The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2008)


  • Genre: Documentary, History
  • Release Date: 2008-03-24
  • User Rating: 5.9/10 from 8 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 49min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: GBH
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: David Grubin
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Summary

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?"

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  • Campbell Scott

    as Self - Narrator (voice)
  • Boyd Gaines

    as Chairman Gray (voice)
  • Daniel Gerroll

    as Colonel Pash
  • Michael Stuhlbarg

    as Edward Teller
  • Ellen Katz

    as The Stenographer
  • Michael Cumpsty

    as
  • Harold Agnew

    as Self
  • Jeremy Bernstein

    as Self
  • Freeman Dyson

    as Self
  • 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
  • Herbert York

    as Self
  • Marvin L. Goldberger

    as Self
  • Priscilla McMillan

    as Self
  • Robert Christy

    as Self
  • 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)
Editing Kate Taverna Editor
Production Tania Castellanos Co-Producer
Editing Deborah Peretz Editor
Production Nick Fraser Executive Producer
Production David Grubin Producer
Writing Charles Olivier Writer
Writing David Grubin Writer
Production Dan Cogan Co-Producer
Camera James Callanan Director of Photography
Production Mark Samels Executive Producer
Directing David Grubin Director

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