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It was interesting to revisit this one...

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Paul Newman, Edward Asner, and Ken Wahl in Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)

Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, and Gene Hackman in Twilight (1998)

Paul Newman in The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)

Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb

Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (1980)

Buffalo Bill and the Indians or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

Burt Lancaster, Paul Newman, Geraldine Chaplin, and Frank Kaquitts in Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

Fred Astaire, William Holden, Paul Newman, Richard Chamberlain, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, O.J. Simpson, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner, Susan Blakely, and Jennifer Jones in The Towering Inferno (1974)

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Paul Newman in Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)

It's all about ass, isn't it? Either you kick it... or you lick it.

John Cusack, Laura Dern, and John C. McGinley in Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)

Bonnie Bedelia in Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)

Paul Newman and Dwight Schultz in Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)

John Cusack and Dwight Schultz in Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)

Paul Newman, Roland Joffé, and Dwight Schultz in Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)

Bonnie Bedelia and Dwight Schultz in Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)

Natasha Richardson in Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)

Laura Dern in Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)

Paul Newman and Bonnie Bedelia in Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)

Paul Newman

Dwight Schultz

Bonnie Bedelia

Bruce Robinson

Roland Joffé

This film reenacts the Manhattan Project, the secret WWII project, and the first atomic bombs designed, built, and tested in Los Alamos.

Fat Man and Little Boy

Good, but could have been better

Out of five stars, I would give &quot;Fat Man and Little Boy&quot; three. One reviewer who said they had watched this for chemistry class commented the history was good but the acting wasn&apos;t strong. I will agree the history was fascinating, and that the acting appeared not to be strong. However, I saw the script itself as being the problem, not the actors -- Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, John Cusack, Laura Dern -- all were excellent insofar as the script allowed them to be. My feeling is the scriptwriter tried to capture too much all at once and cram it into a two-hour movie. It tried to tell the story of how the Manhattan Project affected not only American policy but also the personal lives of those involved, but instead of adopting an intimate atmosphere in which to do this, it went for broad, broken strokes. To me, it was just too ambitious for one movie  -- the Manhattan Project is not like the sinking of the Titanic, a tragedy that happened in one night; it was a long, arduous process that sapped brain power and spirit from the people who had the knowledge of how to tap atomic energy, but also the conscience to worry what would be done with it once they did.

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Out of five stars, I would give "Fat Man and Little Boy" three. One reviewer who said they had watched this for chemistry class commented the history was good but the acting wasn't strong. I will agree the history was fascinating, and that the acting appeared not to be strong. However, I saw the script itself as being the problem, not the actors -- Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, John Cusack, Laura Dern -- all were excellent insofar as the script allowed them to be. My feeling is the scriptwriter tried to capture too much all at once and cram it into a two-hour movie. It tried to tell the story of how the Manhattan Project affected not only American policy but also the personal lives of those involved, but instead of adopting an intimate atmosphere in which to do this, it went for broad, broken strokes. To me, it was just too ambitious for one movie  -- the Manhattan Project is not like the sinking of the Titanic, a tragedy that happened in one night; it was a long, arduous process that sapped brain power and spirit from the people who had the knowledge of how to tap atomic energy, but also the conscience to worry what would be done with it once they did.

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