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The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

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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?"

Date: 03/24/2008
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Campbell Scott, Boyd Gaines, Daniel Gerroll, Michael Stuhlbarg, Ellen Katz, Michael Cumpsty, Harold Agnew, Jeremy Bernstein, Freeman Dyson, Richard Rhodes, Martin J. Sherwin, Joseph McCarthy, J. Robert Oppenheimer, David Strathairn, Herbert York, Marvin L. Goldberger, Priscilla McMillan, Robert Christy, Roy Glauber, Harry S. Truman, J. Edgar Hoover, Lewis Strauss, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Eleanor Roosevelt, Edward Teller, Lyndon B. Johnson

Campbell Scott as Self - Narrator (voice) in The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer Campbell Scott

Boyd Gaines as Chairman Gray (voice) in The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer Boyd Gaines

Daniel Gerroll as Colonel Pash in The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer Daniel Gerroll

Michael Stuhlbarg as Edward Teller in The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer Michael Stuhlbarg

Ellen Katz

Michael Cumpsty as  in The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer Michael Cumpsty

Harold Agnew

Jeremy Bernstein

Freeman Dyson as Self in The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer Freeman Dyson

Richard Rhodes

Martin J. Sherwin as Self in The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer Martin J. Sherwin

Joseph McCarthy as Self (archive footage) in The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer Joseph McCarthy

J. Robert Oppenheimer as Self (archive footage) in The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer J. Robert Oppenheimer

David Strathairn as J. Robert Oppenheimer in The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer David Strathairn

Herbert York

Marvin L. Goldberger

Priscilla McMillan

Robert Christy

Roy Glauber

Harry S. Truman as Self (Archive Footage) in The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer Harry S. Truman

J. Edgar Hoover as Self (archive footage) in The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer J. Edgar Hoover

Lewis Strauss as Self (archive footage) in The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer Lewis Strauss

Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self (archive footage) in The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer Dwight D. Eisenhower

Eleanor Roosevelt as Self (archive footage) in The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer Eleanor Roosevelt

Edward Teller as Self (archive footage) in The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer Edward Teller

Lyndon B. Johnson as Self (archive footage) in The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer Lyndon B. Johnson

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