scientists in Los Alamos, New Mexico. As the military head of the top-secret Manhattan Project, Groves intends to have the operation run by the book--and failing that, to have things his way at all costs. The film's storyline narrows down to a battle of egos between Groves and atomic scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Dwight Schultz), in his own way as contentious and childishly single-purposed as the general. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Paul Newman - Gen. Leslie R. Groves
Dwight Schultz - J. Robert Oppenheimer
Bonnie Bedelia - Kitty Oppenheimer
John Cusack - Michael Merriman
Laura Dern - Kathleen Robinson

Roland Joffé directs Paul Newman, Laura Dern, and John Cusack in the period drama Fat Man and Little Boy, which makes its debut on DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. English soundtracks are rendered in both Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital Surround, while a French soundtrack has also been recorded in Dolby Digital Surround. English subtitles are accessible. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, but this disc does offer solid picture and sound quality, making it worthwhile. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide