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Actors: Paul Newman, John Cusack, Dwight Schultz, Laura Dern
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Fat Man and Little Boy |
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This movie is set during World War II. Fat Man and Little Boy refer to the two atomic bombs that were built and dropped on Japan. Little Boy is the uranium bomb that was dropped first, and Fat Man is the plutonium bomb that was dropped second. The movie is about the race to build the bomb before the Germans could build a similar device. The film focuses on assembling the cast to build the bomb: Paul Newman as General Leslie Groves, who would be in charge of the project, Dwight Schultz (Murdock from A Team) plays J. Robert Oppenheimer, the lead scientist for the project, Enrico Fermi, head physicist, and many others. The movie is centered in Los Alamos, New Mexico, where the plant that built the bomb device itself was made. The movie details the technical problems encountered while building the bombs. Various difficulties have to be studied and overcome. John Cusack plays a young scientist who is studying how to make "a gadget" to the proper specs. Laura Dern is the young nurse in the labs. The rest of the story shows experiments that are done and the final bomb test. The movie is about the making of the bombs and the difficulties faced by the scientists and how politics factored into the equation.
--BethG, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Fat Man and Little Boy |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Struggle with
- guilt over actions that lead to death/injury
War impact on civilians/veterans
Yes
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- scientist/inventor
Kind of conflict:
- war, WW II
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- another color
Hair type
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 60%
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
Age:
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southwest
Desert?
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- scientific labs
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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