The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
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?"
Release Date:
2008-03-24
Runtime:
109 minutes
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Starring:
Campbell Scott
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Boyd Gaines
as Chairman Gray (voice)
Daniel Gerroll
as Colonel Pash
Michael Stuhlbarg
as Edward Teller
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Ellen Katz
as The Stenographer
Michael Cumpsty
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Harold Agnew
as Self
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Jeremy Bernstein
as Self
Freeman Dyson
as Self
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Richard Rhodes
as Self
Martin J. Sherwin
as Self
Joseph McCarthy
as Self (archive footage)
J. Robert Oppenheimer
as Self (archive footage)
David Strathairn
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Herbert York
as Self
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Marvin L. Goldberger
as Self
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Priscilla McMillan
as Self
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Robert Christy
as Self
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Roy Glauber
as Self
Harry S. Truman
as Self (Archive Footage)
J. Edgar Hoover
as Self (archive footage)
Lewis Strauss
as Self (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
as Self (archive footage)
Eleanor Roosevelt
as Self (archive footage)
Edward Teller
as Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
as Self (archive footage)