The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (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?"

Cast & Crew

Director
David Grubin
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    Self - Narrator (voice) Campbell Scott
  • Profile picture of Boyd Gaines
    Chairman Gray (voice) Boyd Gaines
  • Profile picture of Daniel Gerroll
    Colonel Pash Daniel Gerroll
  • Profile picture of Michael Stuhlbarg
    Edward Teller Michael Stuhlbarg
  • Profile picture of Michael Cumpsty
    Michael Cumpsty
  • Profile picture of Freeman Dyson
    Self Freeman Dyson
  • Profile picture of Martin J. Sherwin
    Self Martin J. Sherwin
  • Profile picture of Joseph McCarthy
    Self (archive footage) Joseph McCarthy

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