Synopsis
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?"
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
9 audience votes
Key crew
- David GrubinWriter
- Charles OlivierWriter
- David GrubinDirector
Cast
- Campbell ScottSelf - Narrator (voice)
- Boyd GainesChairman Gray (voice)
- Daniel GerrollColonel Pash
- Michael StuhlbargEdward Teller
- Ellen KatzThe Stenographer
- Michael CumpstyCast
- Harold AgnewSelf
- Jeremy BernsteinSelf
- Freeman DysonSelf
- Richard RhodesSelf
- Martin J. SherwinSelf
- Joseph McCarthySelf (archive footage)