Director Roland Joff?s FAT MAN AND LITTLE BOY 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.

"胖子和男孩"是一部讲述二战期间发生在新墨西哥州的研制原子弹的"曼哈顿"工程参与者们生活的历史故事.Leslie Groves将军领导着一批科学家参与这项工作.这项工程带来的恐惧和伦理道德困境造成了家庭生活的破裂.渴望获得巨大权力的政权知道,这些杰出的科学家们所创造出原子弹将改变战争的性质.影片描述了这个令人欣喜和悲痛的戏据性事件.