The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2008)
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
Self - Narrator (voice)
Boyd Gaines
Chairman Gray (voice)
Daniel Gerroll
Colonel Pash
Michael Stuhlbarg
Edward Teller
Michael Cumpsty
Freeman Dyson
Self
Martin J. Sherwin
Self
Joseph McCarthy
Self (archive footage)
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self (archive footage)
David Strathairn
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Harry S. Truman
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