The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
8 reviews
Documentary/History
1h 49m
2008
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...
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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?"
- DirectorDavid Grubin
- Release24 March 2008
- Genre
- Duration1h 49m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate8 reviews
- Productions
GBH
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
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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