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5.9/10

The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2008)

NR | 1 Hours 49 Minutes

Documentary, History

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?"

Director: David Grubin

Writers: David Grubin, Charles Olivier

The Cast

Campbell Scott

Self - Narrator (voice)

Boyd Gaines

Chairman Gray (voice)

Daniel Gerroll

Colonel Pash

Michael Stuhlbarg

Edward Teller

Ellen Katz

The Stenographer

Michael Cumpsty

Harold Agnew

Self

Jeremy Bernstein

Self

Freeman Dyson

Self

Richard Rhodes

Self

Martin J. Sherwin

Self

Joseph McCarthy

Self (archive footage)

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Self (archive footage)

David Strathairn

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Herbert York

Self

Marvin L. Goldberger

Self

Priscilla McMillan

Self

Robert Christy

Self

Roy Glauber

Self

Harry S. Truman

Self (Archive Footage)

J. Edgar Hoover

Self (archive footage)

Lewis Strauss

Self (archive footage)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self (archive footage)

Eleanor Roosevelt

Self (archive footage)

Edward Teller

Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self (archive footage)

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