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    The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

    109'

    2008-03-24

    6.2

    Documentary

    Overview:

    J. Robert Oppenheimer was a national hero, the brilliant scientist who during WWII led the scientific team that created the atomic bomb. But after the bomb brought the war to an end, in spite of his renown and his enormous achievement, America turned on him - humiliated and cast him aside. The question the film asks is, "Why?"

    WritingCharles OlivierDirectingDavid Grubin

    Watch Providers (US)

    - Amazon Video

    Cast

    2

    Self - Narrator (voice)

    Campbell Scott

    1

    Chairman Gray (voice)

    Boyd Gaines

    1

    Colonel Pash

    Daniel Gerroll

    3

    Edward Teller

    Michael Stuhlbarg

    1

    The Stenographer

    Ellen Katz

    1

    Michael Cumpsty

    1

    Self

    Harold Agnew

    1

    Self

    Jeremy Bernstein

    1

    Self

    Freeman Dyson

    1

    Self

    Richard Rhodes

    1

    Self

    Martin J. Sherwin

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    Joseph McCarthy

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    J. Robert Oppenheimer

    3

    J. Robert Oppenheimer

    David Strathairn

    1

    Self

    Herbert York

    1

    Self

    Marvin L. Goldberger

    1

    Self

    Priscilla McMillan

    1

    Self

    Robert Christy

    1

    Self

    Roy Glauber

    1

    Self (Archive Footage)

    Harry S. Truman

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    J. Edgar Hoover

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    Lewis Strauss

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    Eleanor Roosevelt

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    Edward Teller

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    Lyndon B. Johnson

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. GBH
    • Vote Count: 9
    • Popularity: 0.8798
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

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