poster

2008

(03/24/2008) (US)

Documentary, History,

1h 49m

59

User Score

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?"

2008

59

User Score

(03/24/2008) (US)

Documentary, History,

1h 49m

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?"

Cast

Campbell Scott

Campbell Scott

Self - Narrator (voice)

Boyd Gaines

Boyd Gaines

Chairman Gray (voice)

Daniel Gerroll

Daniel Gerroll

Colonel Pash

Michael Stuhlbarg

Michael Stuhlbarg

Edward Teller

Ellen Katz

Ellen Katz

The Stenographer

Joseph McCarthy

Joseph McCarthy

Self (archive footage)

J. Robert Oppenheimer

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Self (archive footage)

David Strathairn

David Strathairn

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

Self (Archive Footage)