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The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2008)

1h 49m · 24 Mar 2008
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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?"

Movie ID136879
GenreDocumentary
DirectorDavid Grubin
Main castCampbell Scott, Boyd Gaines, Daniel Gerroll, Michael Stuhlbarg, Ellen Katz, Michael Cumpsty, Harold Agnew, Jeremy Bernstein
Release date24 March 2008
Release year2008
LanguageEnglish
Duration109 min (1h 49m)
Rating6.2 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseGBH

Director: David Grubin
Writers: David Grubin, Charles Olivier

Top cast

Campbell ScottSelf - Narrator (voice) Boyd GainesChairman Gray (voice) Daniel GerrollColonel Pash Michael StuhlbargEdward Teller
Ellen KatzThe Stenographer
Michael Cumpsty
Harold AgnewSelf
Jeremy BernsteinSelf
Freeman DysonSelf
Richard RhodesSelf
Martin J. SherwinSelf Joseph McCarthySelf (archive footage) J. Robert OppenheimerSelf (archive footage) David StrathairnJ. Robert Oppenheimer
Herbert YorkSelf
Marvin L. GoldbergerSelf
Priscilla McMillanSelf
Robert ChristySelf
Roy GlauberSelf
Harry S. TrumanSelf (Archive Footage)

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